Which is the greatest boxing movie?
October 27th, 2010
By Gerardo Granados: No it is not a joke, I mean it. Some can argue all they want, but movies have been and still are a major boxing promoter. At the beginning of the last century the radio was king, later on the Cinema Scope was invented, people gather at theaters to watch a fight that they could not have seen live; then the television arrived, cable, satellite television, and finally the internet. Now you can watch live, live broadcast or differed boxing bouts from every where.
I´ll be honest, no matter how many times I have watched Rocky each and single time that I´ve watched it I get the urge to go to the gym and train.
Actually the PPV is a great business for promoters and for TV as well, but it doesn’t help boxing that this PPV bouts are almost restricted to the hard core boxing fans willing to pay to watch the fight; even worst when the undercard fight aren’t as exciting as they should have been in theory. There are boxing fans and there are people who like to watch boxing fights but that aren’t as interested to follow a boxer career or to pay $50.00 to watch a fight. So, if you watch a great boxing movie for the first time while young or as a kid there are big chances that you will be interested in the sport years after.
In my personal opinion Rocky (I) is the greatest boxing movie of all, Million Dollar Baby would be second and on third I’ll pick Ragging Bull.
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Requium for a Heavyweight
This is a cool blog message, I will keep this idea in my mind. If you add more video and pictures because it helps understanding
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WANT TO SEE A GOOD FIGHT–WATCH ” THE WAR OF THE ROSES “
Again, I cant believe that no one has mentioned Somebody Up There Likes Me with Paul Newman about Rocky Gratziano. Its a great movie.
Ali is the worst, most borring boxing movie ever. Not to mention it ends before the third fight with Joe Frasier.
“Gladiator” what a film, it’s a must see it you like boxing.
Raging Bull any day of the week.
THANK YOU MOO!!! Jeezus im glad someone here mentioned that film. Go watch Somebody Up There Likes Me, very very good film. Rocky is the WORST boxing film ever made, truely truely awful
I fell about the same as RMC.
1. Raging Bull/Rocky I – I can’t make up my mind.
2. Thrilla in Manila.
3. When We Were Kings.
4. Cinderella man
5. The Hurricane
6. The Champ.
7. The Champion
8. The Great White Hope.
9. Ali
10. Diggstown
Rocky of course…..
what about “Play it to the bone”?? haha
Prob has to be Raging Bull. I’ve always liked Midnight Sting too
Best boxing movie has to go to raging bull. It is just so perfectly done and you really get a feel for the character
Also I have to mention million dollar baby. Just such a perfect movie as well.
Cinderella man was amazing to but it made at a bad time. It is an epic movie as well though.
These are all great films…however, my favorites are “Gentleman Jim” staring Errol Flynn as gentleman Jim Corbet. Fanastic!
And, as well, “Hard Times” aka “The Street Fighter” with Charles Bronson in the lead role.
This film is great on any level and contains all the energy a great fight movie should have- brilliant stuff.
No debate! Rocky 4….You Vill Lose!
The Hammer – a very funny boxing movie
Cinderella Man…
no one mentions. ‘play it to the bone’. cool film
i think million dollar baby is good, beacuse clint eastwood plays the trainer really well
I forgot about ‘when we were kings’ , absolutly enthralling and gripping.
it has to be I-SPY with Eddie Murphy!!!
Rocky 3 hands down Mister Tee made that movie great!
1) The Setup with Robert Ryan
2) Body & Soul with John Garfield
3) City For Conquest with James Cagney
4) Champion with Kirk Douglas
Is anybody on this wesbite older than 12? Check out four oldies and get back to me.
Rocky 2
cinderealla man is awesome
lets do it again…greatest boxing movie ever.
It can only be Raging Bull. Not just a great boxing movie but on most greatest movie of all time lists. De Niro’s performance and edication to the role sealed him as a hollywood great and made this film by far the best boxing movie of all time
Hurricane, Raging Bull, Rocky I.
Best 3 boxing movies as of yet. Am looking forward to “Fighter”
the great white hope…and the harder then fall….good ones.
When We Were Kings, and The Great White Hope with James Earl Jones.
you’re missing “homeboy” with mickey rourke, great film
1)The Hurricane (Great story and Denzel is the man)
2)Rocky 4 (I know..lol but that film always gets me pumped up)
These are my 2 favourites, but there a quite a few others i love too.
Strangely i like Muhammad Ali and Will Smith, but i just can’t sit through the film Ali. I don’t know why?
Maybe it’s because i know pretty much everything about Ali. I know Will Smith will be good in it but i just don’t fancy it as a film.
I like Will Smith but I couldn’t get past his Ali imitation . The first Rocky was the only one that wasn’t a parody. I’ll take “The Harder They Fall” with Bogey. If you haven’t seen it, try to find it. It’s always interesting to see how the same complaints we have today have been around forever.
Rocky 4!
The fighting in Micheal Manns’ “Ali” was the best filmed, it really captures boxing
This guy totaly left out Paul Newman in “Somebody up their like me” the Rocky Gratziano story. Great movie. But im saying raging bull or rocky 1 is the best.
Great White Hype, hands down.
“When we were Kings” “Raging Bull” and “Rocky 123…
million dollar baby you must be joking,it was a girlie flick,somebody up thier likes me is a great movie on the life of Rocky Graziano.
Rocky IV #1 an inspiring movie with a message.
YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSES DIGGSTOWN. I RATE IT THE BEST SLEEPER: IT HAS ACTION DRAMA INTRIGUE AND SOME HUMOR TO BOOT. STARING LOU GOSSETT JR. AND JAMES WOODS.
raging bull, rocky (the first only), million dollar baby, cinderella man, requim for a heavyweight, the set up, are my favorites….
@The Power of Faagg your stupid fack face i`m talking bout his real life movie fackface
Jesus! Why all the tards have to mention Pacquiao…… Maybe you think Wapakman was real lol
Manny Pacquiao Movie his real life..
Oh s**t, did someone mention The Champ? That film was awesome and one of the saddest endings ever.
I gotta go with Raging Bull but Rocky Balboa is a guilty pleasure because Stallone had the HBO guys in there as well as Michael Buffer and Joe Cortez.
Anybody remember the Rocky spoof called Ricky? That has to be one of the worst lol
Rocky IV all day long.
Rocky Balboa! I love to watch all the Rocky movies but this one was the best.
Rocky, Somebody up there likes me, Raging bull
havent seen somebody up there likes me, find it, well worth seeing
Ali is the best. It is not just about the sporting aspects of boxing, but politics, too, social issues, and more, which are all part of boxing.
for laughs the best is the great white hype, then uve got play it to the bone,undisputed, the midnight sting which is class also against the ropes the story of James toneys first manager jackie callan which is kinda chicky but not too bad, somebody up there likes me is great classic with Newman as Rocky Graziano theres many more but Rocky is the boy easy.
How could you forget the best of them all “Great White Hype”. lol
Raging Bull dummies
Million Dollar Baby!!!!!
YOU HAVENT SEEN IT YET. I AM WRITING IT NOW . IT WILL BE CALLED”WARDS LAST BUTT ” MUSIC BY ABRAHAM. CASTING BY FROCH. NUMBER II IS ROCKY I – ONE IN A MILLION MOVIE AND A GREAT MOVIE MUSIC SCORE.
Million Dollar Baby was a chick flick!!!
Did someone say Rocky 4???!!! that is terrible and packs more cheese than the whole of switzerland, the 1st two were good and the last one was gr8 in alot of ways.
Million Dollar Baby.
Raging Bull, Rocky I Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky VI, The Hurricane, Best ever, Tyson Movie is good also. Gladiator was very good too, white boy had mad skills. Will Smith’s Movie was terrible, no stars for that Ali Performance.
Gentleman Jim….. Classic
Ali and The Champ are both on the list guys……..Rocky 4 is awesome!
You missed ‘The Champ’ off the list.
hurricane is an awesome film and is based on a true story obviously about rubin carter.rocky 1-5 brought boxing to the masses.raging bull also a classic,great biopic movie,the autobiography of la motta is even better
Rocky II, then Rocky I, then Rocky IV.