The production company behind Million Dollar Baby are planning another boxing story, according to Variety.

Company Ruddy Morgan has optioned 'Pound For Pound', the last book of the late F.X. Toole, the author on whose book Million Dollar Baby was produced.

The film will tell the story of a trainer who makes it his task to help a young boxer after he tragically loses his last living relative.

'Pound For Pound' will be published by HarperCollins next year.