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    Default Re: Actors as Boxers: Champs or Chumps?

    Quote Originally Posted by smashup View Post
    I'm amazed none of you have mentioned Paul Newman in the Rocky Graziano movie "Somebody up there likes me"
    Top film, top acting, Brilliant and true story.
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    Actually, that one was on the list (see link) but I excluded it for two reasons. One is that it's such an old movie I figured most on here hadn't seen it. (Not everyone is into old classics). But the biggest reason is that boxing movie fight scenes tend to get worse and more fake looking the further back you go. And since the thread is about actors as boxers, I figured it wasn't even worth giving ol' Paul Newman a mention.

    But you're right... top film, top acting (Newman was brilliant in all his roles), and a true story. Good to see someone appreciates ancient movies like that.

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    I've always had an issue with black and white films and find them difficult to watch.....

    I will have a look for this one though.

    I've just remembered another one where the heavyweight champion get sents to jail and a mob boss inside arranges for him to fight the in house prison champ (Wesley Snipes). Obviously this was made with an idea on teh back of Tyson's troubles in the 90s.

    I'll have to look that up too and see if it's available to rewatch - wasn't bad from what I recall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
    I've always had an issue with black and white films and find them difficult to watch.....

    I will have a look for this one though.

    I've just remembered another one where the heavyweight champion get sents to jail and a mob boss inside arranges for him to fight the in house prison champ (Wesley Snipes). Obviously this was made with an idea on teh back of Tyson's troubles in the 90s.

    I'll have to look that up too and see if it's available to rewatch - wasn't bad from what I recall.
    It was called Undisputed and they made a second film with a good final fight scene.
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    That actually gets a good score on IMDB - 7.1. And it;s the actor who played Tyson in that biopic.

    I'll have a look for it.

    Have you moved this to off topic forum ? Because it isn't
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    Undisputed is class. They made about a million sequels didnt they and it became MMA or some shit in Russian prisons.
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