Sugar Ray Leonard movie.

[gally]

Good news and cant wait to see them, I heard they were bringing a film out about "Irish Mickey Ward" with Mark wahlberg playing Mickey, this would be cool but havent heard anything on it for a while.

[yvonne]

Alrirght they!I heard about that as well.I heard about it about a year ago but like you mentioned there has been no more futher news about it.Nicky "IRISH"Ward was a great fighter as well.Mark Wahlberg should play a gud part as him.He looks similar in features.Raging Bull is another great boxing film depicting the life of Jake Laymota.Who else could there be in the great game of boxing to make a film on?.....ROCKY MARCIANO has to be one if there have'nt already have!

[Wadeb_21]

Good news and cant wait to see them, I heard they were bringing a film out about "Irish Mickey Ward" with Mark wahlberg playing Mickey, this would be cool but havent heard anything on it for a while.

Speaking of the movie about Mickey Ward, the name of the movie is "The Fighter" it has Mark Wahlberg and Brad Pitts suppose to be in it also.

Its funny because I just got done reading a book called "The Fighter" by Craig Davidson (I definately recomend this book if you want a good read I couldn't put the dang thing down, its one of those books that can change your life. Its not about mickey ward) and I frequent his website often he had a blog saying that people were emailing him asking if this new movie "The Fighter" about Mickey Ward was at all in referance to his book, his response to the emails he was recieving was "Go buy a copy and find out for yourself" I thought it was funny because he we was pretty much making some book sales off this movie that in no way has anything to do with his book, I thought it was funny.

[yvonne]

Hi they,is "THE FIGHTER" book you mentioned earlier based on a real boxing career or is it an Autobiography based on a boxer,if so who is it based on?I can recommend "NO ORDINARY JOE"a autobiography on the life of the undefeated Super-middleweight champ JOE CALZAGHE.I read it last year and its a really appealing read!

[The Boxer]

They need to do Ray Robinson

[Wadeb_21]

Hi they,is "THE FIGHTER" book you mentioned earlier based on a real boxing career or is it an Autobiography based on a boxer,if so who is it based on?I can recommend "NO ORDINARY JOE"a autobiography on the life of the undefeated Super-middleweight champ JOE CALZAGHE.I read it last year and its a really appealing read!

Actually the book "The Fighter" is Fiction novel, its not based on anyones life, but I'm telling you man its an excellent book. Here's the synopsis.

"Paul Harris leads a sheltered existence. The son of a Niagara winery owner, his suits and cars are paid for, his career in the family business assured. He is insulated from the rough realities of life�until a vicious barroom beating sets him down a new path.
Rob Tully also feels that his life is on a set course. A born boxer with natural talent, Rob trains with his father, Reuben, and his uncle Tommy, both of whom believe that a gift like his can change their lives.
Rob and Paul's fathers want so much more for their sons than they ever had themselves, but both sons are determined to find their own way. While Paul descends into the world of hardcore bodybuilders and boxing gyms, Rob struggles under the expectations set upon his young shoulders.
Their disparate paths lead to The Barn, an underground fight venue where vicious and hopeless men brawl for cold hard cash. No rules, no limits, no brakes. And when two fighters step into a ring where anything goes, sometimes only one walks out.
Set in the violent world of illegal bare-knuckle boxing, The Fighter unflinchingly captures that world's colourful denizens, its bleakness, its bracing and bloody violence. Written with the power and originality of Craig Davidson's debut fiction, Rust and Bone, The Fighter secures his reputation as a talent to watch with this reflection on fathers and sons and on the ultimate question of how a modern man makes his way in today's society"

Give it read man, I'm sure you will love it.

[yvonne]

Alright they mate.Cheers for the brief insight on the THE FIGHTER novel mate.It sounds really good.It has a good pace storyline by the sound of it.I'll have to get hold of it and have a read for sure!It would'nt surprise me if their make a film based on that novel,it sounds good enough soo.Have you read or heard of a book called THE GOVERNOR?It's an autobiography based on Lenny McCanne,a bare knuckle fighter/Minder for THE KRAY TWINS from england.I read it about 5years ago and was hooked from the first page.
Talking of Bare Knuckle Fighters...I found a section of videos on Youtube on a fighter who calls himself KIMBO.Man there are some RAW fights on that site.If your interested go to Bare Knuckle Videos on the Youtube.

[cockey cockney]

my fave fighter of all time....will definately be going to see this....wonder when it will be released and i hope they get a great actor to play ray becuase as his out the ring experiences are in there it will take a good actor with the detached retire, coke addiction etc.

[Wadeb_21]

my fave fighter of all time....will definately be going to see this....wonder when it will be released and i hope they get a great actor to play ray becuase as his out the ring experiences are in there it will take a good actor with the detached retire, coke addiction etc.

Thats what I was thinking. I'm really curious to know who will end up playing the part. You would think that it would be a pretty well known actor or someone that is really good actor. Maybe Cuba Gooding Jr. or something I dont know.