I didn't know that Ken Norton was also an actor

It was probably her. I read the story while still a late teen i reckon.

 

*chuckle*
Makes sense.

 

I remember that episode - wish I could post a clip, but that series is hard to find anything on; clips are sparse.

 

I think I saw Sugar Ray Robinson in a episode of Land of the Giants once. He weren’t playing a boxer but some jazz musician. No great shakes as far as the acting but passable and he was still a good looking guy and still look good in a smart suit even in the late 1960s.

 

Who can forget that great line of dialogue...Take me Mandingo Buck!

 

Anyone seen those recent clips of Tyson fighting with Steven Seagal, Van Dam and Ip Man?

Obviously a film has been made, don’t know what it’s called, probably awful, but the clips are worth a little look, they’re on YouTube.

 

I could see him playing the villain.

He looks like an evil c*nt !

 

he did. He 'acted' a tranny in several short videos

 

In 2019...they would probably give him his own show

 

And why not? They gave a 'woman of the year' award to one who wasnt even a woman for a year

 

Did anyone else spot a young Roberto Duran sparring with Rocky Balboa in Rocky II? At first I didn’t think it was Duran because Rocky is suppose to be a heavyweight and the two of them looked about the same size but then I realised that, that’s just in the film and in real life Stallone isn’t that much bigger than Duran. I know it was just acting and not real sparring but you could see from the way Duran was causally moving and play fighting with Stallone that there’s a world of difference between an actor or boxing enthusiast like ourselves and a real pro boxer.

 

I think Stallone said (finally) that he wanted a bona fide actor to play Creed.
You left out many; look at all the ex-fighters in "On the Waterfront".
Jack O'Halloran? Tex Cobb? Patterson had a nice role in a Wild Wild West episode and showed some passible+ acting chops and...got the babe at the end!
Ray Robinson was in many TV episodes.
Max Baer/Jersey Joe in Boogie's last movie.
Didn't Jack Palance fight professionally? He'd be the best pick (duh!)
I think too many to mention.