In This Corner: Hollywood's Growing Fight Club

By Rebecca Winters

Boxing used to be a sport that people who needed their teeth avoided. Now lots of famous faces are jumping on the boxing bandwagon, including Rocky Balboa. Have these people forgotten the Rocky sequels?

SYLVESTER STALLONE

With Survivor producer Mark Burnett in his corner, Sly will hunt for the next champ in the $2 million-per-episode NBC show The Contender

MEG RYAN

As hard-nosed boxing promoter Jackie Kallen in the recently released Against the Ropes, Ryan didn't throw the punches. And the critics didn't pull any either

GEORGE FOREMAN

The former heavyweight champion is shopping an unnamed reality series that follows boxers as they train. Grilling tips are not included

RUSSELL CROWE

He has already won in the ring as the Gladiator. In Ron Howard's Cinderella Man, due in December, Crowe will get pugilistic as Depression-era fighter Jim Braddock

JOE LOUIS

Some projects don't need living stars. The Fight, a documentary awaiting distribution, looks at the 1938 bout between the Brown Bomber and rival Max Schmeling