Jackson, Denzel Washington, Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Magic Johnson, Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Donald Trump to Memphis—a city that is blue-collar hadn’t seen that types of star energy since Elvis Presley lived in the advantage city.
“The whole universe that is damn right here,” adds Calkins, whom covered the battle for The Commercial Appeal. “There had been parades down Beale Street. You couldn’t get anywhere without bumping in to a celebrity. The entire world stopped for a heavyweight championship battle, particularly when it absolutely was Lennox Lewis, this gentleman champ contrary to the fearsome Mike Tyson.”