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Requiem for a Heavyweight

1962 · Film · 95 min

Directed by Ralph Nelson

Drama

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

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  1. PositiveIgelauAug 31, 2021

    Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) takes a pretty good look at that. It has a neat POV segment at the beginning that shows a fight with Cassius Clay through the eyes of the main character.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056406/

    And well... there's also Rocky V...