Honeyboy

Honeyboy

100 mins | Drama, Action, TV Movie | Oct. 17, 1982

Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.

Honeyboy

100 mins | Drama, Action, TV Movie | Oct. 17, 1982

Honeyboy
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.
Producers Erik Estrada Productions, Fan Fares
Original title Honeyboy
Directors Bruce Solow, Leonard Bram, John Berry
Writers Lee Gold, John Berry

Cast

Erik Estrada

as Rico "Honeyboy" Ramirez

Morgan Fairchild

as Judy Wellman

James McEachin

as Nate Walker

Robert Costanzo

as Tiger's Trainer

Yvonne Wilder

as Hortensia Ramirez

Phillip R. Allen

as Jimmy Bowford

Robert Alan Browne

as Frank Ingalls

Jill Jaress

as Arlene Ingalls

Bill Baldwin

as Ring Announcer

Jem Echollas

as Tiger Maddox

Hector Elizondo

as Emilio Ramirez

Sugar Ray Robinson

as Himself

Fred Dennis

as Amos White

Claudio Martínez

as Roberto

Lydia Nicole

as Soledad

Church Ortiz

as Manolo

Carlos Lacámara

as Pablo

Red McIlvaine

as Mallory

Frank Romano

as Official

Murray Westgate

as Doctor

Ernest Snow

as Timekeeper

Ron Flagge

as Waiter

Carl Milinac

as Bartender

Al Allen

as Spectator

Jocko Marcellino

as Stranger