The Challenger Page #3

Synopsis: Bronx native Jaden Miller, 24, could've had a better life, but fighting within a prestigious school cost his scholarship and an expulsion. Now a high school dropout working from job to job, evicted with nowhere to call home, he decides to train as a boxer under discredited trainer Duane Taylor. The local PBS station picks up on the story and wants to document Jaden's progress as he becomes slated to take on the champion, James Burchard, an undefeated boxer of less-than-appealing character. Jaden's mom, Jada (ailing from a heart condition), sees no good in this, as it was fighting that so far ruined his life, but Duane sees within Jaden an it factor that could make him great.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Kent Moran
Production: Freestyle Releasing
  4 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
PG-13
Year:
2015
95 min
Website
1,117 Views


you're not trying this.

-But, ma, I...

-Promise me, honey.

Look, I am proud that

you're doing good on your job.

See, that's how you help.

Another week,

I'll have enough money,

and we can get...

Get the hell out of here.

-Regina, please.

-What?

It's only gonna be a few days.

And whose couch

were you sleeping on

before you moved into

this place?

-Couch?

-That's right.

That thing was

plywood with a cushion.

-Oh, so now you're...

-That thing ain't no couch...

That marks the champ's

sixth straight title defense,

and still

renders him undefeated.

It begs the question,

is there

a challenger out there

that can beat him?

Damien Wright sure thought so,

but as we saw last night,

Wright was proven wrong.

When are you gonna find me

a real challenger, vin?

Keep embarrassing them

like that

and no one will fight you.

I can't change

the way I fight,

you know that.

Maybe you can find

someone who can.

One, two!

One, two! One, two!

One, two! Come on!

Why you holding back?

-One, two!

-I'm not!

One, two! One, two!

You're hitting like a girl.

One, two! One, two!

One, two! Stop holding back.

-One, two!

-I'm not!

So you do have a pulse.

I'm doing my best, all right?

No.

-What do you want from me?

-Your best.

You want to tell me

what's going on?

What are you afraid of, huh?

What are you afraid of?

What the hell am I doing

wasting my time with you?

You think

i came back to boxing

to get embarrassed again?

Look, my mom doesn't know

I'm here, all right?

-She doesn't want me fighting.

-Oh.

Mama's boy.

How long you gonna

keep that up?

You want to keep living

from job-to-job, fine.

But I've seen too many boxers

waste their talent,

waste their lives,

because they were afraid.

Afraid of losing. But mostly,

afraid of winning.

You can be great

and you're already quitting.

If you don't

stand up and fight

for who you are now,

right now,

you never will.

I better not see you

in here tomorrow.

I'm here, all right?

I'm ready.

I'm ready!

Really?

Show me.

One, two! One, two!

One, two! One, two!

One, two! Come on!

One, two! Harder!

One, two! One, two!

Harder! Harder, come on!

Keep moving.

You can't stop.

Ain't no days off.

I told you that.

You wanna be the champ,

that's what you got to do.

Harder! Harder, come on!

Let's go!

One, two! One, two!

One, two! One, two! One, two!

One, two! Come on!

One, two! Harder!

Where do you wanna be?

Where do you wanna be?

Come on.

That's how you got to work.

Got to keep working.

That's what I'm talking about.

That's how you do it.

That's what you need.

Don't be out-worked.

Maybe outclassed,

maybe out-techniqued,

but don't be out-worked.

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Kent Moran

Kent Moran (born June 12, 1982) is an American film actor and writer/director best known for his role in the film Listen to Your Heart and The Challenger. more…

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