Star Trek's Spock Played A Boxer In His First Leading Role In 1952

[F!x]

Leonard Nimoy, known as Spock in Star Trek, played a street hustler turned boxer in the 1952 movie Kid Monk Baroni (aka Young Paul Baroni). It was his first role as a lead character. I haven't seen it but the description sounds partly like an inspiration to Rocky > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044796/

Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.

[atomicsad]

Never heard of it.

[paulf]

Spock gets KTFO if I remember correctly