Fighters that deserve a biopic?

[WESS]

Roy Jones Jr!

[ellobo]

Why Micky wary?

Because he is white
noone will go see a movie about an c level black fighter or mexican fighter.
you'll never see a bio pick on emmanuel augustus or baldomir

What not white fighters do you want to see a biopic about? Besides those you already mentioned. Or, which stories do you think would have been made if there weren't a race factor holding some back?

[TheKza]

Diego "Chico" Corrales

[fightfan2007]

Peterson (if he wins the rematch) for an uplifting story

Meldrick Taylor for a sad ending

[Roman Moreno]

I'm waiting for the Tyson one. It's kinda amazing that it hasn't been done yet.

There was an HBO original movie "Tyson" with Michael Jai White played Tyson. It plays up to the part where he goes to Prison. Maybe it's time for another one.

[El.Naranjito707]

I'm waiting for the Tyson one. It's kinda amazing that it hasn't been done yet.

There was a Tyson movie made i think in the 95. Made for T.V. movie but a good one. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114759/

The Duran movie Hands of Stone come out next year.

[JAB5239]

Barney Ross

From his fathers murder as a child, to his affiliation with Al Capone, to his being world champion in 3 different weight classes at a time when there were only 10 divisions and 1 title, to Jim beating some of histories best fighters, to him losing to Armstrong, retiring and joining the marines and voluntering for combat, to him being a hero at the battle of Gaudal canal and receiving the medal of honor after being wounded, to his addiction to morphine because of those injuries and overcoming that addiction. This guys life WAS a movie. For any who haven't read it, get the book "Barney Ross" by Douglas Century...it won't disappoint.

[Heru]

Fighters that take boxing seriously deserve biopics; each fighter has their individual circumstances that would make for a great biopic. There are dozens of fighters that I could name from Michael Nunn (a rise and fall biopic) to Roy Jones (strict upbringing, father-son dynamic, etc.). We don't know all the interesting ***** that goes on behind the scenes (Micky Ward's family dynamic, drug issues, etc.)

A good script, cast, and marketing strategy takes care of the rest.

[Russian Crushin]

Charile Zelenoff

Does anybody have a more incredible life story??

[Fearless]

George Foreman!

I would start it after his fight against Ali and talk about his depression and how he found God and so forth and changed himself.