Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy ...

The movie Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, follows fictional boxer ... and his fall from stardom in boxing. The movie is a story about overcoming grief and finding one's way back to their ...

Jake Gyllenhaal made his acting debut alongside ... His blindness proved to be a helpful tool for a character, though. In the 2015 boxing movie "Southpaw," police told his character that his ...

Jake Gyllenhaal impressed many when he showed off ... run eight miles and go through a workout routine that included skipping, boxing and weight training. During an interview with Howard Stern ...

This gritty boxing movie was first created for Eminem to play the lead role of boxer Billy Hope, but after the rapper backed out weeks before he was to begin training, the role went to Gyllenhaal.

Jake Gyllenhaal is taking a tip from the late ... in what appears to be a boxing ring with rowdy onlookers cheering (or catcalling) behind him. The reimagined film follows a former UFC fighter ...

When deciding what his next acting challenge should be, Road House star Jake Gyllenhaal often ... physical challenges compared between boxing and MMA, Gyllenhaal said: “They're both very ...

Jake Gyllenhaal could do absolutely anything next ... When prepping for “Southpaw’s” boxing sequences, Gyllenhaal connected with Terry Claybon, Washington’s longtime trainer, and worked ...

For Antoine Fuqua’s boxing drama Southpaw ... originally appeared on British GQ with the title, “How to get Jake Gyllenhaal's MMA-ready Road House body”. Tom Ward is a UK-based journalist ...