2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Terry Conklin

TV Show/Movie Appeared: The Great White Hype (1996)
Actor/Actress: Peter Berg
Why you should vote:: He did beat the champ…..when he was an amateur.
Why you should not vote:: The theme outshone the match…which wasn’t very good.
This might not make sense now, but in the 1990’s, a white man was NOT becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World in the sport of Boxing; but it would draw a lot of money if people thought it could happen. Damn, did this movie become irrelevant fast.