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Vinny Paz: Iron in the skull, steel in the heart

The narrative of a fighter’s life can lend itself unerringly to monumental stories and performances on the big screen. Always has done; always will do. There is something visceral about the sport, as well as its rawness, which captures public imagination. Within boxing’s chequered history lie a thousand tales from the ring, forgotten and untold.

Bleed For This, the latest story to be committed to the screen, about the life of Vinny Paz, who battled back from a broken neck in a head-on car crash and who won five world titles, has already begun to capture the public imagination after opening in cinemas on Friday.

Vinny Paz: Iron in the skull, steel in the heart


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