Ray de la Fuentes is an amazing man, great to his family and friends, loved by all, and missed by many. Rest in peace, and may this be part of your legacy forever.
This film was a remake of the 1937 Kid Galahad film Former Welterweight Boxing Champion of the world Mushy Callaghan trained Elvis for this movie filmed in 1961. "I worked with Elvis in the training camp and advised him during actual filming of his first fights in "Kid Galahad", says Callahan, “I can truthfully say that the boy could well have made a living with his fists instead of his voice if he'd had a mind to. Actor's don't like to get hit but Elvis didn't mind a bit, I watched him get ready for the fight scenes and saw him hitting himself in the face to toughen up". No doubt Presley was not impressed with this flattery, as he said: "Show-business may be hard - but this fight game? Ugh!". For your information Elvis’s character in the movie is not a professional boxer he’s trained as one for money so just like in the Rocky films he would get battered and look awful for most of the fight scenes but then hit that killer shot and wins the fight so the bad boxing defence you see is purely intentional and in the script Elvis famously studied martial arts was a black belt in karate and was one of the first actors to portray martial arts fight moves in Hollywood films well before Bruce Lee & Chuck Norris
And coincidentally, United Artists through Associated Artists Productions distributed the original 1937 version of Kid Galahad as part of pre-1950 Warner Bros. Pictures library.
Note: The original 1937 version of Kid Galahad is now currently owned and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures through Turner Entertainment Co. (part of United Artists library under the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library), while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures through United Artists for the 1962 remake version of Kid Galahad with Elvis Presley.
Yes this was another one of Elvis great movies. And we all know Elvis wanted more serious roles without all the singing. While he loved and was great at his concert tours I truly believe Elvis would have loved to do some serious acting roles. Although I watched some of the movie A Star is Born with Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and I didn't care for the movie at all. I loved Miss Streisand's singing and some of her other movies and I like Kristofferson as well. But I don't think that movie would've been great for Elvis myself. I can't say what would've been. But I do believe if Elvis could've been in more serious roles it would've been to his advantage. But the prescription drugs unfortunately took him on a spiral downward and bloated and ruined a great man. Why Elvis let that happen to him I'll never know. But RIP King.
Damn Elvis looked pretty good in the ring.
yup
What a serious role Elvis played. This may have been a difficult physical preparation. Thanks✌👑👼❤🌹
Ray de la Fuentes is an amazing man, great to his family and friends, loved by all, and missed by many. Rest in peace, and may this be part of your legacy forever.
Thank you my father was loved by so many. Rest in Peace ( Sugar Boy
Romero my father
elvis presley is and he was the greatest in every thing that he did baucsehe was the king rip elvis presley
Elvis never loses.
The 'KING' is in Fighting shape in this movie!!
imagine if he had the part of Rocky ! he would of been great
Bellissimo ELVIS PRESLEY ❤UNICO FOREVER GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR BENDICIONES 2023 11 10
Elvis could do anything looked half decent as a boxer. Amazing person
He could play a singing cowboy, singing GI, singing racer, etc. and dying American Indian
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l'uomo più bello di tutti i tempi !!!
These Fight scenes are more realistic than the Original Rocky!
Damn right.
ha ha i dont know the first thing about boxing so i will take your word for it
that’s right 👍
And then Charles Bronson became a badass. Look at those punches.. Elvis is a hard puncher.
Charles Bronson also was very famous person.
This film was a remake of the 1937 Kid Galahad film
Former Welterweight Boxing Champion of the world Mushy Callaghan trained Elvis for this movie filmed in 1961.
"I worked with Elvis in the training camp and advised him during actual filming of his first fights in "Kid Galahad", says Callahan, “I can truthfully say that the boy could well have made a living with his fists instead of his voice if he'd had a mind to. Actor's don't like to get hit but Elvis didn't mind a bit, I watched him get ready for the fight scenes and saw him hitting himself in the face to toughen up".
No doubt Presley was not impressed with this flattery, as he said:
"Show-business may be hard - but this fight game? Ugh!".
For your information
Elvis’s character in the movie is not a professional boxer he’s trained as one for money so just like in the Rocky films he would get battered and look awful for most of the fight scenes but then hit that killer shot and wins the fight so the bad boxing defence you see is purely intentional and in the script
Elvis famously studied martial arts was a black belt in karate and was one of the first actors to portray martial arts fight moves in Hollywood films well before Bruce Lee & Chuck Norris
And coincidentally, United Artists through Associated Artists Productions distributed the original 1937 version of Kid Galahad as part of pre-1950 Warner Bros. Pictures library.
Note: The original 1937 version of Kid Galahad is now currently owned and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures through Turner Entertainment Co. (part of United Artists library under the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library), while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures through United Artists for the 1962 remake version of Kid Galahad with Elvis Presley.
THE GREATEST BOXER EVER .... I thought that when I first saw the movie in 1962 at 10 years old ..... LOL
It’s a good Elvis Movie 🎥 Entertaining story, good music and the good guys wins the game… Always loved it 😊
Yay Elvis he our main king man
Good elvis
at 3:16 Elvis looking like "don't mess with me punk, you hear me"
My friend Ray De La Fuentes is Elvis opponent
What a wonderful mémoires, when WE were young!
The cornerman was so BADASS...my father Favorite actor of all time i think me too"Charles Bronson...
Ahh Folks Fun Fact Elvis Was Always a Puncher and never lost
great to know my dad is sugar boy romero
Great!!
elvis was a karate master 8th dan
I thought he was 7th
that's why it showed elvis fighting in the movies he was a karate master
Elvis Presley and Charles Bronson.
⚡ Fascinante
Of Course they had to make my father Raymond DeLaFuente lose to Elvis. Rest in Peace Raymond DeLaFuente and Elvis Presley.
Real fight scenes! Elvis faked nothing!!
Yes this was another one of Elvis great movies. And we all know Elvis wanted more serious roles without all the singing. While he loved and was great at his concert tours I truly believe Elvis would have loved to do some serious acting roles. Although I watched some of the movie A Star is Born with Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and I didn't care for the movie at all. I loved Miss Streisand's singing and some of her other movies and I like Kristofferson as well. But I don't think that movie would've been great for Elvis myself. I can't say what would've been. But I do believe if Elvis could've been in more serious roles it would've been to his advantage. But the prescription drugs unfortunately took him on a spiral downward and bloated and ruined a great man. Why Elvis let that happen to him I'll never know. But RIP King.
Elvis e o Charles bronson filme pra macho
Anytime!
Damn right he is!!
Cuánto me gustaría ver esta película completa en castellano.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Cute
🥊
Kid Galahad
:)
Is that Charles Bronson in Elvis corner?
Yes.
Charles Bronson there...😊
Did they not teach them keep your hands up
how old w as elbis when u e died
42,
Elbis yeah?
+epicduck89 didn't die
Borty bwo
kid calahad
HahahaROFL! Never saw such a comic boxing-scene!
where is elvis metal
Why does Elvis fights if does not know how to?
It’s a movie
imagine if he had the part of Rocky ! he would of been great