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The media made him a star — now he's got to prove himself.
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.Read moreLess
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.
The story
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.
Cast & crew
Erik EstradaRico "Honeyboy" Ramirez
Morgan FairchildJudy Wellman
James McEachinNate Walker
Robert CostanzoTiger's Trainer
Yvonne WilderHortensia Ramirez
Phillip R. AllenJimmy Bowford
Bill BaldwinRing Announcer
Héctor ElizondoEmilio Ramirez
Sugar Ray RobinsonHimselfExplore the crew
- Director
- John Berry
- Writer
- John Berry
- Producer
- John Berry
- Editor
- Art Seid
- Director of Photography
- Gayne Rescher
- Original Music Composer
- J.A.C. Redford
- Writer
- Lee Gold