Most Hollywood boxing movies are metaphors. Your movie is not a metaphor. It's really about boxing.

Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor.

I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.

What's not perceived to be an A movie anymore, is often subject matter that would have been thought of as a B movie many years ago.

I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.