Could boxers act?

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  1. zaxsax

    zaxsax New Member Full Member

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    Well the answer is yes...and no..in some cases..depending on what you class as acting, and who you like ...to view..Boxers... acting seems to have been around since the birth of film..Corbett made plus plus plus shorts and serials...so could boxers act?


    Plainly Tommy Morrison in Rocky V was of the latter..however some guys did do well on film, especialy Archie Moore in The Adventuers of Huckleberry Finn ..1960..Sugar Ray was featured in Iwin Allens Land of giants...

    Jersey Joe Walcott turned in a humble and good performance in the stunning THE HARDER THEY FALL...1956..
    Did Max Baer act well in the same film....?
    Yes is my answer, and the whole presence of him being THE CHAMP..at his age..is a joke..but does he act the part well?..

    So could boxers act..was their fame enough for film and television to hire these guys?

    Could boxers act....?
     
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  2. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Victor McLoughlin, Donald Crisp, Jack Palance, Victory Jory, 'n Canada Lee won Academy Awards
     
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  3. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali :lol:
     
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  4. zaxsax

    zaxsax New Member Full Member

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    Yes it seems many boxers could act...Ali is a given :lol:
     
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  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jake LaMotta against Billy Fox. Jake's acting was deserving of an award !
     
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  6. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6cBmrNbAK4&feature=youtube_gdata[/ame]
    I couldn't help it :lol:
     
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  7. Doc Dynamo

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    He didn't fool anybody did he? LaMotta was no Olivier.
     
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  8. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought Vargas was good in Alpha Dog(for a non actor).
     
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  9. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    "I could get any dame I want all I have to do is reach out and grab":lol: - Sonny Liston

    "Ima get chu in the ring and Ima fck you up":lol: - James Toney in the Ali movie as Frazier. He did good job I guess.
     
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  10. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Curtis Cokes was brilliant in FAT CITY
     
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  11. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    Roy Jones in The Matrix :lol:
     
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  12. Doc Dynamo

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    I think Maxie Rosenbloom might get the gold for boxer/actor. Mclaglen and Archie Moore fight it out for the silver.

    Of course you could stretch it to include Charles Bronson.
     
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  13. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Carlos Palomino not only did he do all those commercials but also starred in a lot of movies. He played Geronimo in one movie.
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes, Walcott and especially Baer turned very respectable performances in The Harder They Fall...maybe the good job they did was inspired by the presence of Bogart in that movie..maybe it was by osmosis, lol..whatever it was, they did good, IMO.
     
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  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Was Toney trying to sound Italian or something?
     
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