A former prized fighter with a violent past agrees to throw a deadly bare-knuckle boxing match in order to rectify past wrongs.
Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to keep on boxing, but its the only thing he does well.
In this comedic short, a reporter wins a boxer's contract and decides to stage an exhibition fight for a society ladies' Milk Fund benefit bazaar.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
Four inseparable friends from childhood struggle in the best years of their lives when one grows up to become a prize fighter, second a police detective, third a nightclub runner and the fourth sets them all at loggerheads.
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Christy Martin broke boundaries and noses as she rose in the boxing world, but her public persona belied personal demons, abuse and a threat on her life.
Former IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb Plant will take on an explosive power-puncher in Armando Reséndiz in a 12-round matchup that sees Plant defend his Interim WBA Super Middleweight Title for the first time. In the co-main event, undefeated two-division champion Jermall Charlo will step back into the ring to face the upset-minded veteran Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna in a 10-round super middleweight showdown.
Five-time world champion and boxing superstar Gervonta “Tank” Davis returns to his native DMV area to face undefeated world champion Héctor Luis García in a high-stakes showdown on Saturday, January 7, at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian Rashidi Ellis vs. Roiman Villa Demetrius Andrade vs. Demond Nicholson
Two combat sport super stars, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal put their legacies on the line to square off in professional boxing for their highly anticipated rematch. Will Diaz avenge his first fight with Masvidal and come out on top?
In the Company of Kings follows a fight fan's unforgettable journey into the dark heart of American boxing to talk to eight former World Champs and those closest to his hero, Muhammad Ali, about race, struggle, victory, defeat and picking yourself up off the canvas. Features Larry Holmes, Bernard Hopkins, Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers, the Spinks brothers, Bob Arum and more.
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson is a 1993 film made by acclaimed American documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Though Tyson was in jail serving a sentence for rape, Kopple used existing interviews with the boxer, as well as her own extensive interviews with those closest to Tyson, to explore the man's history. The film traces Tyson's story from his troubled and tumultuous upbringing, through his rapid ascendancy in the ranks of the boxing world and his subsequent struggle with the trappings of fame. Fallen Champ earned Barbara Kopple a Directors Guild of America award as Best Documentary Director of 1993.
Evander Holyfield makes a stunning return to the ring against former UFC light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort.
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. When these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.
A boxer and a journalist accidentally exchange bodies after they are struck by current, embarking a series of adventures.
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership, Naz’s unorthodox style, cocky persona, and sheer dominance in the ring propelled them to the top of boxing’s elite and unprecedented levels of global superstardom, all in the face of the rampant Islamophobia and racism of ’80s and 90’s Britain.