In this 1982 film, Rocky Balboa, now the heavyweight champion of the world, is provoked into a fight by Clubber Lang, a very aggressive ... and although Ali won the fight by decision, he was ...

And "Sling Blade" won the Oscar for Best Screenplay too ... Carter was the original Clubber Lang. Rocky Marciano was the original Rocky. He beat Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles.