RE; Whay are they not culminating this movie with the Gatti fight(s)
How could they ever do justice to those fights on film?
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Most def. will be watching...
Other films I'd like to see made;
Carlos Monzon
Sugar Ray Robinson
Emile Griffith
Johnny Tapia
wew! im really looking forward to this boxing movie. Lots of good reviews already.
I'm going to see it tomorrow.
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
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.
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
I heard good reviews. I'm gonna check it out this monday.
Will go see it once I get back from Montreal, here in Joliette they just play the french version and from the trailer I've seen, it removes a LOT from the movie on the credibility side, in Mtl it shall be.
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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...
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
Saw it last night...
Really good strongly recommend it.
I agree with Hulk, Bale did an outstanding job in the role.
The movie was interesting, funny and allover just a really good film.
With all due respect to this project, they do not touch on the Gatti trilogy and without that trilogy i don't see the point of the movie? Ward was no legitimate world title holder and is best known world wide for his classic fights with Gatti, why would you not include one of the greatest fight trilogies of all time in your movie?
Well the only other fight of significance was the Augustus/Burton fight ? That was a helluva fight though.
"If there's a better chin in the world than Pryor's, it has to be on Mount Rushmore." -Pat Putnam.
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