Queen of the Ring' is the latest true story of the dark side of the ring, but does it measure up as a contender?

Queen of the Ring' is about a pioneer athlete most people have never heard of, Mildred Burke. Burke was a trailblazer in ...

A comical first-half own-goal from Lucas Bergvall consigned a lacklustre Tottenham to a 1-0 loss away to AZ Alkmaar in the ...

Ash Avildsen, son of 'Rocky' director John G. Avildsen, helms a mediocre copy of his father’s Oscar-winning boxing pic. Spanning two decades in Burke’s life, from her start in the 1930s to ...

In the movie and in real life, Millie (born Mildred Bliss on Aug. 5, 1915) was a single mom working at a diner in the ‘30s when she met wrestling manager Billy Wolfe (played by Josh Lucas ...

The story continues chronologically, tracking Mildred and her manager turned husband Billy Wolfe (Josh Lucas) as they graduate from circus sideshows to professional matches to national renown.

When she first stepped into the ring in the 1930s, Mildred Burke became one of the very first professional women wrestlers. Director Ash Avildsen's new film The Queen of The Ring explores the rise ...

While raising her son as a single mom in Kansas and scraping by on Depression-era tips as a waitress, Burke met Billy Wolfe, played by Josh Lucas. He became her husband and manager. Mildred Burke ...

She teams up with promoter Billy Wolfe, played as a villainous cad by Josh Lucas, who if he had a mustache he'd be twisting it constantly. Their relationship is topsy-turvy, to say the least ...

but beyond the ring she was locked into an abusive partnership with her husband and wrestling promoter Billy Wolfe, portrayed in Queen of the Ring by Josh Lucas. "Billy Wolfe was violent.