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Film · 10 connectionsA former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.
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2018 · 92 min · Drama
A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.
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2011 · 140 min · Action · Drama
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
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2009 · 93 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
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2015 · 123 min · Action · Drama
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2017 · 91 min · Documentary
As boxing's popularity wanes, three fighters at different stages of their career make sacrifices to pursue their dreams of becoming champions.
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2009 · 98 min · Action · Drama
A washed-up trainer takes a self-destructive young boxer under his wing.
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2012 · 94 min · Action · Drama
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2025 · 101 min · Crime · Drama
When a battered boxer past his prime finds his dreams and his relationships on the ropes, he falls back in with a dangerous crowd and has to take the biggest swing of his life to reclaim his hope and his family.
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2014 · 105 min · Action · Drama
A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
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2019 · 88 min · Action · Drama
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