Best Boxing movies of 1980s

Actors : Brent Beckett, Hawthorne James, Maggie Hughes, Michael Michaud,
Directors : William T. Naud,

In this parody of the Rocky films, Ricky Wanero is a male gigolo and stripper who sets out to beat "The Champ" in the boxing ring.

Actors : Carlene Watkins, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. ...

Actors : John McLiam, Jeff Fahey, Gene Hackman, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : David Drury,

When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.

Actors : Paul L. Smith, Rick Hearst, Jon Stafford, Vernon Wells,
Directors : Gary Graver,

A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.

Actors : Phillip Ko, Lung Wei Wang, Shao-Yen Lin, Kar-Man Wai,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.

Actors : Mr. T, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ernie Hudson, Glynn Turman,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Marin Moraru, Mihail Vasile Boghita, Constantin Brînzea,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Andrei is now a truck driver. But on one of his travels to Germany, he must become a boxer once again just for one night in the middleweight category.

Actors : Karen Kirishima, Bunta Sugawara, Takeshi Yamato, Toshiya Fujita,
Directors : Junji Sakamoto,

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer.

Actors : Jason Hoganson, Jamie Foreman, Cathryn Harrison, Glen Murphy,
Directors : Ron Peck,

In London's yuppie-dominated docklands of the 1980s Paul tries to make a deal with an American businessman However, he underestimates the clout of his old boss, a powerful Eastender.

Actors : Perry Lang, Nikki Swasey Seaton, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy,
Directors : George Bowers,

A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to reality.

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Francis Huster, Evelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

The world's most popular entertainer and Europe's greatest boxer: the film puts the love affair of these two national heroes against a backdrop of the end of World War II, hotel suites in ...

Actors : Jorge Rivero, Edward Albert, Mike Connors, Brenda Bakke,
Directors : Frank Zuniga,

An ex-boxer comes back to a town called Rosario in South America taking revenge for the death of a friend.

Actors : René Weller, Jacqueline Elber, Peter Althof, Bea Fiedler,
Directors : Alexander Titus Benda,

A boxing-champion and a karate master fight the drug scene of Nuremberg

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Leo Fong, Diane Stevenett, Troy Donahue,
Directors : Frank Harris,

Leo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...

Actors : Florinda Chico, Andrés Pajares, Antonio Ozores, Fernando Esteso,
Directors : Mariano Ozores,

Federico provides accommodation in his house for his friend Roque who is unemployed and becomes annoying. To get rid of him, Fernando tries to make Roque a boxing champion who will be able to challenge the current national boxing champion.

Actors : Antônio Fagundes, José Lewgoy, Maitê Proença, Jorge Dória,
Directors : Guilherme de Almeida Prado,

Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He ...

Actors : Giorgos Vasileiou, Stathis Psaltis, Magda Tsagani, Sofia Aliberti,
Directors : Yiannis Hartomatzidis,

A really skinny guy finds out that he has incredible strength in his punches. After starting a boxing career a lot of people try to take advantage of his talent.

Actors : Gianrico Tedeschi, Faith Minton, Roland Bock, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Mario Monicelli,

Raoul has best chances to become next boxing champion in light-heavy weight. For a bet he tries to beat through a door with his bare fist. He wins the bet, but his hand is broken, his ...

Actors : Sharat Saxena, Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Tanuja,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

Shanker is jailed for theft and there meets with Tony, who introduces him to professional boxing, after witnessing him fight an inmate. When he gets out of jail, Shanker takes up professional boxing.

Actors : Brad Davis, Frances Fisher, Steve Buscemi, Robinson Frank Adu,
Directors : James Lemmo,

An aging middleweight boxer trains for a match against a rising star, unaware his manager has fixed the bout so that he must lose - but will he throw the fight?