The "All Things Mayweather/Pacquiao" Express!!!!!!

better than the first

 

This was pretty good.

 

Lol... That was good.

 

Favorite part: "Yeah, I know, two guys at the gym told me"

 

hahaha!....that footlocker ad was really funny.

 

1) “Raging Bull” (1980) — Charting the rise and fall of self-destructive boxer Jake La Motta (Oscar-winner Robert De Niro), whose most daunting opponent was always himself, director Martin Scorsese’s drama is a total knockout — in and out of the ring. The fight sequences manage to be gut-punchingly repugnant, strangely thrilling — and all too accurate reflections of La Motta’s inner rage.

2) “The Set-Up” (1949) — Never heard of this boxing flick? You don’t know what you’re missing: director Robert Wise’s gritty, real-time film noir account of down-but-not-out Bill “Stoker” Thompson (Robert Ryan, a real-life boxing champ at Dartmouth and in the Marines), who refuses to go crooked — or go home. (Not surprisingly, film buff Scorsese credits “The Set-Up’s” realism as an inspiration for “Raging Bull.&#8221

3) “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) — Director Clint Eastwood and actors Hilary S**** and Morgan Freeman all won Academy Awards for this best picture Oscar-winner, about an aging trainer (Eastwood) who reluctantly agrees to coach a determined woman, that subverts its triumph-of-the-underdog predecessors in quietly powerhouse style.

4) “When We Were Kings” (1996) — Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby, and that includes this Oscar-winning documentary about the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” match in Zaire between heavyweight champion George Foreman and the then-underdog but already legendary Muhammad Ali.

5) “Fat City” (1972) — Another legend, director John Huston (a former boxer himself), returns to the ring for this tale of two small-town, small-time pugilist pals — one (Stacy Keach) washed up, the other (Jeff Bridges) on his way up, or so he thinks — who come to blows over their lost, lonely lives.

6) “Champion” (1949) — Overlook the unconvincing fight sequences in another gritty Oscar-winner; just concentrate on the perfectly cast Kirk Douglas as a ruthless boxer who punches his way to the top, becoming a hero in public while remaining a creep in private.

7) “Body and Soul” (1947) — Turning pro to help his impoverished family, an amateur boxer (John Garfield) discovers the dark side of the fight game, and himself, in an Oscar-winning drama that marks a transition between Hollywood formula and more realistic boxing movies. (Cinematographer James Wong Howe captured the boxing action on roller skates, as an assistant pushed him around the ring.)

8.) “Requiem for a Heavyweight” (1962) — If you know Rod Serling only for “Twilight Zone,” this big-screen version of his acclaimed “Playhouse 90” teleplay will open your eyes, as punchy has-been Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn), mauled in a fight and forced to hang up his gloves, struggles to adjust to life outside the ring.

9) “The Fighter” (2010) — Tired boxing-movie cliches — battling brothers, the triumph of the underdog — come alive in director David Fincher’s account of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) fights to overcome his seriously dysfunctional family, especially the older brother (Oscar-winner Christian Bale) he once idolized.

10) “Rocky” (1976) — OK, OK, you’ve been wondering about the Italian Stallion’s whereabouts. Truth be told, I’ve never been a fan of the Oscar-winning original, but any movie that spawns five sequels (including the 20-years-later, filmed-in-Vegas “Rocky Balboa&#8221 must have something going for it, notably its inspirational tale of a million-to-one shot going the distance. Which, when you think of it, pretty much describes not only Rocky but his creator/alter ego, Sylvester Stallone.

 

How many have you watched out of the 10?

 

how do you have a top10 without "ali" , will smith should of won an oscar for that role !!

 

Cinderella Man
Kid Kulafu

 

You left off the two best!

The Boxer - Daniel Day-Lewis

Cinderella Man - Russell Crowe

 

The Great White Hope starring James Earl Jones, great movie.

 

Awesome article by tss on floyd, manny both aging... And among other things, how mive eat us paramount to controlling the fight. I haven't finished it yet,butits the best ****ysis I've read yet of this fight.

http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/mayweather-vs-pacquiao/20712-maypac-the-impossible-waltz

 

David O. Russell directed The Fighter

 

Cinderella Man is my favourite. Not even on the list atsch

 

1 Cinderella man
2 Rocky 1
3 Resurrecting the Champ
4 Raging Bull
5 The main event
6 The Fighter
7 Rocky 2
8 Million dollar baby
9 Rocky Balboa
10 Marciano