She gave the boxing world the one-two punch they never saw coming. Inspired by a true character, but with fictional elements thrown in, Against the Ropes tells the story of Jackie Kallen, the most successful female boxing manager ever to make her mark on the game. Jackie (Meg Ryan) is introduced when she works as secretary to boxing promoter, Irving Abel (Joe Cortese). It’s not a job she enjoys and she is overworked and underpaid, but, because her father ran a gym, boxing has always been in her blood and she wants to be part of the sport even if it has to be in the most menial way. She knows, however, that there’s got to be something better for her. She...
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