Best boxing movies?

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  1. HellSpawn86

    HellSpawn86 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I put together a list of the most "recent" boxing films I could think of. Which were your favorites? Why?

    In general I think there aren't enough boxing films out there. Too many ATGs with great stories. Who should they make a boxing film about? I personally think Chavez Sr and Pacquiao have great and compelling stories to tell. ODLH stories could bring in a US audience. Thoughts?
    • Rocky (1976)
    • Rocky II (1979)
    • The Champ (1979)
    • Raging Bull (1980)
    • Dempsey (1983)
    • Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story (1996)
    • The Hurricane (1999)
    • Cinderella Man (2005)
    • Against the Ropes (2004)
    • Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    • Thrilla in Manila (2008)
    • The Fighter (2010)
    • Creed (2016)
    • Bleed for This (2016)
    • Hands of Stone (2016)
    • Creed II (2016)
     
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  2. drenlou

    drenlou Tres Delinquentes Full Member

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    Rocky IV was my personal favorite. Loved when he fought the Russian on his home turf and beat the steroids outta him!
     
  3. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Watched Somebody up there likes me the other day. The fight at the end with Tony Zale (the actor playing Zale looked exactly like him) was very realistic.

    The Set Up with Robert Ryan is #1 for me, and Champion with Kirk Douglas #2, then Raging Bull.
     
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  4. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    Rocky 1-4, Raging Bull & Cinderella Man. The rest are meh.
     
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    JL Fighter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Long Count Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Harder they fall is good. requiem for a heavyweight is good.
     
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  7. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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  8. BoxingDialogue

    BoxingDialogue Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Raging Bull and Rocky are the only ones worth watching imo
     
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  10. JL Fighter

    JL Fighter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Body and Soul. The boxer character Leon looks like Sugar Ray Leonard.

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  11. drenlou

    drenlou Tres Delinquentes Full Member

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    Wow! 40 minutes of unreleased footage? Ill definitely go see this when it comes out!

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  12. reckless

    reckless Active Member Full Member

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    Not a proper boxing movie but Real Steel was good fun.
     
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  13. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bro it’s blasphemous that you made this list and didn’t include Undisputed with Westly Snipes and Ving Raghems
     
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  14. divac

    divac VIP Member Full Member

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    Rocky
    Million Dollar Baby
    The Champ
     
  15. reckless

    reckless Active Member Full Member

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    That did not age well. The two best heavyweights Fury and Usyk are white!