VIDEO : Jeremy Renner to Star as Boxer Rocky Marciano in a Movie About His Life

Jeremy Renner will play Rocky Marciano who held the heavyweight crown from 1952 to 1956, in Undefeated: The Rocky Marciano Story.
Marciano is the only heavyweight champion to retire from his professional career undefeated 49-0.
The movie that was written by Samuel Franco and Evan Kilgore, will be produce by Morris S. Levy, who owns the rights to the life story.
The project is currently seeking a director.
The film will follows Marciano's life from childhood until his death in a plane crash in 1969.
Renner is known for playing superhero Hawkeye in The Avengers franchise, and can be seen in the upcoming Marvel film Captain America: Civil War.