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Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Gunfire, murder, and hate ravage the dusty Texas town of Grayson. The violence is triggered by an upcoming boxing match. Mack Wong, a young Asian boxer, is challenging Bruiser Bill Connors, a powerful but aging fighter. Mack is the son of a vicious killer known as the Dragon. The Dragon mysteriously disappeared more than a decade back after leaving a grotesque trail of slit throats. Terror overwhelms the town as the fight draws near. Hooded outlaws...
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...
3) Rocky Balboa
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
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.
4) Grudge match
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Henry 'Razor' Sharp and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen are old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. On their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Henry 'Razor' Sharp and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen are old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. On their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.
6) Annapolis
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Jake Huard, a local kid, is a shipbuilder's son who wants to prove to his father, not to mention himself, that he can cut it as a Naval officer. But at the Academy he runs afoul of a hard-nosed training officer named Cole who does all he can to drive Huard out of the school. They end up settling their differences in the boxing ring during the Academy's annual competition.
7) Creed III
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
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.
8) Donnybrook
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Three desperate souls must fight their way out of a dead-end world in this bracing, gut-punching glimpse into America's dark underbelly. Earl is a struggling ex-marine and father determined to make a better life for his family, no matter what it takes. Angus is a violent, unhinged drug dealer who leaves a trail of death and destruction in his wake. And Delia is a haunted woman who will do anything to escape a life of crime she can no longer bear....
10) Annapolis
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Jake Huard, a local kid, is a shipbuilder's son who wants to prove to his father, not to mention himself, that he can cut it as a Naval officer. But at the Academy he runs afoul of a hard-nosed training officer named Cole who does all he can to drive Huard out of the school. They end up settling their differences in the boxing ring during the Academy's annual competition.