Fighters that have appeared in Movies

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  1. Destruction and Mayhem

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    George Foreman was a construction worker in "Let's do it again" with Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier

    Max Baer was in "The prizefighter and the Lady"

    Of course, Joe Frazier played himself in "Rocky"

    Muhammad Ali played himself in "The Greatest"

    De La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard played themselves in "Brokeback Mountain"

    Any others?
     
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    Fernando Vargas was in Alpha Dog. Shannon Briggs was in Bad Boys 2 or something like that. RJJ in the Matrix sequel. Gary Stretch (who is actually a very good actor) had a big part in Dead Mans Shoes (great film). Lennox Lewis played a yardie gang boss in Johnny Was. Steve Collins was in Lock Stock.
     
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    Roberto Duran is sparring in Rocky 2 and had a small bit in Harlem nights

    Mark Breland shoots at some people while playing craps in He Got Game
     
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    Good ones. I forgot about Jones and Steve Collins. I didn't know abotu the others you mentioned.
     
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    Good call on Roberto Duran, I temporarily forgot that one.

    Actually Mark Breland turned in a fantastic performance in "Lords of discipline" where he was in the army and was subjected to racism in the form of electric shocks to his balls. Great film actually.
     
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    Wasn't Wlad in a film?
     
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    Wlad and Lennox played themselves in one of the Ocean's movies. They just did a ringwalk.
     
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    Roy Jones was also in The Devil's Advocate, with Al Pacino.

    Marvin Hagler became a star of Italian B-grade action flicks. Ditto for Manny Pacquiao in his native Philippines.

    In the fictional Boxing movie Play It To The Bone, you see George Foreman and Mike Tyson. Tyson can be seen again in The Hangover movies.
     
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    There were quite a few boxers in Snatch - Scott Welsch,and that little flyweights fella who always got cut, name escapes me.
     
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    James Toney played Joe Frazier in Ali.
     
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    Who can forget Tommy Morrison's brilliant portrayal of Tommy Gunn in the legendary Rocky V?
     
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    Antonio Tarver as Mason Dixon in Rocky Balboa.
     
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    Cliff Couser played Tyson in the Don King movie.
     
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    tyson in 'black and white'. he was good too.
    guess he was in that 'hangover' movie as well.
     
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    Diego Corrales was in "Big Stan"
     
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    Holyfield was in Necessary Roughness and arthur
     
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    Frazier was in Home of Angels and Ghost Fever
     
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    Oscar De La Hoya's ass made a cameo in 'Big Black Cocks with Pearly White Cum'
     
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    Jeff Lacy was in The Hammer, with Adam Corrolla.

    Charles Shufford was a great George Foreman in either Ali or Don King Only in America.

    Did anyone mention Mike Tyson in The Hangover?
     
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    Shannon Briggs in "Transporter II"

    Tex Cobb in "Raising Arizona", "Uncommon Valor", "The Golden Child" and who knows how many other parts

    Canada Lee in "Body & Soul", "Lifeboat", and "Cry The Beloved Country"

    Ray Mancini in a shitty modern version of "Body & Soul".

    Archie Moore in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
     
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    Michael Bentt was in Ali.
     
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    Good call.

    He was Liston. He didn't fight like Liston though.
     
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    He fought like Liston when he fought Ali. :eek:ld:
     
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    alex garcia took a dive in the greatest boxing flick ever
     
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    Eddie M. Muhammad as Billy Fox in Raging Bull
     
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    Bob Sapp was also in Big Stan. Micky Ward was in the front row when Mark Wahlberg, playing Ward, started his comeback after he got a broken hand in The Fighter.

    Dennis Alexio was in Kickboxer as was Benny The Jet Urquidez, who was also in Grosse Pointe Blank.
     
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    There are so many, but here's a few more...

    Vito Antuofermo was in The Godfather Part III.

    Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello & Abe Simon were in On The Waterfront.

    Ken Norton was in Mandingo, Drum & Dirty Work. Also on an episode of the A-Team on TV.

    Primo Carnera was in Mighty Joe Young

    George Chuvalo was in the 80's remake of The Fly

    Tex Cobb was in The Golden Child, Raising Arizona, One of the Fletch movies, Liar, Liar and a bunch of other stuff

    Ray Mancini was in Oceans of Fire with Ken Norton & Tony Burton (from Rocky)

    Earnie shavers was in Honeymoon in Vegas

    70's heavy Pedro Lovell played Spider Rico in Rocky

    Maxie Rosenbloom had too many acting roles to list.

    George Foreman was in "Car Wash."

    Jack O'Halloran in Superman I & II and many others.

    And there are a lot of prominent actors who were boxers before starting their acting careers.
     
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    Such as the legendary Tony Danza.
     
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    ...and Best Actor Oscar winner Victor McLaglen
     
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    Ken Norton in "Mandingo" is the funniest
     
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