We've got Ali, Raging Bull, The Fighter, and Cinderella Man, but what other ones do we deserve?
Personally for me I think HANDS DOWN Joe Louis vs Max Schmelling deserves to be a major motion picture. I just don't see with all the things surrounding the fight how that isn't the stuff movies are made of. I actually just did a google search and apparently there was a made for tv movie about these two, but that's not enough for me (I plan to try and find this movie and if you've seen it let me know if it's any good).
My second choice goes to the Tyson vs Buster Douglas fight. An underachiever who's mom dies a few weeks before the biggest fight of his life and goes on to have one of the greatest upsets in sports, yup, that's the stuff movies are made of.
What do you guys say?
Liston would be great. Already a pretty good film about Jack, "Dempsey", I think......got it on old VHS somewhere.
Ah ok thanks man, I didn't know that but I did think while I wrote this that maybe there could be an old one somewhere, but a modern one would still be cool.
But yeah, if I had to pick a fighter I would like to see a movie on I think I would go with Sonny. His life and career together would make for a great story when translating to film.
Sonny Liston movie would be cool I think.
Hard childhood, mob ties, controversial fights (not to mention his two with Ali and the build up to their first fight) mysterious death, run-ins with the law...I dunno I just think it could be cool if done right.
Jack Dempsey could be a good one too.
Liston would be great. Already a pretty good film about Jack, "Dempsey", I think......got it on old VHS somewhere.
How bout an Oscar De La Hoya movie? It'll start with him putting on his fishnets while he thinks back of when he won his Olympic gold medal. Then the movie will climax with the Pacquiao upset, movie will then fade into him doing a line of coke. The director will film it like Scarface.
Damn. Lol!! Just....Damn.
How bout an Oscar De La Hoya movie? It'll start with him putting on his fishnets while he thinks back of when he won his Olympic gold medal. Then the movie will climax with the Pacquiao upset, movie will then fade into him doing a line of coke. The director will film it like Scarface.
Joe Louis....besides his autobiography
Rocky Marciano....a better one
Ray Robinson
Jack Johnson....something more complete than the James Earl Jones play which was remade into a movie, though that was a classic performance.
Larry Holmes
Mike Tyson...a more fully encompassing one
And Muhammad Ali.....something more than a thinly disguised remake of "The Greatest". I was solo disappointed with "Ali". Someone needs to do a real story showing the man behind the public persona he created.
Oh, and Joe Frazier.....nobody ever focusses on the life of this great champion.
In truth, there are scores of fighters who deserve there stories to be told, more than I can count. Johnny Tapia, Ezzard Charles, Roberto Duran, Diego Corrals, Frank Bruno, The list goes on and on.
Every fighter has a story worth hearing.
Sonny Liston movie would be cool I think.
Hard childhood, mob ties, controversial fights (not to mention his two with Ali and the build up to their first fight) mysterious death, run-ins with the law...I dunno I just think it could be cool if done right.
Jack Dempsey could be a good one too.
Kassim Ouma
That movie apparently already exists, "Kassim the Dream" I have never watched it:
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Interesting tid-bits of Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. and his links to organized crime.
I'm good with it as long as they have his ex Salma Hayek in it getting her kit off.
Carmen Basilio would be a good one. I think there might be one about Jack Johnson already but he's arguably the best candidate of all.
Monzon, Hopkins, Benitez, Gatti, Arguello, and Lee are all great shouts.
I think you could make a great movie about Ricky Hatton as well. Eubank would be good too but it might be hard to find someone who could play him convincingly.
uhhhhh flod maywether obviosly deserves a movie he IS the best ever!
that movie gonna make like a brillion dollas yo. beleive that!
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"The final blow" The Jermain Taylor Story. ***** we made it but then we ****ed it up
Seriously tho Hopkins
Ray Robinson larger then life persona would be cool to see
Jack Johnson
Tommy Morrison
Joe Frazier