Which boxer would you like to see brought to the big screen in docu-drama style?

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  1. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I like it ! Who would you have playing Cosell ? Jon Voight again,maybe ?
     
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  2. round15

    round15 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very good!

    Can you imagine if this was done earlier with Cuba Gooding Jr as Ali and Omar Epps as Joe Frazier. That's who I would have cast.

    Joe Pesci or Danny DeVito could have easily played Dundee.
     
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  3. round15

    round15 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Michael Clarke Duncan could probably do a really good portrayal of the comebacking Foreman.
     
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  4. red cobra

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    There'll be movies on Jeff Lacy, Sven Ottke, Jermain Taylor, Carl Frotch, Vinnie Paz and Paulie Malignaggi before one is made of Monzon.
     
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  5. Lester1583

    Lester1583 Can you hear this? Full Member

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    True.:lol:
     
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  6. Flea Man

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    I'd make a film on Samart Payakaroon, with Tony Jaa playing him,but break from truth instead and have the real Samart come back in time to help Ong Bak (playing young Samart) fight mythical creatures and the Nazi's.
     
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  7. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    :lol::lol:
     
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  8. Flo_Raiden

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    I think a movie about Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, Carlos Monzon, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Roberto Duran, Oscar de la Hoya, Arturo Gatti, Bernard Hopkins, and Manny Pacquiao would be pretty cool.

    The Peterson bros. deserve mentioning. This might also sound twisted but I do see a movie based on Edwin Valero working as well.
     
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  9. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sam Langford
     
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  10. round15

    round15 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Surprised this one hasn't been done.

    This could be an awesome film but I'm afraid it would lose focus from Sam Langford and gravitate more to a story about Jack Johnson. The key like always is whoever is responsible for the historical research.


    Again, Mann's Ali had way too much Malcolm X in the beginning. I already watched Denzel lose the Oscar for that film but Mann had to rehash a lot of Malcolm X' relationship with Ali.
     
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  11. ripcity

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    Benny Leonard
     
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  12. Hydraulix

    Hydraulix Left Hook From Hell.. Full Member

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    Joe Frazier or Floyd Patterson. I'd like to see a modern Joe Louis movie, too.
     
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  13. Muchmoore

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    Joe Louis is a good shout.

    Dempseys could be insane too
     
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  14. nufc_jay

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    Jane Couch
     
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  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Floyd Patterson would be an interesting take..to me that is. His low eyed personality maybe wouldn't thrill the more in your face confrontational types of today.
     
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