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I'd love to see a movie about Stanley Ketchel.

Sonny Liston
Gypsy Joe Harris
Carlos Monzon
Emile Griffith

Salvador Sanchez immediately springs to mind. Short but exciting career and died young.

Willie Pep would be a great one to do, especially when you could integrate his plane crash, doubts he'd fight again, and subsequent career where he engaged in his series with Sandy Saddler.

Joe Louis has never really had a biopic and I'm sure a good one could be made.

yancey wrote:Sonny Liston
Gypsy Joe Harris
Carlos Monzon
Emile Griffith

Phantom Punch, with Vingh Rhames in the lead role. Made-for-TV. Okay...ish.

I'll give you the name of the movie.....

Dump Job

you can name the fighter.




p.s. Great minds think alike, GI, we both must have been thinking about movie titles at the same time.

Mickey Walker, the boozing is irresistible and his career is a bit overlooked considering how spectacular it was.

yancey wrote:I'll give you the name of the movie.....

Dump Job

you can name the fighter.




p.s. Great minds think alike, GI, we both must have been thinking about movie titles at the same time.

LOL.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Mickey Walker, the boozing is irresistible and his career is a bit overlooked considering how spectacular it was.

Good one.

Can't wait for Micky Ward's flick...

I mentioned him in another thread, but mouzon might be interesting. I honestly don't know anything about what transpired in his life between the early retirement and training Qawi. But it has the plot line for a flick.

Monzon's story would be interesting, I'd like to see that told.

Diamond WEAPON wrote:Salvador Sanchez immediately springs to mind. Short but exciting career and died young.

Same here. His life would make a fantastic movie.

George Chuvalo

Bob Fitzsimmons.

Alexis Arguello

Gatti's life would make for a fun flick.

Mitch"Blood"Green, especially his background with Iran Barkely in the Black Spades.

Sam Langford.
Harry Haft
Kid Lavigne

Panzerfaust wrote:Sam Langford.
Harry Haft
Kid Lavigne

I've already listed Bob Fitzsimmons because he was such a zany character. I like your list too. I would add George Dixon, the first world champion of African descent. Can you imagine the sh*t he had to go through?

raylawpc wrote:

Panzerfaust wrote:Sam Langford.
Harry Haft
Kid Lavigne

I've already listed Bob Fitzsimmons because he was such a zany character. I like your list too. I would add George Dixon, the first world champion of African descent. Can you imagine the sh*t he had to go through?

That would be interesting to watch.
Johnny Tapia!! conviniently titled : Mi vida Loca

Diamond WEAPON wrote:Salvador Sanchez immediately springs to mind. Short but exciting career and died young.

Willie Pep would be a great one to do, especially when you could integrate his plane crash, doubts he'd fight again, and subsequent career where he engaged in his series with Sandy Saddler.

Joe Louis has never really had a biopic and I'm sure a good one could be made.

Great shouts indeed, especially Sanchez! What a fighter he was. Surely, there is no doubt he would have gone on & become champion in another division?

Maxie's Rosenbloom and Baer.
And a real one about Bummy Davis.

As well as Stanley Ketchel. I'd love to see a movie about Battling Siki. Two wild men with wild stories.

Monzon would be great but nobody would ever make that film. He was just too nasty.

Sam Langford, Harry Greb, Mickey Walker and Billy Miske.

Ezzard wrote:Monzon would be great but nobody would ever make that film. He was just too nasty.

Why not? They made " The Raging Bull" with scenes where Lamotta punches out his brother and his own wife in front of his brother's little children. Outside of murder, you couldn't do much worse at least film-wise.