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just saw this and I gotta say Paul ..


..Newman cannot throw a punch

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Everybody's has the right to an opinion, but I disagree. Also for those familiar with the real Rocky, he was an awkward fighter, whose main skill was the power in his punch, not the agility with which he delivered it. Also the fighter playing Tony Zale is remarkably good and looks incredibly like Zale, real name Zaleski. Not only is he skillful, but until reading an article about this movie, I thought that it actually was Zale playing himself. I had also heard that the plan was to use the real Zale, but like many fighters he had trouble pulling his punches and wound up actually hitting Newman so often, that he was replaced.

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i disagree. i think he has one hell of a left hook

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