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20 Best Movies About Boxing on Netflix (February )
Sports movies come and go in waves, but one sport never dies in cinema, and that is boxing. Boxing movies are constantly evolving and are surely getting better with time. Look back and think about when it all started with the Rocky Balboa movies. Fast forward a few years, and now you have films like Creed and Southpaw. What makes most of us watch these movies is their intense portrayal of the sacrifices made by the characters, their growth of mental and physical strength across the span of the movie, and mostly those extreme and grueling training scenes that show the true potential of human ability with some heavy bass music spinning in the background. For those looking for stories that move and inspire them, Netflix offers some of the best in the genre.
Saucedo ()
After dominating light welterweight boxing for almost a decade, Alex Saucedos successful boxing career ended tragically after a headbutt during a match in October resulted in a brain injury that barred him from fighting ever again. Emmett Berg’s ‘Saucedo’ provides a BTS of how the incident affected Saucedo, forcing him to redef
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"The Champ" ()
The emotional core of any good boxing movie is seeing athletes fight for their families. Though usually metaphorical, that drama is quite literal in The Champ, seeing a former boxer (Jon Voight) hop back in the ring to provide for his son (Ricky Schroder) after his wife (Faye Dunaway) comes back into the picture. The result is an affecting story with its fair share of sad surprises. As EW’s critic put it, “the film plays against easy tears until the very end, gazing instead at poverty-line existences without blinking or grandstanding.”
Where to watch The Champ: Amazon Prime Video
"Real Steel" ()
In light of our modern anxieties about losing jobs to AI, Real Steel feels startlingly relevant. It’s the story of a boxing champ (Hugh Jackman) whose skills in the ring mean nothing once robots replace humans as fighters. Now, he puts bots together for underground battles, and once he teams up with his estranged son (Dakota Goyo), he has one last chance to be a contender. EW’s critic specifically praised director Shawn Levy, “who makes good use of his specialized skill in blending people an