The 5 Essential Boxing Movies

From classic film noir to pay-per-view extravaganzas.

I’ve gone on record saying that baseball is the sport that best translates to film. I stand by that, but there’s probably no sport that works best for our most dramatic themes, from physical to psychological, from the rise to the fall to the redemption, like boxing. What follows is what I’m calling The 5 Essential Boxing Movies, those that best represent every part of the subgenre, from classic film noir to pay-per-view extravaganzas.

Read the rest of Patrick’s piece over at Bleacher Brawls.