Hollywood boxing misconceptions you hate

boxers go blow for blow when things get itchy

 

Good guy always wins, fights ending in spectacular beatings and knock outs without a ref or doctors jumping in.

 

I hate the Hype and B.S of Boxing today period, especially among the British Press & TV Media.

at least the Movies have a bit of license.

 

Well, the entire Rocky franchise pretty much destroyed realistic boxing!

 

There's a lot of blows and itches and dirty whiteness near rings.

Incidentally, even through the most corniness, I feel like Stallone's Rocky films understand boxing better than any of the most realistic boxing movies. In a human condition way and as a singular business.

 

Max Baer's presentation in Cinderella Man.

 

That a sawed-off Italian American with little defense and the reach of a Chihuahua can become heavyweight champion against a legit, virile, young athletic foe.

 

He was a dog, Rocky Marciano?

 

The Apollo vs. Drago fight was ridiculous. Ref would have stopped it by the end of round 1 in real life.

 

I personally like how they trade flush haymakers from hell for ten rounds and then go unharmed to drink a beer afterwards with a little bit of sticking plaster over the eye to show it was a "hard fight".

Even Ollie McCall would die from the punishment these filmic bruisers exchange.

 

Didn't Dave Allen and Johnny Fisher literally do that?

 

Definitely!

I enjoyed the film on the whole but that inaccurate portrayal really irritated me.