Against the Ropes

IMDb link: 0312329
IMDb rating: 5.3 (7,646 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, Sport, Romance
Director: Meg Ryan, Charles S. Dutton
Cast: Tony Shalhoub, Omar Epps and others

Release date: 20 Feb 2004
Release year: 2004
Runtime: 111 minutes
Country: Germany, United States
Keywords: cardboard cutout, watching tv, watching oneself on tv, box office bomb, boxer, boxing, boxing manager, directed by co star, boxing arena, three word title

Plot:

A Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several including Toney, McKart and Hearns. Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association...

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