The Greatest Boxing Movies... That Aren't Raging Bull, Round II
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Body And Soul (1947)
Robert Rosen’s picture could go toe-to-toe with any modern fight flick thanks to it being scripted by - blacklisted - firebrand Abraham Polonsky, and its starring boxer-turned-screen great John Garfield
The Contender: Charlie Davis, an amateur who’s too good a person for the professional fight game.
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