Bear’s 4-Fs (Fictional Fighters of Film and Fiction)

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Magnum, P.I.: Season 3, Episode 8
Mr. White Death (18 Nov. 1982)
Ernest Borgnine ... Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death' aka The Doctor of Destruction, aka Earl Sapika
Margie Impert ... Madeline Jones, the Records Clerk
James Edgcomb ... Phil Lewis, Gianelli's Son
Linda Ryan ... Cora Gillson, Phil Lewis' Secretary
Ric Marlow ... Salvatore Marchese, Head of the Miami Family
James Grant ... Harry Meacham, the Gym Owner
Lord 'Tally Ho' Blears ... Ring Announcer (as Lord James Blears)
Farmer Boy Ipo ... Big Zongo aka Face Zongo aka The Fire God of Maui

Gianelli, a boxer, killed mob boss, Sal Marchese in 1955 and has been on the run ever since making a linving as a masked grappler
Corky Fustwicke "The One Legged Limey" was an opponent of Earl's in South America

gives
Earl Gianelli HW slugger 3
Big Zongo HW slugger 0
Corky Fustwicke HW slugger 0

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Adventures of Superman (TV series 1952–1958)
The Birthday Letter
John Doucette ... Slugger
Slugger is a good hearted thug working for the Duvals, a pair of counterfeiters.
He once went 20 rounds with Terrible Tommy O'Toole

gives
Slugger Doucette HW slugger 0
Terrible Tommy O'Toole HW slugger 2

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The Untouchables
The Jamaica Ginger Story 1961
On the night of May 25, 1931, 2 trucks are rolling into K.C., carrying $1-million worth of Jamaica Ginger rotgut, also known as "Ginger Jake."
The trucks are owned by Rafael Torrez, gangster and race horse trainer, who has a monopoly on the Jamaica Ginger. Rival crime boss Jerry LaCarva, wanting in on the enormous profits, is ready to hijack the trucks, along with his gang of 5 hoods: the 2 notorious Roth brothers, Andy Bello (alias Louis Belmont), Richie Peters and Wally Heilman. Heilman USMC WW champ
Kansas City bootlegger Rafael Torrez (Michael Ansara) runs a lucrative trade in "Jamaica Ginger", a deadly product tainted with wood alcohol. When rival mobsters try to move in on his operation, Torrez hires hitmen Martinson and Garrity (Brian Keith and James Coburn) to eliminate them. The hit is successful, but complications ensue when Martinson is identified to Ness. Garrity kills Martinson's girl when she refuses to provide an alibi, and then attempts to recruit Martinson for a hit on Torrez. Tipped off by Ness about his girl's murder, Martinson pretends to go along with Garrity, but instead helps Torrez to kill him. Ness and his Untouchables arrive
in a blaze of gunfire and the bootleggers and hitmen are wiped out to the last man.
Brian Keith ... Jim Martinson
Michael Ansara ... Rafael Torrez
James Coburn ... Dennis Garrity
Alfred Ryder ... Jerry LaCava

gives
Wally Heilman WW slugger 2

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"The Rockford Files" A Fast Count (1978)
1 December 1978 (Season 5, Episode 11)
James Garner ... Jim Rockford
Noah Beery Jr. ... Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford #2 (credit only) (as Noah Beery)
Joe Santos ... Police Det. Dennis Becker
Kenneth McMillan ... Morry Hawthorne manager/trainer of Jesus Hernandez
Mary Frann ... Ruth Beetson-White manager/promoter and used car dealer
Steven Bauer ... Jesus Hernandez (as Rocky Echevarria) LHW prospect
Lawrence P. Casey ... Don White (as Lawrence Casey)
Len Wayland ... Homer Nelson
Carl Anderson ... Tony Malavida cheap hood
Woody Eney ... F.I. Blassette
Don Starr ... Bernard Caplan
John Kerry ... Dixon
Fred Franklyn ... Priest (as Fredric Franklyn)
John Yates ... 2nd FBI Agent
Tamara Elliot ... Secretary (as Tamara Eliot)
Lisa Marie Effler ... Lucy
Rosa Turich ... Mama Aguilar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bert Kramer ... Skip Laforce works for car dealership and with Don White
Mike Mazurki ... Choo-Choo (uncredited) muscle for Laforce

gives
Jesus Hernandez LHW either 4

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The Calcium Kid (2004)
The film is a mockumentary comedy, in which Bloom plays young milkman Jimmy. He is an amateur boxer who by a bizarre twist of events ends up fighting the world champion in his home town.

Jimmy Connelly, an English bachelor milkman, 'accidentally' knocks down his boxing club's champion as stand-in sparring partner. The champ was scheduled for a title fight against the reigning, American world champion. So the sleazy manager decides to substitute him with Jimmy, who is now groomed for stardom. Naive Jimmy does everything the crook says, only to be blamed when it all explodes in their faces big time. Will he keep taking it or stand his ground before his whole career and private life are ruined?
Cast
Michael Lerner ... Artie Cohen manager/promoter of Jose Mendez based in New York
Michael Peña ... Jose Mendez 38-0 (36) MW champ born Mexico, home Los Angeles/Las Vegas
Tamer Hassan ... Pete Wright 38-0 (34) MW challenger "The Chosen One"
Omid Djalili ... Herbie Bush sleazy gym owner in Lambeth, manager/promoter of Wright
Ivanhoe Noronha ... Pete's Trainer (as Ivanhoe Norona)
Orlando Bloom ... Jimmy 'The Calcium Kid' Connelly 0-0-0 "Jimbo"
David Kelly ... Paddy O'Flannagan be-sotted trainer working for Bush
Frank Bruno ... Frank Bruno
Chris Eubank ... Chris Eubank
Undertaker Jones MW boxer
Ennis FW fighter
IBO titlee fight advertised as "The Mele on the Tele"

gives:
Jose Mendez MW slugger 9
Pete Wright MW slugger 7
Jimmy "The Calcium Kid" Connelly MW boxer 2
Undertaker Jones MW slugger 4
Paddy O'Flannagan FW boxeer 2

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The Calcium Kid (2004)
cont.

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"Everybody Hates Chris" (2005)
story of a teenager growing up as the oldest of three children in Brooklyn, NY, in 1982. 1982 is the year that Chris (Tyler James Williams) turns 13. Filled with dreams of being a cool teenager, Chris moves with his family from the projects to the "Bed-Stuy: Do or Die" neighborhood.
. With his mom determined to see him in a good school, though Drew and Tonya go to the same school in their old neighborhood, Chris reluctantly faces multiple bus transfers every day to attend Corleone Junior High in the fiercely Italian neighborhood, South Shore.
Everybody Hates Boxing
S4, Ep15 Feb. 6, 2009
Everybody Hates Boxing
Mr. Thurman convinces Chris to take up boxing, a new neighbor has the hots for Julius, and Rochelle gets lonely for Julius while he takes on extra shifts
Tyler James Williams ... Chris
Chris Rock ... Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Ben-Victor ... Coach Thurman
Travis T. Flory ... Joey Caruso
Anthony Martins ... PainMaker
Mikandrew Perdaris ... Julio cHAMP
Cameron Icon Giddings ... Boxer (uncredited)

gives:
Young Chris Rock FLY boxer 0
Pain Maker FLY slugger 0
Champ Julio FLY slugger 1

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The Knockout (1914)
A couple of tramps, down on their luck and hungry, decide to fake an exhibition boxing match for a promoter. Meanwhile, Pug, a good-hearted but boisterous fellow, takes on a gang of mashers who make unwanted advances to his girlfriend. Impressed by his abilities, the mashers decide to pass Pug off as Cyclone Flynn, the champion, and enter him in the boxing match. But the real Cyclone shows up, and he and Pug battle it out in the ring. Soon the fight progresses to include pistols, rooftop chases, and the Keystone Kops in hot pursuit.
Cast
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ... Pug (uncredited)
Charles Chaplin ... Referee (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy ... Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
Grover Ligon ... Tramp in Derby / Cop (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald ... Spectator / Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Mann ... Tramp in Eyepatch / Cop (uncredited)
fight takes place at Dingville, AC

gives:
Pug Arbuckle HW slugger 1
Cyclone Flynn MW slugger 3

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Golden Girls
Fiddler on the Ropes
S4, Ep18
Mar. 4, 1989
Sophia is given money that is intended to be put into a Certificate of Deposit, but she buys a Cuban prizefighter instead.
Chick Vennera ... Kid Pepe welterweight
Pepe's opponent's name sounded like Batanick

gives:
Kid Pepe WW boxer 0
Kid Batanick WW slugger 2

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Matlock: Season 5, Episode 12
The Fighter (11 Dec. 1990)
Richard Bakalyan ... Mickey Callahan (as Dick Bakalyan) Leon's trainer
Wanda De Jesus ... Alana Leon
Ken Foree ... Billy Leon Champ & murder suspect
Stanley Kamel ... Clayton Ross Chicago based promoter, holds party in Atlanta
Christopher Allport ... Nick Underwood sportswriter& murder victim
Don Knotts ... Les Calhoun claimed to have been a Fly boxer
James V. Christy ... Freddy Romano cornerman
Boomer Wilson Atlanta based challenger
Tom Kirby ex sparring partner of Leon's

gives:
Billy Leon HW slugger 7
Les Calhoun FLY boxer 0
Boomer Wilson HW slugger 6
Tom Kirby HW slugger 0

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Copper (2012– )
Tom Weston-Jones ... Detective Kevin Corcoran "Corky", cop, vet, ex-pugilist, referees bout promoted by Morehouse
Kyle Schmid ... Robert Morehouse promoter of bouts
Rick Roberts ... Winfred Haverford co-promoter with Morehouse
Peter Bryant ... Marcus Freeman pugilist, trainer of Jasper Longfield forbout vs.McGinnes
Ryan Allen ... Jasper Longfield
Andrew Priestman ... 'Irish' Jake McGinnis beat a fighter whose name may have been Matt Warden

gives:
Detective Kevin Corcoran HW slugger 3
Marcus Freeman HW boxer 4
Jasper Longfield HW slugger 2
Irish Jake McGinnis HW slugger 4
Matt Warden HW slugger 1

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Play It to the Bone
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas. On the trip, we see flashbacks to their previous title shots, their competitive friendship, and Grace's motivational wiles.
Antonio Banderas ... Cesar Dominguez
Woody Harrelson ... Vince Boudreau
Lolita Davidovich ... Grace Pasic
Tom Sizemore ... Joe Domino mgr promoter in Vegas & New York
Lucy Liu ... Lia
Robert Wagner ... Hank Goody Mgr promoter in Vegas
Richard Masur ... Artie
Willie Garson ... Cappie Caplan
Cylk Cozart ... Rudy gofer for Goody
Jack Carter ... Dante Solomon lawyer
Louie Leonardo ... Freddy Green WW challenger party problems
Julio García ... Chiquito Rosario WW champ Aurelio Rosario
Johnny Ortiz ... Gym Owner
Jordy Oakland ... Julie
William Utay ... Sal (as Will Utay)
Joseph Arsenault ... Bobby
Robert Sale ... Robert Velario WW champion in Garden bout vs Cesar
Joe Cortez ... Garden Referee
Bruce Buffer ... Garden Ring Announcer
Teddy Atlas ... Cesar's Garden Trainer
Robby Robinson ... Skeeter Lewis MW champ, boxer, drew vs. Vince
Mitch Halpern ... Vince's Big Fight Referee
Chuck Hull ... Vince's Big Fight Ring Announcer
Eloy Casados ... Vince's Trainer
Henry G. Sanders ... Cesar's Trainer
Vasil Chuck Bodak ... Cesar's Cutman
Jacob 'Stitch' Duran ... Vince's Cutman
Al Benner ... Jesse, Cesar's Cornerman
Pat Barry ... Lupe, Vince's Cornerman
Mike Tyson ... Mike Tyson
Darrell Foster ... Referee
Bill Caplan ... Dr. Velvil Ginsberg
Marc Ratner ... Boxing Commissioner
Jane Broadfoot ... Timekeeper
Carlos Padilla ... Timekeeper
Vincent Cipolla ... Fight Promoter (uncredited)
Harv Lawrence ... Ringside Judge (uncredited)

Cesar Dominguez 32-6-5. As 19-0 Philly prospect dropped the Duva's and hooked up with Joe Domino.
Once made Ring Magazine cover. Rushed into WW title bout in Garden vs. Robert Valerio. KO'd. Excellent jab

Vince Boudreau 42-11-9 Onetime #1 SMW contender. Infighter with great left hook. Drewin a title shot vs
Skeeter Lewis. Thought he was robbed. Dominated Lewis on indside. Never stopped.

Freddy Green WW challenger, scheduled to face champ, Chiquito Rosario on Tyson undecard. Drug OD night prior to fight
prevented him from bout

Aurelio Chiquito Rosario WW champ scheduled to defend on Tyson undercard. Died in car wreck morning of bout.

Robert Velario WW champion in Garden bout vs Cesar. Wiley vet. Set Cesar up for a hook and stopped him

Skeeter Lewis SMW champ, boxer, drew vs. Vince in Garden in title bout. Drawn into an infighting battle by Vince.

Rustikoff HW scheduled vs. Tyson. KO'd a lot of no names. Stopped in 0:58

gives:
Freddy Green WW slugger slugger 3
Aurelio Chiquito Rosario WW boxer 7
Robert Velario WW either 7
Skeeter Lewis MW boxer 7
Rus Rustikoff HW slugger 0

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rerated
these two:

Cesar Dominguez 32-6-5. As 19-0 Philly prospect dropped the Duva's and hooked up with Joe Domino.
Once made Ring Magazine cover. Rushed into WW title bout in Garden vs. Robert Valerio. KO'd. Excellent jab

Vince Boudreau 42-11-9 Onetime #1 SMW contender. Infighter with great left hook. Drewin a title shot vs
Skeeter Lewis. Thought he was robbed. Dominated Lewis on indside. Never stopped.

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Champ for a Day
missed
Bill Poland ... Frankie Sebello
Don Blackman ... Frankie Sebello - Fighter (uncredited)


Frankie Sebello MW slugger 2

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On the Waterfront 1954
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Marlon Brando ... Terry Malloy nearing 30 at 168 compared to Conn, dropped fight vs Wilson for Friendly, KO'd twice
Karl Malden ... Father Barry
Lee J. Cobb ... Johnny Friendly (Michael J. Skelly) union boss & hood
Rod Steiger ... Charley Malloy friendly's mouyjpiece
Pat Henning ... Kayo Dugan
Leif Erickson ... Glover
James Westerfield ... Big Mac
Tony Galento ... Truck (Louis O. Genetta) union VP
Tami Mauriello ... Tillio A. Bertilli
John F. Hamilton ... 'Pop' Doyle (as John Hamilton)
John Heldabrand ... Mott
Rudy Bond ... Moose
Don Blackman ... Luke
Arthur Keegan ... Jimmy
Abe Simon ... Barney
Eva Marie Saint ... Edie Doyle
A fighter named Crandall was losing a radio broadcasted bout vs. Perrell, afighter cho once lost to Malloy
Wilson got a title shot after beating Mallloy, and Friendly made a bundle on bets

gives
Terry Malloy LHW slugger 3
Price Wilson LHW boxer 4
Dock Perrell LHW slugger 1
Pug Crandall LHW slugger 0

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On the Waterfront

ex pros played
Louis O. Genetta HW slugger 0
Tillio A. Bertilli HW slugger 0

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Happy Days
Season 5, Episode 12: Requiem for a Malph
Original Air Date—6 December 1977
Ralph Malph takes his life in his hands when he tries to steal pretty college cheerleader, Kitty, from her musclebound boyfriend, the football team's star fullback, Rebel E. Lee.
After Ralph dates the girlfriend of a football player, the jock challenges him to a boxing match. The football player is played by Reb Brown who was in the pilot for the television program Captain America.
Don Most ... Ralph Malph (as Donny Most)
Reb Brown ... Rebel E. Lee

gives:
Ralph Malph LHW boxer 0
Rebel E. Lee HW slugger 0

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Designing Woman (1957)
Gregory Peck ... Mike Hagen sports writer
Mickey Shaughnessy ... Maxie Stultz punchy ex-MW champ
Chuck Connors ... Johnnie 'O' ex-HW, muscle for Daylor
Edward Platt ... Martin J. Daylor mob guy involved with fight game
Jack Cole ... Randy Owens dancer, in a hillarious fight scene
Eddie Lou Simms ... Joey Yustik (uncredited) 40 year old fighter, over the hill, run out by Daylor as an opponeny
Chuck Hicks ... Galatos (uncredited) beats Yustik in bout
Mushy Callahan ... Referee (uncredited)
James Dime ... Timekeeper at Fight Arena (uncredited)
Jack Daly ... Sportswriter at Dinner (uncredited)
Tony Blaine named as a former opponent of Stultz, clossed both of his eyes in a bout

Gives
Johnnie 'O' HW slugger 2
Chuck Galatos HW slugger 1
Joey Yustik HW boxer 0
Tony Blaine MW boxer 3
Maxie Stultz MW slugger 5

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Hawaii Five-O: Season 1, Episode 18
Along Came Joey (12 Feb. 1969)
Joey Kalama, son of police detective Phil Kalama, nearly goes down in a boxing match then comes back to win the fight. Later, he is beaten by two thugs and dies. McGarrett & Co. investigate the death while trying to rein in Phil, who is also probing the case. The heat is turned up on Five-O after Joey's manager falls to his death accidentally while Phil was trying to question him.
Peter Mark Richman ... Nick Morgan (as Mark Richman) Gambler, mob ties and fight fixing
Jesse White ... Nat Keller Manger of Kalama
Frank DeKova ... Phil Kalama (as Frank de Kova)
Jean Hale ... Lois Walker
Jerry Summers ... Joey Kalama The Maui Kid 15-0 (10)
Hal Baylor ... Elroy heavy
Wayne Want ... Sugar heavy
Charles Lantkin ... Luther trainer and ex-fighter, one time contender
Daniel Santiago ... Maxie
William Miller ... Ring Announcer
Bobby Lee ... Referee
Torlino light hitting opponent of Kalama

gives
Joey Kalama MW boxer 5
Kid Torlino MW boxer 1
Luther Blackman LW boxer 4

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Sanford and Son: Season 4, Episode 19
Golden Boy (7 Feb. 1975)
Fred hopes to get rich quick by becoming co-owner of a boxer dubbed Junior Joe Louis. It then becomes Fred and Grady's job to get Junior into fighting shape before Friday's bout.
Redd Foxx ... Fred G. Sanford
Demond Wilson ... Lamont Sanford
Whitman Mayo ... Grady Wilson
David Doyle ... Clancy Fitzgerald promoter
Hank Rolike ... Yarby gets Fred to invest $50 on fighter
Barry Wright ... Junior Joe Louis
Irish Doogie Doherty replaces junior in prelim

names on poster
Benny Morrow
Mike Moran

gives
Junior Joe Louis HW slugger 0
Irish Doogie Doherty HW boxer 0
Lamont Sanford HW boxer 0
Fast Fist Freddie Sanford LW boxer 0
Benny Morrow FLY slugger 0