The movie south paw "spoiler alert"

[IronDanHamza]

The script was probably written by some dumbass Floyd fan who thinks the shoulder roll is the ultimate defensive technique and any one who knows it will go on to win.

I really can't see a guy just picking up a defensive manuver like that and winning the biggest fight of his career with just 6 weeks to train.

GO SOUTHPAW ON HIS AZZ THO.

It's all Floyd's fault!

[BrometheusBob.]

It's all Floyd's fault!

[anonymous2.0]

So is this movie basically a whitewashed Andre Berto?

[RespekonMyName]

While watching the movie, I was thinking, "Jake pulls off the shoulder roll better than Berto."

[bigjavi973]

While watching the movie, I was thinking, "Jake pulls off the shoulder roll better than Berto."

[PAC-BOY]

Have yet to see the movie, but was there any mention of an amateur career before the dude turned pro?

Simple fix could be that the dude was showing promise as an amateur, felt that he needed to take the leap to pro for his family, and developed the face first style to draw notice. With his life on the line, he reverts back to the roots of the style that he started off with.

nor was it in...

Rocky
Raging Bull
Hurricane
The Fighter