The Notorious Elinor Lee
Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
Gladys Williams
Elinor Lee
Robert Earl Jones
Benny Blue
Carman Newsome
Norman Haywood
Edna Mae Harris
Fredi Welsh
Vera Burelle
Sherry Johnson
Eddie Lemons
Brownlee
Juano Hernández
John Arthur
Columbus Jackson
"Cracker" Jackson
Laura Bowman
Benny's mother
Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight-cutting program.
Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
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The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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