Victor Young Perez

The film "Victor Young Perez" (2013) is a biographical sports drama that tells the astonishing and poignant story of Tunisian Jewish boxer Victor Young Perez, who became World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932. Born at 5'1" and weighing 110 pounds, Perez rose to fame thanks to the help and guidance of Leon Bellières and had a love affair with French-Italian actress Mireille Balin. Perez was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp when Paris fell to the Nazis in 1943 and survived 140 bouts in 15 months before being part of the death march that left the camp on January 18, 1945.