If they made films about these boxers which

According to Phantom Punch:

Sonny's manager was ordered by the Mafia to tell Sonny to throw the Patterson fight. After Sonny won, the manager was about to be murdered, then told them he placed a huge bet on Sonny and won them money, so they let him live.

Sonny was having an affair with the *****-turned-wife of his manager. To get even, the manager raped her and then let the mob think that Sonny refused to throw a fight for them, resulting in Sonny being murdered.


Not exactly the bio of Liston I was hoping for.

 

Ving Rames - Liston
Joe Louis- Cuba Gooding Jr

 

Couldn't Will Smith and Denzil Washington cover all the parts between them?

 

Jack Johnson - Michael Clarke Duncan or Terry Crews

Joe Frazier - Terrence Howard on the gear

Ray Robinson -Terrence Howard on diuretics

Joe Louis - Cuba Gooding Jr.

Larry Holmes - no idea, maybe Tyrese Gibson with a good wig and a good diet to fatten him up a bit? (lol, horrible suggestion)

Mike Tyson - Jamie Foxx on the gear

 

Whoever would do the Mike Tyson part would have a hard act to follow in Michael Jai White,who's already played Tyson in the straight to video film,of the same title,about 15 years ago. Sometimes I was almost convinced that White WAS Tyson. George C.Scott was excellent (as he always was) as Cus D'Amato. No doubt you have this one in your collection.

 

Jack Johnson - already done - James Earl Jones played a great part, wasnt legit about Jack Johnson but was good enough to cover the main plots
In a new version i think Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje would do an excellent job

Mike Tyson - again already done, Michael Jai White was excellent although a new film covering the latter part of his career would be good. Probably a beefed up jaimee Foxx would be best imo

Ray Robinson - no idea

Larry Holmes - god knows

Joe Frazier - James Toney did a good job in Ali :hey

Joe Louis - I think someone said Cuba Gooding Jnr - good shout, he was top draw in Gladiator, underated actor, think hed do a good job

other candidates could be Lawrence Fishbourne and Wesley Snipes but think they may be too old now

 

What about Idris Elba (Stringer Bell from The Wire) playing Azumah Nelson or Lennox Lewis?

 

Mikai Pheifer (sp?) as Larry Holmes possibly.

 

Lawrence Fishburne as Joe Louis.

 

Forrest Whitaker as Frazier.

 

i read somewhere that eddie murphy had a contract to portray srr in a movie about the great sugar man. dont know if its true or not but if so he better hurry up cause hes getting oooooooollllllldddddd.