August 18, 200422 yr reports have surfaced that he might follow up his breakthrough role in 8 Mile by playing boxer Dmitry Salita in an upcoming flick tentatively titled "Golden Boy." Salita is a Ukraine born junior welterweight fighter that currently resides in Brooklyn and is still undefeated with 17 wins including 11 by knock out. Slim has reportedly hired heavyweight champion Lenox Lewis' former trainer, Emanuel Steward, to get ready for the part. "I put him through his paces and I was amazed that he was as good as he was," says Steward. Since then, he's trained regularly and I've put him in the ring with some top-notch sparring partners," Steward revealed. "He's improved enormously. He's aggressive, a real slugger. He moves a lot like Muhammad Ali."
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