Boxers They Should Make a Movie About.....

[ChrististheAnswer]

does anyone know if the Tyson thing HBO did is available? like on video or something. what's it called? thanks advanced

Its called "Tyson" and it is avaliable online, I think?, on hbo.com. I'm sure you could get it on Amazon.com as well.

[whdempsey]

Ali, James Corbett, Jake LaMotta, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.....we have seen films made about these guys. Now in production apparently is a film about James Braddock starring Russell Crowe.

What other boxers throughout history should have a movie made about them? Who should get to play them?

Frankie Duarte. I know someone else here will remember him. He was a bantamweight during the eighties who fought his heart out every time out. He loved the fans, and that was it. Unfortunately, he became as addicted to heroin as he was to the crowd's love. He took a break for about three years, came back better than ever. He capped off his comeback run with a win over Alberto Davila, who had stopped him in five previous to his layoff. Although he ended up with a spotty record, he deserves a lot more respect than he has, and deserves a feature film as much as any other boxer.

[whdempsey]

Jack dempsey and Sonny Liston

The movie about Jack Dempsey, called, "Dempsey" creatively enough, ******. I was hugely disappointed to see the half-assed, low budget schlock they turned out, and even more distressed at seeing Treat ****ing Williams play the Mauler.

[whdempsey]

A movie about Rocky Marciano would be hugely entertaining because he was such an eccentric guy.

[joho]

sugar ray robinson

[boxingkid1]

Emile Griffith They Just Finished A Documentry On Emile

What A Story !!!!

[dpfinley]

I wouldn't be suprised if, in a few years, after he retires, they make a movie about De La Hoya. The issues with his father, his Grammy, and his sexy woman would make it a "life outside the ring"-type movie. PLus, who knows whats to come in the next few years with him. Imagine what will happen to the guy when he starts losing all the time, and loses all his fans...

[phallus]

i'd like to see films made about Ketchel and Greb, they both had tragic lives, came up from the bottom, fought hard, died young