Andre Holland and Wendell Pierce are stepping into the ring for the true-life boxing movie They Fight . The feature is based on the 2018 documentary of the same name that told the story of a down-and-out fighter who becomes involved with one of the country’s top youth boxing programs.

A/Vantage Pictures is producing alongside Andscape, a division of ESPN, Argent Pictures, North of Now, and Mandalay Pictures in association with Harper Road.

Holland plays boxing savant Walt Manigan, a reformed ex-convict who returns home to rebuild his family with the love of his life, Ketta (Samira Wiley). His path leads him to a boxing gym inside a D.C. youth recreation center that is about to be closed. There, he works under the wise coach Slim (Pierce) to mentor a group of boys to train for the ju

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