Hollywood boxing misconceptions you hate

don't spoil my rant!

 

I don’t like how most filmmakers like the imagination to present a boxing promoter as anything but a caricature of Don King.

Like he’s the only promoter ever, lol.

The promoter in the original Rocky movie had a bit of a slimy feel to him but didn’t actually do anything shady, and I liked his portrayal.

And I absolutely adored Samuel L Jackson as The Rev. Fred Sultan in The Great Whyte Hype. I think they clearly took some inspiration from King as far as ‘crooked promoter’ but created a unique and different character with his own charisma and style so it wasn’t an imitation or a stereotype.

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Hi Buddy.
Annoying it truly was, also Rocky's incessant shoulder rolls, and body punches that lift you off the floor, the ring looking 100ft by 100ft.
stay safe Barrf, chat soon.
Mike.

 

It always makes noise when you hit someone.

A manager is the same thing as a trainer.

There is one heavyweight champion.

 

I generally give Boxing films a bit of artistic license. The fights are there to further the story, which can be at the expense of realism.

The part I struggle with most though is fighters taking it in turns to punch each other. Rocky III is probably the worst/best example of this, where it doesn't occur to Clubber to throw hands until his trainer tells him to. It seems to creep into nearly all cinematic fights though.