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The Movie Archive includes over 1,000 films and shorts produced throughout the world in the English language.

What constitutes a “boxing movie?” The answer to this question evokes a multitude of answers. For the purposes of this archive, we have included a full spectrum of movies that encompass a very broad definition of this term. However, because of this inclusivity, we have made a further designation that distinguishes movies that contain boxing content in some form but may otherwise not be considered to be boxing films per se, from those films in which boxing is central to the theme or plot of the film. The “partial boxing content” films are distinguished from the “true boxing film” by indicating “Y” for Yes, in the partial content column (column L). Of course, some of the films fall into a gray area and reasonable minds may differ on several of these films as to which category they properly belong. The distinction is made merely as a matter of convenience. Those who want to watch a boxing movie like Ali or Rocky will not be led astray by those of a lesser boxing pedigree. Conversely, those boxing and movie buffs who are looking for indicia of boxing’s social significance throughout film history, or who are interested in curios such as film stars on celluloid wearing boxing gloves for a fleeting moment can still have their fill with this archive.

At one end of the spectrum – movies with partial boxing content – again, coded as “Y” in column L (the “Boxing Partial” column) – you will find such films as: 1) those in which the protagonist was an ex-boxer: (On the Waterfront and The Quiet Man); 2) movies which a clip of an actual fight was incorporated into the film (Dempsey-Tunney I); 3) a boxing match occurring on a television in the background of a scene (Barbarian’s at the Gate – The Tyson-Spinks fight); 4) various incidental scenes occurring in boxing gyms, with fighters training and/or sparring (numerous films). These are merely illustrative of the multitude of films with partial boxing content that appear in the Genome.

On the other end of the spectrum, the “true boxing” film contains the obvious films such as Requiem for a Heavyweight, Raging Bull, etc. Since boxing is really a subgenre of the traditional genres such as Biography, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Westerns, Musicals, Sci-Fi, etc., all genres are featured.  A musical such as A Kid from Brooklyn or a western such as City of Bad Men are no less a true boxing movie than the others because boxing is still a central theme or prominently featured in the film. Further, it is worth noting, that all of these genres and other can be found in this archive in both the “true boxing” film category and those designated as “partial boxing content” films.

When a fighters name is enumerated in this section of the movie archive, in the overwhelming majority of cases that fighter appears in the film. Exceptions to this rule include instances in which a fighter is listed despite not appearing in the movie because they are the subject matter of the film. This is frequently the case in biographical films such as The Joe Louis Story, The Great White Hope, The Great John L., etc.  

The overwhelming majority of the films in this archive focus on the traditional sport of boxing, although there are a number of films that fall into the “fist fighting” or “underground boxing” category. Several cross-over into other martial arts similar to boxing such as Muay Thai. These archives are in no way comprehensive as to these “sister,” non-traditional entries, and rightly so, as this is a boxing archive. 

BOXING MOVIE ARCHIVE VIEWING KEY:

For this archive, you will find a column(s) for “viewing sources” listing certain codes indicating broadcasters who make content available for viewing. Items coded as PV or PV with a hyphenated suffix such as PV-HBO, or other designations such as Tubi and Hulu, etc. indicate the “channel” on which the movie appears. (Unlike the codes in the TV archive which are just a starting point for the possible availability of a specific episode in a series), because movies are a singular production, the listing of the specific movie indicates that the movie should be available from the broadcaster.  

MOVIE VIEWING CODES:

Am (Amazon), BBC America, Bravo Now

BVFF (Boxing Video Fight Finder), Crackle, FOX NOW, Hulu, IFCFU (IFC Films Unlimited)

Pluto (PlutoTV), PV (Prime Video), PV-Ameba, PV-BHD (Broadway HD), PV-AcornTV, PV-Best of BT (Best of British Television)

PV-BS (Brown Sugar), PV-BTE (Best TV Ever), PV-BWE (Best Western Ever), PV-Britbox, PV-CBS AA (CBS All Access)

PV-Cinemax, PV-CT (ConTV), PV-DC (Dove Channel), PV-DU (Destination Unknown), PV-Epix, PV-Fandor

PV-FM (Full Moon), PV-HBO, PV-His Vault (History Vault), PV-MT (Motor Trend), PV-MTV Hits, PV-Seeso

PV-SFTV (Shout! Factory TV), PV-SHO (Shotime), PV-SR (Strand Releasing), PV-Starz

PV-YA (Yoga Anytime), Tubi, UCN (Undisputed Champion Network), YT (YouTube), YT-P (a partial program on YouTube)

MOVIE VIEWING CODE NOTES:

BVFF (Boxing Video Fight Finder) – BVFF possesses one of the World’s premiere collections of boxing movies. For more information about these films and other boxing content go to: BoxingVideoFightFinder.com

YT – Programs coded YT indicate they have been posted on YouTube. Postings on YouTube are regularly added and removed and our YT designation, as our other designations in the archive, reflect postings at the time of the creation of the archive. A caveat with YouTube (YT) is that often the postings are not listed under the official name of a program. They are often listed under key search words such as a fighter(s) name, or the movie star and this should be considered when searching YouTube.     

Note: the code designations are non-exclusive. The fact that a particular entry is not coded by the other designating parties, does not necessarily mean that they are not in possession of/ make available that content.