Why the boxing film?: the meaningful structure of the boxing film genre
Gangsters, champions, and the history of the boxing film
"Down for the count": critique of the success ethic in the boxing film
"On the ropes": the conflict between assimilation and the indigenous community
Romance and the ring: gender conflict in the boxing film
"Hitting below the belt": violence, suffering, and male emotion
Body and soul: the conflict between the flesh and the spirit
Art and genre in Raging bull (1980)
Epilogue: into the twenty-first century
Appendix 1: cycles/clusters of the boxing film genre
Appendix 2: boxing films cited.