A boxer's career is cut short by a hand injury and he struggles to provide for his wife and family during the Great Depression. Desperate to make ends meet, he begs his former trainer for another shot at the big time and is finally given the chance to take on the heavyweight champion of the world. Ron Howard's fact-based drama, starring Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko and Paddy Considine