Lou Savarese movie "We Own the Night". He also played a lead role in ESPN’s documentary "Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story", for which he received excellent reviews for his portrayal of boxer Max Baer. Other recent works include the independent film "Nicky’s Game", "A Matter of Honor (film)|A Matter of Honor", and "Knock, Knock", a horror film in which he plays Rico, the villain. Lou Savarese Lou Savarese (born July 14, 1965) is an American former professional boxer from Greenwood Lake, New York. He challenged once for the WBU/"Lineal" Heavyweight title in 1997. Savarese won two New York Golden Gloves
Joseph Collins (boxer) Joseph Collins (boxer) Joseph Phillip Collins (4 January 1919 – 2 March 1984) was a New Zealand amateur boxer, who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games, and won one national amateur title. Born at Foxton on 4 January 1919, Collins was the youngest child of Florence Ada Collins (née Le Masurier) and James William John Collins. On 10 February 1945, he married Sheila Coulton, and the couple went on to have four children. Collins came to national attention as a boxer when he won the New Zealand amateur lightweight title, representing Manawatu, in 1937. In the final,