Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and nearchampion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knowsprizefighting Yet threatened by gangsters for welshing on a gambling debt Mountains opportunistic manager Maish Rennick schemes to get the exboxer into a phony wrestling match to make some quick money Although he and his loyal trainer Army oppose the degrading proposition the disillusioned Mountain begins to wonder if he has any options left