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1) Creed II
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
2) Creed III
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
3) Klitschko
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Two brothers, two world heavyweight champions. Superstar siblings Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko held a fifteen-year reign over the ring until making history in 2008 by becoming the first brothers in the sport to hold world titles at the same time. With a mix of candid interviews and riveting up-close fight footage, Sebastian Dehnhardt offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these champion boxers.
4) The champ
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Wallace Beery plays a washed-up prizefighter making a ring comeback to provide for his son.
5) Ali
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said Ali had transcended race and united the country, but they...
Author
Series
Killing volume 12
Language
English
Description
"The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...
8) Pulp fiction
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization...
10) Father Stu
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization...
11) Creed
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Muhammad Ali was the leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century and a charismatic, beloved public figure. His objection to the military draft during the Vietnam War made him an icon for a generation, and his impact in sports and the Civil Rights movement is still felt today.
13) Rocky Balboa
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days"--
"A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of...
15) Cinderella man
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept...
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