When Muhammad Ali held a comeback fight with Jerry Quarry in August 1970, it didn’t just bring back his career. It just so happened to be the perfect set-up to launch the perfect crime, with robbers holding gangsters at gunpoint, and inadvertently flipping the city of Atlanta upside down.
This infamous story still remains to be the biggest heist in Georgia history, so it’s no surprise that Peacock teamed up with Kevin Hart to depict the popular 2020 podcast recounting on television, which actually has become Peacock’s most watched original in the history of the platform.
Where to watch Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist streams on Peacock starting with the first three episodes on Thursday, September 5. Each succeeding episode follows weekly.
There is currently only one way to watch Fight Night: streaming on Peacock.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist on Peacock
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Who stars in Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist?
Kevin Hart produces and stars as streetwise hustler Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams, whose big ambitions lead him straight to the action of Georgia’s biggest heist. He’s married to Faye (Artrece Johnson), though he leads another life in Atlanta’s underground with his mistress Vivian, portrayed by Taraji P. Henson. He hopes to impress the Black Godfather Frank Moten (Samuel L. Jackson), with planning an afterparty for the Ali fight, though things go awry when the gang gets robbed by unknown assailants.
With all eyes on him, Gordon hopes to clear his name, with the stakes getting higher with every dead body. Hoping to keep the violence down is Detective JD Hudson, portrayed by Don Cheadle, who ends up helping Gordon in his trouble.
All eight episodes are available to watch on Peacock
There are currently eight episodes of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist available to stream on Peacock.
Peacock
Apart from NBC sitcoms, Bravo reality shows, live news channels, and sports events like Sunday Night Football and Premier League matches, Peacock is also the streaming home to originals like Girls5Eva, Poker Face, and Bel-Air. A subscription costs $8/month, but if you want to opt out of ads and tune into your local NBC channel on top of all this, then you can choose their Premium Plus plan, which costs $14/month.