Honeyboy (1982)

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 its not all its 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 mobconnected promoters