Roberto Duran Movie - Robert De Niro and Usher to star....

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I don't see how Usher is a bad pick at all. Chances are there won't be much focus on Sugar Ray as a human character in the film, they just needed someone who looked close enough and can move well. His background is basically dancing/performing, I'd imagine he will be perfect for fight scenes.

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Looking forward to this when it comes out.

Duran Movie With De Niro and Usher Starts Filming on 6/4 - Boxing News

De Niro plays the part of BHOF trainer Ray Arcel, for those of you who don't know much about Arcel, he was one of the greatest boxing trainers ever. The champions he trained including Roberto Duran were: Benny Leonard, Ezzard Charles, Jim Braddock, Barney Ross, Bob Olin, Tony Zale, Billy Soose, Ceferino Garcia, Lou Brouillard, Teddy Yarosz, Freddie Steele, Jackie Kid Berg, Alfonso Frazier, Abe Goldstein, Frankie Genaro, Sixto Escobar, Charley Phil Rosenberg, and Larry Holmes.

This should be a great movie, i'm looking forward to seeing it. BTW, Arcel was born in Aug. 1899 and died on March 6, 1994, at the age of 94, he was an amazing man.