
Teófilo Alfonso, also known as “Panamá Al” Brown, the first Latin American World Boxing Champion. After a fixed fight costs him his title, he retires to Paris. There, he becomes a sensation in a second-rate cabaret and catches the eye of poet Jean Cocteau, who becomes both his lover and agent. Despite being 35 and battling addiction, Brown agrees to return to boxing to reclaim his lost championship.
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The Weakness of the Bolshevik

Home Run

Hardball

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

Brotherly Love

Blood and Sand

Chuck

Big George Foreman

Cardboard Boxer

The Most Hated Woman in America

El Greco

