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Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor and former rapper. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. Wahlberg was born in Boston. As a youth, he took part in a number of violent and racially motivated attacks. He gained fame as a member of the hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the 1990s, with whom he released the albums Music for the People (1991) and You Gotta Believe (1992). Wahlberg made his screen debut in Renaissance Man (1994) and had his first starring role in Fear (1996). He received critical praise for his performance as porn actor Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997). In the early 2000s, Wahlberg ventured into big-budget action movies, such as The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), and The Italian Job (2003). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a police officer in the crime drama The Departed (2006). Wahlberg was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Micky Ward in the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010); as co-producer, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. During the 2010s, he landed successful comedy roles with The Other Guys (2010), Ted (2012), Ted 2 (2015), Daddy's Home (2015), and Daddy's Home 2 (2017). Wahlberg also starred in the Transformers franchise films Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). He was the world's highest-paid actor in 2017. Wahlberg served as executive producer of five HBO series: the comedy-drama Entourage (2004–2011), the period crime drama Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), the comedy-dramas How to Make It in America (2010–2011) and Ballers (2015–2019), and the documentary McMillions (2020). He is co-owner of the Wahlburgers chain and co-starred in the reality TV series about it. Wahlberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.

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John Wayne's fight with Charles Drederick is approaching. But Charles Drederick must first defend his titles with Jenard Eaton, the best boxer in the entire Caribbean. Drederick wins K.O. in the fifth round and in a post-match interview, he says he will make John Wayne a meatloaf in the ring. Meanwhile, John Wayne trains hard with James Sullivan and tries to get into 120% form. Dan Ewing, who trained boxer Larry Ellis in the first part, decided to challenge John Wayne with his new charge. Ewing's new boxer is Darius Jeffries, who is considered the future invincible world heavyweight champion. Ewing continues to train Larry Ellis. Ellis won the WBA title in a duel with Ukrainian boxer Nikita Shestorkin, he was able to defend the title in retaliation and subsequently decided to end his career. So Darius Jeffries and Nikita Shestorkin will compete for the WBA title. Jeffries won K.O. in round 5. This is followed by Wayne's long-awaited retaliatory match with Drederick. this time it's Wayne who can win the points. Both boxers warmly congratulate each other on a great performance and find that a friendship has developed between them. John Wayne thus holds not only the IBO title he won during the duel with Ellis, but also the IBF and WBO champion belts, which until now belonged to Charles Drederick. John Wayne accepts the challenge from Darius Jeffries. Charles Drederick accepts Floyd Liston's challenge for the WBC title.