25 best boxing movies ever
Ding ding… we round up the knock-out films that punch above their weight in pugilistic movie making
We take a look at the knock-out movie classics from the world of boxing movies, and pick the prize-fighters from the bunch.
Snatch (2000)
Guy Ritchie’s gangster follow-up to Lock, Stock was a shoo-in for box office success, but Snatch’s knock-out punch was the appearance of Brad Pitt as an unintelligible Irish traveller who can knock out any man with a single punch. The accent was chosen after Pitt asked for a role and Ritchie realised he couldn’t manage English.