I 'What Men Want' bliver den kvindelige sportsagent Ali Davis holdt ude af sine mandlige kollegaer, men hun får en uventet fordel, da hun pludselig får den magiske egenskab at kunne høre mænds tanker. 'What Men Want' er det kvindelige modstykke til Mel Gibson-komedien What Women Want.
Adonis Johnson har aldrig kendt sin far, bokseverdensmesteren Apollo Creed, for han døde, inden Adonis blev født. Men boksning er i Adonis' blod, så han opsøger Apollo's gamle rival, Rocky Balboa. Rocky siger ja til at blive Adonis' træner, og snart får den unge bokser en mesterskabskamp.
Den aldrende boksetræner Frankie Dunn opsøges af den fattige servitrice Maggie, som ser boksningen som den eneste mulighed for at skabe sig et bedre liv. Det er et ansvar, som enspænderen Frankie ikke har lyst til at påtage sig, men Maggie giver ikke op. Det lykkes hende at overbevise Frankie om, at hun har talent, og efterhånden udvikler der sig et stærkt bånd mellem den bryske træner og den stædige unge bokser. Clint Eastwood's boksedrama blev Oscar-belønnet for bedste film, mens Eastwood fik prisen for bedste instruktør, Hilary Swank for bedste kvindelige hovedrolle og Morgan Freeman for bedste mandlige birolle.
A female boxing trainer discovers that her champion cage-fighter boyfriend has been cheating on her with her sister and decides to seek revenge by training up his arch-rival to challenge him.
Dickie og Mickey er halvbrødre og professionelle boksere, men på vej i to meget forskellige retninger.Den ældste bror Dickie har talentet og troen, men mangler dømmekraften, og det sender ham snart mod afgrunden. Da han taber en kamp til en af tidens største boksere, bliver det første skridt ned ad en blindgyde af stoffer og vold – en livsstil, der frarøver ham hans karriere og sender ham direkte i fængsel.Mickey har i mellemtiden fået ry for at være den mest ihærdige bokser – med de mest ydmygende nederlag! Hans drøm om at bokse forsvinder dog aldrig, og da Dickie vender tilbage fra fængslet, gør han det til sin livsmission at forvandle sin lillebror fra den evige taber til en verdensklasse fighter.
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.
A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Det er mænd med store cigarer, der trækker i trådene i den professionelle bokseverden. Kvinder er kun kærester, staffage eller assistenter. Det vil sige - lige indtil Jackie Kallen træder ind i arenaen. Med en dyb kærlighed til boksesporten ærgrer det hende at se bagmændenes kyniske udnyttelse af bokserne, og en dag, da hun bliver tilstrækkeligt provokeret, tager hun mod udfordringen fra promotoren Sam LaRocca og starter for sig selv. Men en ting er at finde en lovende bokser - bogstavelig talt på gaden, hvor den upolerede muskelmand Luther fanger hendes øje - en anden ting er at skaffe ham en professionel match.
A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring.
Vic "Bomber" Bealer is a handsome, manipulative boxer who aspires to something greater than the small-town life he knows in Texas. But, even when opportunities present themselves, Bealer is too restless and indecisive to take advantage. Despite being on the cusp of making the Olympic boxing team, his life is in total disarray as he juggles relationships with an old flame, a girl who's way too young for him, and a foul-mouthed trainer.
An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.
A retired boxer gives a one-to-one that changes his life forever.
Chad (15) lives a life of poverty and neglect. Desiring a better life he is given a choice. The easy option, to crime to support himself or take a job at the local boxing gym with the hope of becoming the best version of himself.
Boxeo Constitución shows how, of all places, in a damp, dark boxing hall under the tracks of a train station, young people brace themselves against the social Darwinism of the social crisis. The film follows two teenage boxers from the forgotten suburbs of Buenos Aires on their way to their debut bout. It will be decided in the ring whether they can continue to hope that one day they will leave the lack of prospects in their neighborhood behind in order to "be someone". Youthful enthusiasm meets harsh reality when some of her colleagues form a boxing union.
In 1934 Koos Bink is 16 as he grows up in Crooswijk, a poor part of Rotterdam. He dreams of escaping the misery like his hero, boxer Bep van Klaveren, aka The Dutch Windmill. As a stowaway on board of a luxury passenger ship he tries to make his way to America and follow in the footsteps of the Dutch Olympic champion. The one thing Koos did not count on is that it is not enough just to dream.
An eager young fighter with a disapproving family and a boxing coach with a traumatic past, try to overcome their personal issues by letting each other into their lives.