Whose careers would make good movies?

Having seen the thread about boxing movies, I was wondering whose careers would make good movies. Obviously, it probably wouldn't be the guys like Floyd Mayweather who have never really been in trouble, but it's more likely to be the guys who overcame adversity to win a world championship.

Jimmy Wilde would be the one that leaps to mind for me, mainly because he's fairly local and I know his story of rags to riches, and how he went up against much bigger fighters cause he was so small. And coming from the valleys I'm sure there can be some traditional male voice choir singing involved in there.

Who do you think would make for a good biography movie?

Morris East. He won the WBA 140lb title back in 92.

He was a Filipino whose father was a black GI and he wanted to become a boxing champion so he could find his father in the US. He went to Japan and KO'd Hiranaka (who had done Edwin Rosario in ONE) but lost in his first defence against Juan Coggi in Argentina.

For some reason he stopped fighting at 21. I always wondered what happened to him. He never got to fight in America either....

Cinderella Man Part 2 => Carlos Baldomir

Yeah, Baldo's done well, but I'm not sure if there is that much of an exciting personality and history behind him though.

That Morris East character seems really interesting though....I might have to work on a script for it. ;)

Theres was a Cruiser in the 80s early 90s whose life story is amazing. His name is David Muhaamed its better than Rocky and Rambo put together incredible.

Edison Miranda...He hasn't won a title yet but has a crazy background with looking for his mother alone at age 9

Ouma---The kid was kidnapped and forced to fight in the military and be an enforcer....

Hopkins--From prison to ATG

Corrales,,

Mancini
Jerry Quarry(wouldnt be a happy ending though)
Bhop
Ann Wolfe
Larry Holmes

Buster Douglas

Stanley Ketchell - a rambunctious middleweight who tore though the rankings in the wild 1900's in the States. A wild and crazy guy, lots of wild tales and stories about him, travelling the country with hobos to fight, shot at least two of his managers, knocked jack Johnson down in his heavyweight title bout - when he weighed about 165 . Eventually shot dead by the husband of the woman he was having breakfast with.

An ATG middleweight

Gotta be Bernard Hopkins for me.

Ive heard storys about fighters listen to this, this was told to me and I got 2 journalists who heard it and checked the facts and were spellbound by its accuraceDavid Muhaamed, all African amatuer champ, came back from the Montreal olympics dissapointed by the African withdrawel he was hoping for a medal for Ghana. On his return to ghana he was made leader of the squad that protected the PRESIDENT All went well until he got the blame for being part of the militry Coo and was put in jail with 9 others they escaped and went to Nigeria. they hid low with help from locals and David boxed Pro and bought a large van with the winnings, won another and bought a few weapons. The team decided to go to Libiya taking the Mango Park slave route, along the way battling bandits and tribes. On reaching Libiya the four that were still alive were captured and put in prison where they were given a choice return to Ghana or fight for the Libiyans on the front line. Both were certain death Libiya was at war with Chad. So they decided to escape from prison while everybody was at prayer, 3 off them made it and escaped to caves where they hid up for 5 days then escaped to Tunisia and safety. David worked there carrying sand bags for a while then went to Malta working as a waiter. It was there he met an Englishman who explained about political prisoners and England is where he turned up to be locked up again for 28 days ready to be shipped back to Ghana only for an Mp to fight his case and was aloud to stay in Britain. He was a great fighter who never got a chance. His first fight with me he beat the British champion his second he boxed Axel Schulz in Halle giving weight and a Boxing lesson but losing Ive never heard 6,000 people so quiet during a fight. After that he couldnt get work and drifted out of the game, its a shame he could have been special.

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Ive heard storys about fighters listen to this, this was told to me and I got 2 journalists who heard it and checked the facts and were spellbound by its accuraceDavid Muhaamed, all African amatuer champ, came back from the Montreal olympics dissapointed by the African withdrawel he was hoping for a medal for Ghana. On his return to ghana he was made leader of the squad that protected the PRESIDENT All went well until he got the blame for being part of the militry Coo and was put in jail with 9 others they escaped and went to Nigeria. they hid low with help from locals and David boxed Pro and bought a large van with the winnings, won another and bought a few weapons. The team decided to go to Libiya taking the Mango Park slave route, along the way battling bandits and tribes. On reaching Libiya the four that were still alive were captured and put in prison where they were given a choice return to Ghana or fight for the Libiyans on the front line. Both were certain death Libiya was at war with Chad. So they decided to escape from prison while everybody was at prayer, 3 off them made it and escaped to caves where they hid up for 5 days then escaped to Tunisia and safety. David worked there carrying sand bags for a while then went to Malta working as a waiter. It was there he met an Englishman who explained about political prisoners and England is where he turned up to be locked up again for 28 days ready to be shipped back to Ghana only for an Mp to fight his case and was aloud to stay in Britain. He was a great fighter who never got a chance. His first fight with me he beat the British champion his second he boxed Axel Schulz in Halle giving weight and a Boxing lesson but losing Ive never heard 6,000 people so quiet during a fight. After that he couldnt get work and drifted out of the game, its a shame he could have been special.

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This bloke???

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...1918&cat=boxer

The same one

roy,tyson.hopkins

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Jack Johnson? I think there was a film about him called 'Great White Hope' starring James Earl Jones?

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Jack Johnson? I think there was a film about him called 'Great White Hope' starring James Earl Jones?

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that would make a great movie, i still think dmx should play bernard hopkins

There was this other guy too, I think he boxed in the '70's ...... he was a late substitute for a hevyweight title fight and and (even though it was an exhibition) he got a draw in a brutal slufest with the undisputed champ at the time. He got a proper title match after this and won, then defended his title six or seven times - although it seems that some of the opponents were handpicked by his trainer.

A young, tough fighter on the way up then agitated for a rematch and, just like Patterson against Liston, this guy belived his pwn hpe and signed to fight him but got absolutely destroyed. Unbelievably, he then hooked up with the former champ he beat and his trainer and won the rematch by boxing the the other guy.

After that, the Soviet Union somehow agreed to let their world amateur champ (dunno what happened to the Cubans) fight him, but ... and here's the catch, this guy had already killed his mentor (the former champ) and the fight had to be in Russia. In a fight reminiscent of the brutality of Ali/Frazier III, he somehow won again.

He retired, and after a bad experience trying to be a trainer, he came back for another one-off exhibition against the new champ. I think it helped that he was figting a light-hevy really and he lost the fight but acquited himself honourably.

That's such a good story, i reckon that you could get at least 6 films out of this, and they may be moderatly successful at box office?

What do you think?

The Philippine ex-president Ferdinand Marcos. He was a pro-boxer, lawyer, then became one of the worst dictator in history.

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There was this other guy too, I think he boxed in the '70's ...... he was a late substitute for a hevyweight title fight and and (even though it was an exhibition) he got a draw in a brutal slufest with the undisputed champ at the time. He got a proper title match after this and won, then defended his title six or seven times - although it seems that some of the opponents were handpicked by his trainer.

A young, tough fighter on the way up then agitated for a rematch and, just like Patterson against Liston, this guy belived his pwn hpe and signed to fight him but got absolutely destroyed. Unbelievably, he then hooked up with the former champ he beat and his trainer and won the rematch by boxing the the other guy.

After that, the Soviet Union somehow agreed to let their world amateur champ (dunno what happened to the Cubans) fight him, but ... and here's the catch, this guy had already killed his mentor (the former champ) and the fight had to be in Russia. In a fight reminiscent of the brutality of Ali/Frazier III, he somehow won again.

He retired, and after a bad experience trying to be a trainer, he came back for another one-off exhibition against the new champ. I think it helped that he was figting a light-hevy really and he lost the fight but acquited himself honourably.

That's such a good story, i reckon that you could get at least 6 films out of this, and they may be moderatly successful at box office?

What do you think?

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I think you might be on to something. We need to find a leading man who's really really short though.

And a decent title.

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Jack Johnson? I think there was a film about him called 'Great White Hope' starring James Earl Jones?

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I think no one mentioned JJ as there has already been a film made about him. Bit of a redundant thread otherwise.

Also the title of this thread would have to be changed to "Whose Career That Has Been Made Into A Movie Would Make a Good Movie?"

He possible led the most interesting life of any boxer though....

Kostya tszyu.
FROM RUSSIA WITH GLOVE.......

Lennox
Holyfield
Depending what happens in his next few fight PBF. (A heart breaking loss and a rematch win by KO would be perfect.)

Duran
JCC - Actor, now director Diego Luna is working on a documentary on him not sure on the details tho.
Hopkins
Lyle
Foreman
Alexis
Monzon
Jack J.

Pacquaio's life. From a virtually unknown fighter to a celebrity fighter after giving a beating to MAB. His impoverished childhood will be a tear jerker.

Well if i make a movie it would be Leonard,Robinson,Lewis,Louis,Holmes,Tunney, thoese be the guys that i peak for a movie

Ali story could be like the Rocky films, first sonny liston, second Frasier, third Foreman and fifth beaten honourably by Holmes and six training Laila to become champ.

Thank you all, I will shortly be stealing all your ideas and touting a number of boxing movie scripts around the major movie companies, and if that doesn't work I'll try getting a grant from Film 4. :p

No one for a barrera flick?

Roy Jones would be alright , the whole Olympic stuff, father story , glory , defeat , comeback.

Tyson obviously

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No one for a barrera flick?

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He grew up from rich family. That would be a boring movie.

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Pacquaio's life. From a virtually unknown fighter to a celebrity fighter after giving a beating to MAB. His impoverished childhood will be a tear jerker.

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Played by Jericho Rosales? ;D I've seen it.

Gerald McClellan, warts n all, this would be gritty. Tarantino's first boxing flick.

For me the first boxer that sprun to mind was Johhny Tapia 8)

but thinking about it i would go with Craig Bodzianowski ... the guy was amazing boxing with one leg :o

Diego "CHICO" Corrales.

Chico is a popular choice huh?

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No one for a barrera flick?

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He grew up from rich family. That would be a boring movie.

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And thats not a story in itself..

And also your wrong anyway.. He was never rich..He was middle classed, just normal not rich not poor..

But hes a great warrior and had so many ups and downs in his career and the way he has changed over the years is a great story..

Bit over the top to strait up dissmiss it and say its boring

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For me the first boxer that sprun to mind was Johhny Tapia 8)

but thinking about it i would go withCraig Bodzianowski ... the guy was amazing boxing with one leg :o

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Great choice..

I think Johnny's story would be a great flick if he werent even a boxer.. But given that he is it doubles the ammount of story to it

The Hiltons would be an interesting film
Very,very dark
But interesting

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For me the first boxer that sprun to mind was Johhny Tapia 8)

but thinking about it i would go with Craig Bodzianowski ... the guy was amazing boxing with one leg :o

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thats cheating!!! He's supposed to use his hands.... :o

bedum tish :o