The Great White Hype
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The 1996 movie The Great White Hype stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin and Jamie Foxx .
Jackson stars as Rev. Sultan, promoter of a champion boxer, who decides that he needs something new to boost the marketability of the boxing matches. He looks for a white contender and finds the only man (played by Berg) to ever beat the champ; the problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore.
However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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Sultan: "The highest-grossing fight of all time was Cooney vs Holmes. You know why, Champ?"
Roper: "Yeah. 'Cause Cooney was a white guy."
Sultan: "And his jab couldn't break wind!"
Rev. Fred Sultan: Who was the last person to beat the champ? Sol: His mother!
[Quoting his father] Mitchell Kane: Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and I'll give ya something to cry about you little bastard!