Bogard

According to a letter to the 11 Jan 1985 Reader by screenwriter Tim Kelly, the film, originally titled "Bogard" after its production in 1974, received an X-rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for violence and an interracial sexual interlude. When the producers removed the sex scene during a recut for the new title, "The Black Streetfighter", the rating was changed to R, the 26 Jul 1976 Box reported.

In the Reader letter, Kelly explained that after "Bogard" was filmed in Los Angeles, CA, in 1974, it re-emerged in 1976 as "The Black Streetfighter" following Centaur Films' bankruptcy, containing "most, certainly not all, of the original 'Bogard' footage." Additional scenes were taken from a proposed sequel to "Bogard" called "Black Fist", which became the new title of "The Black Streetfighter" in late 1977.

Though Peter Traynor and William D. Sklar of Centaur Films were the original producers of "Bogard", according to an 8 Feb 1975 LAT article, their names were removed when the title was changed. So was the name of screenwriter Mel Frohman.