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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?
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.