Doctors recommend that Paz undergo spinal fusion surgery, but knowing that his career would be ended, he instead chooses the much more riskier "halo" spine-stabilization treatment, which requires ...

It’s the greatest story never told, at least that’s what legendary director Martin Scorsese has said. Vinny Pazienza, a five-time world champion boxer in three different weight divisions ...

Vinny Pazienza, a five-time world champion boxer in three different weight divisions, suffered a broken neck in a car accident that required him to make a decision: Choose spinal fusion surgery ...

Vinny Paz at the Savannah Film Festival on October 25, 2016. ... Vinny declines the neck fusion and opts for a painful halo surgery. Forced out of commission, he becomes depressed.

The halo contraption was attached to Vinny Pazienza’s skull by four screws, a metal cage for three months that reminded the boxer each day he looked in the mirror that his fighting days were over.

— -- Starring Miles Teller Rated - R. Three-and-a-half out of five stars. As a teenager, I loved boxing, particularly the series of fights between Vinny Pazienza and Greg Haugen.

Vinny’s remarkable comeback story can make for compelling viewing. Vinny refuses the spinal fusion surgery that would impede his movement, opting instead for halo surgery, which screws a steel ...

Vinny Paz: “It’s going to be the only movie in the history of the world they underexaggerated. ... It’s 10 times better than I thought it was going to be.” ...

When the doctor told Vinny Pazienza he would never figh again, maybe not even be able to walk, it was like a guy waving the red towel in front of an already enraged bull. Oh boy, a challenge. &#822… ...

Directed by Ben Younger, “Bleed for This,” released Friday, is a moving biopic retelling the comeback of legendary boxer Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza (Miles Teller). At the top of his game, ...

I know what you’re thinking: Just one year after seeing Michael B. Jordan and Jake Gyllenhaal climb into the ring in Creed and Southpaw, respectively, we're getting another boxing movie starring ...