Blonde Fist (or Blond Fist) is a 1991 sports film directed by Frank Clarke and starring Margi Clarke as the protagonist Ronnie O'Dowd, who finds female boxing as an alternative to her domestic problems.

What was the early 90s boxing movie?

Gladiator (1992) - IMDb.

What movie was made in 1991?

The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

What was the boxing movie with Cuba Gooding Jr.?

Gladiator is a 1992 American sports drama film directed by Rowdy Herrington, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing.

What is the #1 boxing movie?

1. "Raging Bull" (1980) Raging Bull is a boxing movie that feels like the audience is getting the rope-a-dope, because while the story follows Robert De Niro's boxer trying to find love and glory, the real payoff for viewers is the inimitable performance from Joe Pesci.

Denzel Washington talks boxing and acting in Ricochet interview (1991)

What is the old time boxing movie?

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Critics Consensus: Requiem for a Heavyweight is a stirring character study of a battered boxer that may at times pummel its message yet finely retains cinematic métier and human nobility.

What boxing movie is based on a true story?

Cinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger and Paul Giamatti. It tells the true story of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock, who was dubbed "The Cinderella Man" by journalist Damon Runyon.

What movie did Woody Harrelson play a boxer?

Play It to the Bone is a 1999 American sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Ron Shelton. It stars Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas as two boxers and best friends who travel together to Las Vegas to fight each other, with the winner receiving a match for the middleweight championship.

What was the 2006 boxing movie?

Rocky Balboa is a 2006 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the sequel to Rocky V (1990) and the sixth installment in the Rocky film series. It also stars Burt Young and Antonio Tarver in his only acting role.

What is the one that got away 1991?

The One That Got Away is a 1995 book written under the pseudonym 'Chris Ryan' concerning the SAS patrol Bravo Two Zero, which was dropped behind enemy lines in Iraq in 1991. The author was a member of the patrol and tells of his 8 day escape on foot to the Syrian border.

What was invented in 1991?

1991 was the year when the World Wide Web came to life. 1991 was also the year the Linux kernel was conceived and created by Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds.

What was the boxing movie in 1980?

Raging Bull premiered in New York City on November 14, 1980, and was released in theaters on December 19, 1980. The film had a lukewarm box office of $23.4 million against its $18 million budget.

What was the 1990s Mike Tyson movie?

Tyson is a 1995 American biographical drama television film based on the life of American heavyweight boxer Iron Mike Tyson. Directed by Uli Edel and written by Robert Johnson, it stars Michael Jai White as Tyson alongside George C. Scott as Cus D'Amato and Paul Winfield as Don King.

What was the boxing movie in 1985?

Rocky IV is a 1985 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film is the sequel to Rocky III (1982) and the fourth installment in the Rocky film series. It also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, and Dolph Lundgren.

What is the male actor boxing movie?

The Fighter (2010)

Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg are boxing brothers in this brilliant David O. Russell film about the real Ward brothers, Micky (Wahlberg) and Dicky (Bale).

What movie is Jake Gyllenhaal a boxer?

Southpaw is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Kurt Sutter and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker and Rachel McAdams.

Who was the most feared man in boxing?

Sonny Liston

His reign as the heavyweight champion and his string of knockout victories cemented his status as one of the most feared men in boxing history.

What boxing movie was set in depression?

When his rags to riches story gets out, the sportswriter Damon Runyon dubs him "The Cinderella Man," and before long Braddock comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public struggling with the Depression. A title fight against Baer comes his way. Braddock is a 10-to-1 underdog.

Who was the boxer who broke his neck?

Incredible comeback of Vinny Pazienza, who was told he may never walk again following his broken neck after a car accident.

What was the boxing movie in 1990?

Rocky V is a 1990 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the sequel to Rocky IV (1985) and the fifth installment in the Rocky film series.

What boxer movie is based on a true story?

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

What was the boxing movie in 1970?

subject of another boxing film, The Great White Hope (1970, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Howard Sackler). As for fictional movies about boxers, they outnumber all other sports films.