This is a boxing review by MuayThaiArt.com! Today we’ll take you back to the past to 1942 to be specific. And of course it’s going to be good. It’s a true story of Jim Corbett who became the foremost Heavyweight champ of the world under the fresh Marquis of Queensberry regulations.

Director: Raoul Walsh

Casts: Errol Flynn as James J. Corbett or Gentleman Jim, Alexis Smith as Victoria Ware, Alan Hale as Pat Corbett, James’ brother and Ward Bond as John L. Sullivan, his enemy.

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Plot: Boxing was considered illegal and disreputable in 1880’s in San Francisco. The members of the prestigious Olympic Club promised to make this sport accepted by everyone or make it become a Gentleman’s sport. They support Irish-American Jim Corbett, a bank clerk to be a fighter under the fresh Marquis of Queensbury rules. In the final he finds himself fighting against his own idol, John L. Sullivan.

And right now you can get the DVD in any store or in Blockbuster now. So don’t miss this, a true story of a boxing legend James J. Corbett.

See you next time with the next great movie with Boxing!