Peggy Cowles

In a role that looks forward to his triumph in "The Champ," Academy Award-winner Jon Voight ("Mission: Impossible," "Heat") stars as a boxer in this gritty drama/love story about a young Golden Gloves fighter and Olympic hopeful looking for a life beyond the ring. Anne Archer ("Fatal Attraction," "Clear and Present Danger") co-stars as the woman who loves him.

Jon Voight stars the local boxing champ, gifted with hard-hitting talent that with work and resolve may be enough to springboard himto the amateur nationals and beyond.

Jon Voight stars the local boxing champ, gifted with hard-hitting talent that with work and resolve may be enough to springboard himto the amateur nationals and beyond.

Vic is a young boxer who never has, and never will, achieve fame in the ring. Rather than find a new role in life, he prefers to hang around his old buddies, all losers like himself, in search for some direction in his life.