Honeyboy

Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.

Cast

Erik Estrada

as Rico "Honeyboy" Ramirez

Morgan Fairchild

as Judy Wellman

James McEachin

as Nate Walker

Robert Costanzo

as Tiger's Trainer

Yvonne Wilder

as Hortensia Ramirez

Phillip R. Allen

as Jimmy Bowford

Robert Alan Browne

as Frank Ingalls

Jill Jaress

as Arlene Ingalls

Bill Baldwin

as Ring Announcer

Jem Echollas

as Tiger Maddox

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