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Most sporting films cant hope to match the appeal of the thing itself football being the most obvious example.
But while the best boxing movies are unmissable, its increasingly hard to justify the sports existence at all.
Paying people to hurt each other is unconscionable and watching the process panders to our very worst instincts.
The films, however, are often fabulous, and have done much to elevate the art form.
Imagine a world without the training montage courtesy of 1976s Rocky et al if you’re able to.
Then there are supreme documentaries such as 1996sWhen We Were Kingsand 2008sTyson.
The appeal of the boxing film is simple.
Surely thats a win-win… or is it just me?
