Fighters: Fictional

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Please post photos of fictional fighters in this thread be they from film, television or print.

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Rocky Balboa (alternate)

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Rocky Balboa

(from Rocky 4 ???)

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Hilary Swank
From Million Dollar Baby

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posting Kid Galahad, a/k/a Elvis Presley.

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Harder They Fall

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My earliest encounter with boxing history occured in 1956. My dad took me to the show to see Bogie's last film The Harder They Fall. After seeing the film dad spent the rest of the day regaling me with stories about the historical fighters that were models for the characters in the film. For these very nostalgic and sentimental reasons this film (along with Gentleman Jim) tops my list of favorite boxing films.

Here's Toro Moreno, the hapless Agrentine fighter based on Carnera. He was played by a large wrestler, Tarzan Mike Lane.

Toro Moreno HW slugger 2

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harder THey Fall

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Slugger Buddy Brannen was played by Max Baer, some ironic casting.

Buddy Brannen HW slugger 9

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Harder They Fall

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Moreno's trainer, George, was played by Jersey Joe Walcott. I assumed he was an exfighter and created a composite.

George Jersey HW both 6

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Harder They Fall

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Fighter (uncredited) was played by stuntman Charles Horvath. He also played a fighter in "The Twilight Zone" - The Big, Tall Wish (1960) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Fighter played by Charles Frank Horvath.

Pug Horvath HW slugger 2

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Harder TheyFall

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Continuing Horvath.

Frankie Horvath HW boxer 3

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Harder They Fall (sort of)

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Found a pic of Max Baer Jr. with boxing gloves and couldn't resist. A southpaw tomato can dedicated to Conn Chris, who mailed a pic of Jethro Bodine to me shortly after I first joined the forum.

Jethro Beaudine Baer HW slugger 1

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Gentleman Jim

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Gentleman Jim is my other favorite boxing film. When I was a kid I thought that James J. Corbett was the greatest boxer ever because of this movie. In close ups in the film Romano notes that Billy Conn did the footwork. Freddie Steele was Errol Flynn's stand in for the barge fight. Jack Roper ko'd Flynn three times in workouts. This composite reflects that. Steele type of power in a Conn/Corbett type of boxer with a chin that is a tad iffy.

Corbett Flynn HW boxer 12

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Gentleman Jim

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John L. Sullivan played by Ward Bond in Gentleman Jim.

Ward Sullivan HW slugger 8

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Joe Choynski (uncredited) played by Sammy Stein who is described in IMDB as a (Professional wrestler and football player. Played offensive end/tackle for the National Football League's Staten Island Stapletons (1929-30), New York Giants (1931), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1932) in Gentleman Jim (1942) He also had some other boxing roles.

Jack Burke also (uncredited) played by Art Foster in Gentleman Jim.

Samuel Chonsky HW slugger 5
Foster Burke HW boxer 1

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Gentleman Jim

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Jake Kilrain (uncredited) played by wrestler Mike Mazurki in Gentleman Jim.

Michael Kilraine HW slugger 4

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Gentleman Jim

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Ed "Strangler" Lewis appeared in the film Gentleman Jim (1942) (uncredited) .... as Hoghead and was Ward Bond's boxing double.
From IMDB.

Hoghead Lewis HW slugger 1

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Perfect Speciman

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In The Perfect Specimen (1937) Gerald Beresford Wicks was played by Errol Flynn. I was always a big fan of Errol Flynn and swashbucklers, but this is one of his films I've never seen. If anybody can identify the actor or character that was his ring opponent in this film I'd welcome the information.

Gerald Beresford Wicks HW boxer 3

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Raging Bull

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From the film, based on the brothers LaMotta, we have:

Joe D'Toro MW S2
Robert D'Toro MW S11

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Raging Bull

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From the film, based on the brothers LaMotta, we have:

Joe D'Toro MW S2
Robert D'Toro MW S11

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Raging Bull

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A gratuitous extra:
Toro Salvaje MW S10 Italy

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