Is it true that Denzel Washington trained for a year as a boxer?!

Question:

Is it true that Denzel Washington trained for a year as a boxer?

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Answers: Yes, I think that he did so for his role in the movie "The Hurricane". He played boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Source(s):
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000243/bio...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174856/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rubin_carte... Could be true. Remember he did the movie "Hurricane." I'm sure he needed plenty of training before filming that movie. Denzel is a character actor. He likes to fit his role perfectly, so that it can be believable to the audiences eyes. It is not the 1st time he train for a role. he did and went into training the same way in seclusion yep

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