Im speaking about movies like cinderella man and rocky and etc.
2006-11-14 17:00:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
Yes and no. Most boxing movies show only the strong combinations and heavy blows that look exciting. If we are supposed to believe we are watching the fight from start to finish, then there are undoubtedly too many strong punches that land. The way most of the fights are cut in the editing room, it seems obvious that they are usually "highlights" of the fight, in which case you could assume that the "boring" parts of the fight are just not being shown.
ROCKY IV SPOILER ALERT (Although, if you haven't seen it by now, you probably won't)
Rocky IV comes to mind as an example of both a realistic and an unrealistic (albeit very exciting fight). There's no way Drago and Rocky hit each other that way all fight long. If Drago really hit as hard as those crazy Russian computers said he did, then he hits harder than Tyson and we saw what a Tyson haymaker could do to even very good boxers. The number of clean shots he landed would have probably killed Rocky in real life, although he would have been on the canvas before many of those hits landed.
At the beginning of the movie, there is a very realistic fight where Drago actually does kill Apollo Creed within like two or three rounds. Drago hits harder than Tyson, and Creed was already one foot in the grave in boxer terms anyway. A 40-50 year old athlete getting punched like he did would definitely suffer brain damage.
Hope that helps.
2006-11-14 17:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by Robert 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mad magazine did one of the Rocky filims (IV?) and in their version the ref gave instructions to the fighters, something like: No defense, every punch has to be a haymaker, if you get knocked down you have to rise exactly at the count of 9 etc. I haven't watched many hollywood boxing films, but the one or two I saw (like Rocky) seemed totally unrealistic to me.
2006-11-15 11:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well wrestling looks more authentic.These super dudes in movies can get beaten senseless,get up off the canvas and pulverise thier opponent.Usually in the same round
2006-11-15 01:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bruce Lee was the last movie maker to use his students as cast members, when you watch his movies, 80% is full contact and the rest is ART.
MR
2006-11-15 13:26:00 · answer #4 · answered by eyeknowiknow 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. Movies are for entertainment purposes and over-dramatize everything for the joy of the viewer.
2006-11-18 16:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by The Keeper of the Green 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The punches are unrealistic and ridiculous.
2006-11-16 18:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by smitty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋