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1) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
De Niro stars in this film biography of the controversial prize fighter of the 1940s, Jake LaMotta.
2) I spy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Language
English
Description
A U.S. secret agent gets paired up with a famous boxer on a mission to recover a spy plane.
4) Ali
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Language
English
Description
The life and career of Muhammad Ali, from the 1964 fight with Sonny Liston to the 1974 championship bout with George Foreman.
5) Rocky Balboa
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Rocky, the former heavyweight boxing champion who is known and reknown throughout the world for going the distance, finds a new venture: giving back to his community. He finds himself, once more, at the opposing side of opportunity, not unlike the one he had seen decades ago. Heavyweight champ Mason Dixon and his representatives offer Rocky a shot at an exhibition fight. For Balboa, it'll be one last hurrah he'll never forget. A look at going full...
6) Raging bull
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
8) Creed
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of early-twentieth-century boxer Gene Tunney, describing his youth in Greenwich Village, his relationship with Polly Lauder, the 1920s boxing world, his rivalry with Jack Dempsey, and his later years, including his work in the business world.
15) The hurricane
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, in the prime of his boxing career, finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder. Sentenced to life in prison, Carter's published memoir, The Sixteenth Round, inspires a teenager from Brooklyn and three Canadian activists who believe in the truth, to join forces with Carter to prove his innocence.
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Boxing has a long and eventful history and its drama, excitement and humour are covered in this fascinating account of the noble - and sometimes ignoble - art all over the world. From the bare-knuckle days when the Duke of Cumberland callously abandoned his protégé Jack Broughton when the latter could no longer fight on because he was blind, to 1964, when the charismatic Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston with a 'phantom punch' that no one in...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the life of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, discussing how he trained to become a champion, converted to Islam, changed his name, refused to go to war, and won back his title.
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