This ain't Rocky, this is far more realistic as a movie, it takes place in the blood, sweat and tears and dirt and snot and slime of the 80's boxing ''local'' boxing scene. When people didn't had cellphone to get entertained and boxing was popular and some kind of a local entertainement. Wow, seriously, I watched the wrestler many times and never heard of this movie, the washed-up boxer Micky Rourke plays is as lovable as the washed-up wrestler we saw in the 2008 movie. Homeboy is the same kind of movie but different and the only thing they have in common beside having Mr. Rour key as their star is that their main characters hold on to their passion/job cause they don'the know anything else and it'seems the only thing they are good at. Even if their health is at risk. If you like fallen heroes, you'll fall in love with that movie, the cinematography is great, the music enhance the mood of the scenes (Clapton guitar work) and its something only Mickey Rourke can do as well as this. The only bad thing I noticed was the sound of the boxing gloves hitting was kind of weird, it's really important thing, especially in boxing flick, that you need to feel those punches via the sound effects they make. Watch that movie, you'll be disappointed.