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Just watched it tonight and it was a good movie.

Mark Wahlberg can't box very well, or throw a good hook to save his life, but he looked ripped and did a pretty good job.

So much for his claims of sparring 70% with the #3 MW in the world to prepare for the role.

Christian Bale stole the show ! His portrayal of Dickie Ecklund was terriffic.

Bale def deserves an Oscar for his performance. The actress who played Ward's wife did excellent as well.

I just wish the movie would have focused on more notable Ward fights, I mean at least the Augustus, Judah, and Phillips fights. Or ONE of them.
So who was this black guy who 'had 20 pounds on him'?
It was a fella named Mike Mungin. He apparently was a last minute opponent after Saul Mamby was too sick with the flu to fight, and this Mungin guy weighed 165 to Ward's 146.

Here is a link to the guy on boxrec:

Mike Mungin - Boxer

Boxrec certainly contradicts both the weight that the guy fought Ward at and the time period in which he fought Ward.

In the movie, he weighed 165 and fought Ward in 1993 or so, when Ward was on a 3 fight losing streak. On Box rec he weighed 136 and fought Ward when Ward was 18-1.

Hollywood...