Fighting

In this 2009 sports action film, Channing Tatum plays Shawn MacArthur, a small-town boy who becomes a street fighter in New York City after being discovered by scam artist Terrence Howard. As Shawn's fighting career takes off, he finds himself caught up in a complex web of crime and corruption, all while navigating his blossoming romance with a single mother (Zulay Henao) and confronting his complicated past with professional fighter Brian White.