To play a boxing star in “Southpaw,” Jake Gyllenhaal had to transform himself into a bulked-up bruiser who could convincingly go twelve rounds with the fiercest and meanest guys in the ring.

Boxing movies have recognizable characteristics that are usually integral to their story. They stick to what works best by following a flawed protagonist who has to fight inside and outside the ring ...

Jake Gyllenhaal is prepping for his big fight scene in “Southpaw.” I’m supposed to meet him on a Sunday afternoon in August 2014. But when I walk into a private boxing gym in Pittsburgh, which doubles ...

The actor worked famed boxing coach Terry Claybon to become the big, bad Billy Hope of ‘Southpaw.’ Antoine Fuqua’s intense boxing drama Southpaw is no exception, with leading man Jake Gyllenhaal, as ...