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Good boxing/bare knuckle movie

Lol i saw some of this a while ago on bbc1. It has a nice atmosphere and title! I think if i recall billy connolly was the brother?

mugabi wrote:Lol i saw some of this a while ago on bbc1. It has a nice atmosphere and title! I think if i recall billy connolly was the brother?

Yep brother or friend, wasent the best movie I've seen, but the main actor would of made a good Henry Cooper double !

I liked these kind of movies, which were made just before 4 Weddings and a funeral gave life to british cinema.
the big man certainly fits that bill

MachoMan09 wrote:

jessi wrote:...the main actor would of made a good Henry Cooper double !

I thought Liam Neeson was the lead? He looks nothing like Henry Cooper did.

Looks more like Cooper, than Eubanks though DD

MachoMan09 wrote:

jessi wrote:...the main actor would of made a good Henry Cooper double !

I thought Liam Neeson was the lead? He looks nothing like Henry Cooper did.

Watch him in that movie when his younger and name me another actor who could play henry better ?

Damn I'd been wanting to see this movie was reading about it on IMDB recently. Is it any good?

ShadrachSimmo wrote:Damn I'd been wanting to see this movie was reading about it on IMDB recently. Is it any good?

It's early 90's and feels it ! It's worth a watch, I personally won't be buying it for my collection !

neeson was a useful amateur in his day as he was a irish champion

johnnykayo wrote:neeson was a useful amateur in his day as he was a irish champion

He could have been, but I have lost count of the people I have met who claim to have been "All Ireland Boxing Champion".

there was an article in this mornings metro where neeson talked about his boxing when he was a youngster.

bripez wrote:

johnnykayo wrote:neeson was a useful amateur in his day as he was a irish champion

He could have been, but I have lost count of the people I have met who claim to have been "All Ireland Boxing Champion".

Like everyone here had a good run in the ABA's

And every football fan is North or West London was on QPR's books as a schoolboy.

Halfway down this article it says that Neeson was an Ulster Boxing Champion

http://www.answers.com/topic/liam-neeson

Lots of people lie about fighting, the amount of schoolboy champions and internationals I have come across is unbelievable and they all claim to be heavyweights or middleweights too, nobody ever seems to have fought at fly, feather or light.
Some have even claimed to have won amateur titles in 12 rounders!
And I thought the film was rubbish

some others who were champions (amateurs) golden gloves, singer jackie wilson,jay silverheels (native indian) who played tonto in the lone ranger was also golden gloves and chris isaak the singer was a amateur champion. i think the most famous actors who were seasoned pros were jack palance and victor mclaglen,palance fought joe baski and mclaglen fought jack johnson.

Coco wrote:Lots of people lie about fighting, the amount of schoolboy champions and internationals I have come across is unbelievable and they all claim to be heavyweights or middleweights too, nobody ever seems to have fought at fly, feather or light.
Some have even claimed to have won amateur titles in 12 rounders!
And I thought the film was rubbish

I agree the movie wasn't great !