I'm working on an article about sports songs with a friend. I am covering the Boxing/Prize Fighting end of things. I note that one Prize fight in particular seems to have spawned more songs than any other, the fight between Duk Koo Kim and Ray Mancini in which Duk Koo Kim suffered an injury which led to his death a couple of days later. Warren Zevon's song 'Boom Boom Mancini' refers to this fight as does the song 'Duk Koo Kim' by Mark Kozelek (on the CD Ghosts of the Great Highway by his new band Sun Kil Moo reviewed HERE:
popmatters.com)

There are a couple of others I've heard that mention this fight but I don't have the lyrics to those songs at present. Mark Kozelek has another song in which he mentions a number of fighters who died in the ring but I can't recall the name of that song. The Mancini/Duk Koo Kim fight has been referenced a few times in song. Any citations besides the two mentioned would be greatly appreciated.

Can anyone help me find other songs about boxing/Prize fighting? Songs about boxing seem to be more common in America than UK. I searched the Mudcat and came up with these:

Paul Simon's THE BOXER
The Kid's last Fight
Who Killed Davey Moore - bob Dylan (Mentioned in THIS Thread:
Mudcat thread on Who Killed Davey Moore

A NEW SONG CALLED THE COWARDLY ENGLISHMAN
or
A NEW SONG CALL'D COBURN'S CHALLENGE TO HEENAN in this thread:
Mudcat thread on this song

A genuine Prizefighting song:
BOLD ROBINSON
@fight @sports @death
Digitrad version of BOLD ROBINSON

This song has boxing metaphors:
BITTER WORDS (Roger Gall, 1999)
Mudcat thread with BITTER WORDS

A Version of Mean Talkin' Blues in The Digitrad ends with a mention of Mike Tyson for some reason:
Mean talkin' Blues in Digitrad
and mention of which is made in THIS thread:
Eminem Carrier of Folk Torch?

Can my fellow Mudcatters help me out with some references to Boxing or Prize Fighting songs? I am especially interested in songs that refer to real boxers or historical personages and actual fights. Thanks in Advance. I hope by including all those blue clickies I don't annoy you, but rather prove that I have tried to find this stuff on my own.

Thanks