Best movie appearance?

It's always amazing to discover that this or that boxer has other talents or is good at some other trade or skill. Among boxers who have acted in a movie, who's your best choice for a most memorable or convincing performance? :thumbsup

 

Wow, that's truly something. Didn't know that one.

 

I've yet to see the movie, but do you think Tarver was a good actor in the latest Rocky?

 

I once saw a cameo of Holyfield as himself, but of course it was only a short walk-on role and you couldn't form an opinion on that. A boxer that impressed me some was Joe Bugner in his appearances as a villain in the western movies starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Not enough speaking parts though. But he had a natural presence.

 

Oh yes I agree. I think he could make a career of it.

Ex-champ Ken Norton did a creditable performance as a slave who was seduced by his sex-starved master, the delectable Susan George, in Mandingo. Too bad that wasn't followed by another movie project.

 

Impressive! Just imagine that. Who'd expect that these persons with high athletic or physical intelligence would also have significant artistic intelligence. :good