Gary Stretch, actor from the movie "Alexander" was a boxer???

[El Jesus]

The English are really working their way up in my eyes...notable actors that aren't seemingly "*******", that come from England: Guy Ritchie's boys, Jason Stratham and Vinnie Jones

Its always been like this, we just are seeing it more.

[vB Martin]

I don't know if I would call any of the actors you listed "notable", but they are fun to watch.

Notable would be people with some sort of range in their acting, like Clive Owen, or Christian Bale.

[Abe Attell]

Apparently he earned a shot at Eubank's title by beating the legendary Eduardo Domingo Contreras

Stretch's records is a veritable "Who the **** was he?" of boxing.

Hell of a record that Contreras boy had, W 18 (0 ko's) | L 43 ROFL

[Abe Attell]

I don't know if I would call any of the actors you listed "notable", but they are fun to watch.

Notable would be people with some sort of range in their acting, like Clive Owen, or Christian Bale.

I wasn't saying on the line of Pacino or anywhere near that line, but yeah, fun to watch

"Serious Actors" are a different story...it is just good to see guys come from non-theatre backgrounds that aren't bad to watch...at lest I don't think they have a theatre background

[Abe Attell]

Its always been like this, we just are seeing it more.

There are other "athletes" that are decent actors?

[TomRiddle]

There are other "athletes" that are decent actors?

Manny Pacquiao, LOL !!!

[vB Martin]

Hell of a record that Contreras boy had, W 18 (0 ko's) | L 43 ROFL

and 16 draws. When you only have 2 more wins than draws in a 78 fight career your sport maybe should have been croquet.

[Abe Attell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aTLEVSfRKk

[GEOFFHAYES]

Stretch was abit of a celebrity boxer, a known male model, KO'd George Collins on Record Breakers when he was a kid, and the Eubank fight was quite famous with the press conferences leading up.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Apparently he earned a shot at Eubank's title by beating the legendary Eduardo Domingo Contreras

Stretch's records is a veritable "Who the **** was he?" of boxing.

He DIDN'T earn a shot at Eubank's title, that was just mastery promotional work by Barry Hearn that turned it into a £1million fight. Stretch was a good mover and boxer at 147-154 but never took the sport seriously until Hearn somehow got him his shot at Eubank.. but deep down everybody knew Stretch stood little chance because Eubank was a light-heavyweight who could make middleweight and Stretch a blown-up light-middle, so when Eubank started getting through with shots you knew the end was near.