FILE - In this April 13, 1996, file photo, junior welterweight Mickey Ward, right, of Lowell, Mass., lands a punch to the face of Lewis Veader, of Providence, R.I., during a World Boxing Union Championship bout in Boston. Thousands of movie-goers filled theaters across the country last weekend to see Mark Wahlberg's stirring portrayal of Ward in "The Fighter." (AP Photo/Jim Rogash, File)