Boxing Day!

The Sweet Science! Isn’t it fascinating that such a violent sport is also so romantic? This is a list of films that take boxing as involving boxing as central to the story or involve boxing or a boxer as a key figure.

I’m not counting movies about fighting that aren’t movies about boxing. Therefore, no Bloodsport. No Red Belt and no The Westler.

The list is not built around the quality of the movie. It doesn’t matter whether I like the movie or think its good. Million Dollar Baby is horrible, but I have it on the list. John Wayne is scum, but the Quiet Man is on the list. (I have no respect for a...