By flexbooth on Skatehive
I'm guessing that most of you didn't see the 2007 film Resurrecting the Champ. I wouldn't blame any of you - Samuel L. Jackson's performance was the one, great thing in the movie. Still, it's worth mentioning the real story, which was written for the LA Times by J.R. Moehringer, despite how the movie incorrectly depicted the facts, is actually a story of a series of mistakes in journalism taking place with the ultimate result being that the process got it right. J.R. Moehringer met an elderly homeless man on the street and eventually started looking into the man's story. The man, known as Champ, claimed to be former boxer Bob Satterfield. Satterfield, although never competing for a championship, was a well known contender back in the day. Champ had displayed an encyclopedic knowledge of Satterfield's life and career. It was enough for J.R. Moehringer to maintain the relationship with Champ, continue to dig, and write a story of great quality and detail. Obviously, a lot of the writers