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'The Fighter' Movie Sells Where Real Boxing Has Not

NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of movie-goers filled theaters across the country last weekend to see Mark Wahlberg's stirring portrayal of Micky Ward in "The Fighter." The film about the hard-scrabble Boston-area boxer raked in more than $12 million its first full weekend, has been nominated for six Golden Globes and...

Trainer Talks Pacquiao, Ali-Marciano, Wahlberg, De Niro

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Boxing trainer Vinnie Curto's fighting career includes associations with Muhammad Ali. Curto told FanHouse that actor Mark Wahlberg considered portraying him in a movie that was to cast...

Miguel Espino: Real-Life Rocky Goes Hollywood in 'The Fighter'

Miguel Espino rode a five-year, 11-bout winning streak that had included six knockouts, with four straight stoppages into what, at the time, was the biggest fight of his career. Not only was Espino was the 29-year-old father of a toddler, but he was caring for his legally blind mother, Ana Garcia, with whom he had lived...

Sylvester Stallone Selected to Boxing Hall of Fame

Hollywood's impact on the sports culture was felt loud and clear Tuesday in the boxing world. Think "Adriannnnnnnnnnn!" loud. Along with Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez, actor/writer Sylvester Stallone was honored as one of the 12-member 2011 class for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and...

John Molina Imitates Rocky, His Favorite Boxing Movie

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Fighters such as lightweight (135 pounds) John Molina (20-1, 16 knockouts), who does a brilliant imitation of Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, name their favorite boxing movies during a...

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WATCH: 'Rocky' Franchise Comes Under Scrutiny

Memorable lines such as " show me the money " and " there's no crying in baseball " have landed both "Jerry Maguire" and "A League of Their Own" amongst the list of highest grossing sports movies of all time.

Sylvester Stallone News From the Web

06/01/12 Bad Idea #15,765: Stallone & De Niro to Kiss the... Source: Get The Big Picture Do you remember the scene in Airplane II that featured a movie poster, an old guy in boxing shorts and gloves with the title Rocky XXXVIII ?
05/31/12 The New Expendables 2 Trailer: Now More Expendable!... Source: Hollywood Media Corp. Hey, Look--somebody got all those middle aged former action dudes together again!
05/31/12 âExpendables' TV Series in the Works? Source: Screen Rant Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, Hollywood action cinema was known for its campy one-liners, over-the-top thrills and an overall sense of tongue-in-cheek fun.
05/31/12 'The Expendables 2' Trailer: Stallone, Schwarzenegger... Source: The Wrap Sylvester Stallone and his band of warriors return to the screen in "The Expendables 2" -- serious gun power and bad-ass attitudes in tow.
05/31/12 The Expendables 2 TV Spot Source: MovieWeb Lionsgate has released the first TV spot for The Expendables 2 , which explodes into theaters nationwide August 17.

Background on Sylvester Stallone

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (; born July 6, 1946), commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter.

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