Boxer Vinny Paz says Hollywood biopic made him cry
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Boxer Vinny Paz cried when he saw “Bleed for This,” a Hollywood biopic about the life of the Rhode Island native.
Miles Teller stars as Paz, who returned to the ring after a near-fatal car crash that broke his neck in 1991.
The 53-year-old retired boxing champion said Thursday the movie is so realistic that watching it revived painful memories of when a doctor had to remove a halo medical device from his skull.
“It was really the worst feeling in my life. It was horrid,” Paz said. “If it was today, I would have had him shoot me up with morphine. But back then, I just said, ‘Take them out. I’ll handle the pain.’”