Movies and TvShows featuring "prizefighting" theme.

In a desperate bid to win money for his family, an ex-marine enters a violent prizefighting competition where the participants fight with bare knuckles. As he navigates through a world of crime, drugs, and violence, he must face his own demons and fight for survival.

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a documentary film that tells the story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion. The film explores his rise to fame, his battles in and out of the ring, and the racism he faced during his career. It provides an in-depth look at the life and legacy of this legendary sportsman.

A father takes part in a brutal underground fighting tournament to win the prize money and save his daughter who is in urgent need of surgery. He must face powerful opponents and use his skills as a strongman to fight his way to victory.

The Big Man tells the story of a man who finds himself thrust into the brutal world of illegal fistfighting. Fueled by his determination to provide for his family and escape poverty, he battles his way to the top, facing off against ruthless opponents and navigating the dangerous underworld of organized crime. As he fights to prove himself and protect those he loves, he must confront his own inner demons and make difficult choices that will determine his fate.

Ip Man 2 (2010) follows the story of Ip Man as he moves to Hong Kong in 1949, aiming to establish a school and promote his Wing Chun martial arts. Despite facing challenges and ridicule from other martial arts schools, he gains his first students who help the school thrive. To open his school officially, Ip Man must attend a ceremony where he must defeat the martial arts masters in Hong Kong. Along the way, he faces corruption in the Hong Kong police force and must confront a British boxer who insults and attacks Chinese culture. Eventually, Ip Man fights the boxer and emerges victorious, earning the respect of the audience. The movie ends with Ip Man being introduced to a young boy named Bruce Lee, hinting at his future influence on the world of martial arts.

Tomorrow's Joe Live Action Movie is a drama film based on the popular manga series. The story follows a street-fighter orphan who finds his passion in boxing and trains to become a professional prizefighter. He faces various challenges, including rivalries, trouble with the law, and personal struggles. The film explores his journey of redemption and self-discovery.

Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.

Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.

Matilda is a young girl with extraordinary powers. Neglected by her parents, she discovers a love for books and uses her telekinetic abilities to stand up against her neglectful parents and the cruel headmistress of her school.

A boxer and war-time Telephone Engineer (Lee Patterson) is lured into a murder cover-up plot by a scheming woman ( Faith Domergue).

An annual contest brings together the fiercest fighters on a remote island to earn the title of the Ultimate Champion. Two fighters must join forces to win the tournament and escape with their lives.

An honest boxer refuses to throw a fight for a gambler. They get into a fight and the boxer knocks the gambler out. Thinking he's killed him and believing that the police are after him, the horrified boxer runs off and takes to the road, promising never to box again. However, one day he comes upon a small but scrappy young kid who has the potential to be a champion. The former boxer takes the kid under his wing and trains him, but the kid's ensuing success starts to go to his head. Pretty soon he finds himself mixed up with gamblers, too.

Max, a prize boxer who has developed a drinking habit after his girlfriend Susan left him, gets involved in dirty business once she asks him to help her find her missing husband.

Right Cross is a drama about a Mexican-American boxer who faces bigotry as he tries to make a name for himself in the boxing world. Set in New York City, the film explores the challenges he faces both inside and outside the ring, including his complex relationships with his family, a sports reporter, and a boxing trainer. The movie also delves into themes of identity, assimilation, and unrequited love.

When a stolen car with a valuable pocket watch inside is linked to a small town sheriff, Mr. Moto must unravel the mystery and solve the murder that follows. With his martial arts skills and clever detective work, Mr. Moto takes on the criminals in a thrilling showdown.

Today's street violence is the result of a permissive market for drugs. Affluent criminal societies paralyze! This is the story of one man who stands up...who believes he is responsible for the quality of the world he lives in. Internationally organized terrorists murder his father and pour into the country; Carlos burns with inner rage. Like many Americans, he perfected his commando skills in Asian jungles, but now the war has been brought home, and this family man hides his child, cleans his weapons, and takes care of business. Searching and destroying the psychopaths who brutally assault our society, this is a man that you can understand...a man you will cheer!!

Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing, however he has an alcoholic father.

Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh.

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."