The Hurricane (1999)

Lesra, short for Lazarus. "He who has risen from the dead. Rubin. "Genesis, Chapter 29, Verse 32" be hold a son. Neither of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter (by Denzel Washington) and Lesra (by Vicellous Reon Shannon) thought that Lesra bought Rubin's biography " 16 Rounds" by accident.
They became friends and brothers, son and father. Lesra helped Rubin, a prizefighter got his justice and out of prison after two decades in jail. Rubin was set up by the dirty police who was eager to had hime shut in jail, for race discrimination
maybe.
The Hurricane returned and was awarded the world middleweight championship belt by the WBC in recognition of his twenty years fight for freedom. Such an honor never bestowed on any fighter outside of the ring. But the Hurricane did.