The Fighter 2010

The incredible but true story of boxer Micky Ward—nicknamed “The Irishman”—and his journey to becoming a world champion. Ward’s rise was similar to that of the legendary Rocky. A guy from the working class, he worked on road construction projects between fights. After enduring a string of setbacks and defeats, Mickey managed to return to the ring when his half-brother Dickie Eklund—a former boxer whose career was cut short by a drug addiction—became his trainer. His brother’s support, the love of waitress Charlene, his mother’s care, and his unyielding will to win enabled Ward to rise to the world’s pinnacle...