After an argument with her younger sister, Le Ying moves out on her own. She meets a boxing trainer and starts boxing.
Palomina, the daughter of a sausage manufacturer, is asked to marry Fermín de Bizcochea, but she prefers the boxer Hilario Martínez, who makes the suitor look ridiculous with his fists.
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
A lazy slob agrees to a fixed boxing match in order to be accepted by his family and friends.
Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taking on a juiced-up Russian fighter played by Dolph Lundgren. In this 1986 send-up, Rock'y, played by Silu Seppala, goes head to head with Soviet Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen) and loses.
In the disciplined world of boxing, Fabiana maintains order as a referee, but her life takes an unexpected turn when she decides to adopt Dudu, a troubled 12-year-old boy. To get out of this, she must reconnect with his father, a frustrated actor. While society favors “perfect” mothers, fathers and children, this unlikely trio faces challenges and discovers that family is much more than an ideal model.
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O'Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie.
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
Over the course of a summer day at the skate park, a determined 10-year-old boy struggles to land the simplest trick. As he attempts to drop into the pool, he uncovers a group of skaters, their troubled pasts, and something deeper within himself.
A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.
Hilarious mistakes, miscues, and other annoying curve balls perpetrated by various WWE Superstars of the 1980s; host "Mean" Gene Okerlund presents a variety of funny incidents that found their way to national television.
To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
For a millennium, Volley Joe has remained uncontested as the Demi-God of Volleyball. It has been decades since a worthy challenger has surfaced.
There are problems with a first division team getting promoted to the Premier League. With the arrival of a Brazilian coach, these problems are multiplied and everything happens in a chaotic manner.
Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.