I don't think the boxing story was meant to reference any recent movies. There was 1992's Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Marshall, but that wasn't a hit. I suspect that GH's story was playing a little bit of follow the leader with DOOL's then-recent boxing story involving Austin.
This might be more appropriate for the DOOL history thread, but I want to know if early Austin took some inspiration from Mark Wahlberg. Boxing's featured in the "Good Vibrations" video, Austin's introduction has him stripping in public, Austin boxed as "Boston Austin" ... it's probably a coincidence, but maybe it isn't. And to tie it back to GH, ASJ followed Mark as Calvin Klein's lead male model.
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