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Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker shows maturity and growth as he looks back at his career with humility and insight into how his (and Becker’s) antics were perceived.
A fresh-faced, 17-year-old Boris Becker holding up his Wimbledon trophy in 1985. Getty Images The Teutonic star won six Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal with his explosive play and ...
Becker’s era, which lasted from the mid-80s to the mid-90s, has also not been memorialized or celebrated here in the same way that the Borg-McEnroe-Connors bad boys of the 1970s have.
Boris Becker rose to prominence in the 80s, earning the nickname ‘Boom Boom’ for his characteristic fast opening service.
Alex Gibney’s new doc ‘Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker’ explores how the man who won Wimbledon at 17 fell to sex scandal and financial ruin.
Becker, former world No. 1 who ended the 2023 season with new coaching pupil Holger Rune, responded to comments Kyrgios made about the current state of the game as it compared to the 80s and 90s.
Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
Boris Becker has been called many things over his four decades in the public eye: tennis prodigy, Wimbledon champion, heartthrob, playboy, bad boy, Boom Boom. Husband, dad, divorcé, liar, convict.