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2) Rocky
Series
[Rocky films] volume 1
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Stallone stars as an unknown boxer from the slums of Philadelphia who is given a once-in-a-lifetime shot at the world heavyweight title.
MPAA rating: PG.
3) Snatch
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
A diamond heist gone haywire launches gangster, bookies and a dog on a rollicking ride through the rugged world of bare-knuckle boxing in search of the missing stone.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
6) Far and away
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A poor but proud Irish tenant farmer accompanies the spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord to America in a quest for land.
7) Fight club
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
9) Champion
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Tale of a boxer whose fight to the top is unhampered by ethics or gratitude.
12) Facing Ali
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Ten of boxing's best fighters tell what it was like to fight Muhammad Ali.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Lttlefield Education
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Sports fans have long been fascinated with boxing and the brutal demonstration of physical and psychological conflict. Accounts of the sport appear as far back as the third millennium BC, and Greek and Roman sculptors depicted the athletic ideals of the ancient era in the form of boxers. In the present day, boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Robinson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. are recognized throughout...
14) Body and soul
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Charley has become the middleweight champion of the world by winning a "fixed" fight. In his devious climb to the top, Charley has become hard and arrogant, and has estranged both his mother and the girl he loves.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Jack Dempsey, one of the greatest and most popular boxers of all time, reveals the techniques behind his unparalleled success in the ring. Straightforward and with detailed illustrations, Championship Boxing instructs the reader in the theory, training, and application of powerful punching, aggressive defense, proper stance, feinting, and footwork. The methods Dempsey reveals will prove useful to both amateurs and professionals"--Page 4 of cover....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
A Hollywood boxing coach who has trained the stars outlines a four-week fitness program for women that draws on the philosophies of Gleason's gym, providing a range of offensive and defensive moves and muscle-sculpting techniques.
18) Staying cool
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
While training in his grandfather's gym to compete in the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament, Curtis also has his eye on bigger prizes.
20) Grudge match
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Henry 'Razor' Sharp and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen are old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. On their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.
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