Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story is a 1985 American made-for-television biographical sports film starring Robert Blake and Doug McKeon, directed by Richard Michaels and executive-produced by Sylvester Stallone. The film originally premiered on CBS on May 1, 1985.
Plot
The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxer from 1982 to 1984, Hollywood actor and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.Cast
- Robert Blake as Lenny Mancini
- Doug McKeon as Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
- *Carl Steven as Young Ray Mancini
- Mariclare Costello as Ellen Mancini
- Tony Burton as Grif
- Ray Buktenica as Dave Wolf
- James T. Callahan as Father O'Neill
- Richard Bakalyan as Frank Jacobs
- Luisa Leschin as Ellen Mancini Jr.
- Norman Alden as Ray Arcel
- Ben Frank as Eddie Sullivan
- Richard Doyle as Journalist
- Steve Eastin as Reporter
- Johnny Haymer as Fan
- Paul Jenkins as Steelworker
- Jimmy Lennon as Announcer
- Jimmy Lennon Jr. as Announcer
- Mario Machado as Broadcaster
- Lycia Naff as Cynthia
- Dee Dee Rescher as Reporter