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* CowardiceCallOut: Michael secretly turns down an offer to have Belle fight Tanya Tessaro for the championship, while implying to Belle that no such offer has happened yet and will take more time. His deception is exposed when Tessaro, after winning the title, publicly insults Belle and suggests the latter is a coward for refusing to fight her, prompting a furious Belle to cut ties with Michael and finally accept Tessaro's challenge.
* DefeatingTheCheatingOpponent: Tessaro headbutts Belle in the penultimate round of their fight, putting Belle at a severe and unfair disadvantage. Despite this setback, Belle refuses to let the referee end the fight and insists on one more round, which allows her to knock out Tessaro and win.
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* PeriodPiece: [[Subverted|Trope]]. The nine-year-old Belle is shown listening to the Thrilla in Manila, which took place in 1975, in the opening flashback, and the main story explicitly takes place 15 years later, seemingly setting the bulk of the film in 1990. But this is contradicted later in the film when [[spoiler:Belle visits Chuck's grave]] and the headstone clearly reads 1998, indicating a continuity error on the filmmakers' part.
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* AMinorKidtroduction: The opening scene shows Belle as a child, while the main narrative then skips ahead to when Belle is a young adult.
* PeriodPiece:[[Subverted|Trope]].{{Subverted|Trope}}. The nine-year-old Belle is shown listening to the Thrilla in Manila, which took place in 1975, in the opening flashback, and the main story explicitly takes place 15 years later, seemingly setting the bulk of the film in 1990. But this is contradicted later in the film when [[spoiler:Belle visits Chuck's grave]] and the headstone clearly reads 1998, indicating a continuity error on the filmmakers' part.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: During her fight with Tessaro, Sandra is not shown onscreen receiving any blows to the spinal column or near to it, making it unclear how [[DramaticSpineInjury she was paralyzed from the waist down as a result]]. While she does take a number of shots to the head, any serious damage dealt to her head or neck would have paralyzed her entire body, not just her lower half as the film depicts.
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* DramaticSpineInjury: Sandra is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of her fight with Tessaro, with it being noted that she will likely never walk again.
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** The referee who oversees the championship fight between Belle and Tessero is portrayed by the late Lou Filippo, a real-life referee and former boxer who had previously appeared in the first five ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' films.
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* {{Expy}}: Creator/TonyBurton portrays one of Belle's trainers, Hawkins, with the character clearly meant to resemble his iconic role of Tony "Duke" Evers from the ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' films.
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* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:When she is unable to knock Belle out, a tired Tessaro resorts to headbutting her in the seventh round, opening a cut over Belle's eye that she continues to target for the rest of the fight. This not only weakens Belle's defences, but her injury almost prompts the referee to stop the fight and go to the scorecards, which would make Tessaro the winner due to her being ahead on points. [[SubvertedTrope However]], Belle is able to convince the referee to allow one more round, which enables her to finally knock out Tessaro and emerge victorious.]]
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* EasilyDistractedReferee: Despite Tessaro visibly restraining Belle before head-butting her, with even the commentators noting that it was clearly deliberate, the referee rules the headbutt as accidental and Tessaro faces no repercussions for it.
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* FinalBattle: The climax is a title bout where Belle Alvarado VS fights Tanya "The Terminator" Tessaro - the same fighter that paralysed Sandra - for the WFBA world lightweight championship.
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: [[spoiler:Doubles as a KickTheDog moment. Before their fight begins, Tessaro remarks that she's going to send Belle back to see her father. Given that Chuck recently died, and his death nearly prompted Belle to drop out of the fight, it's clear what Tessaro is implying]].
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* InformedAbility: During their bout, Sandra says that Tessaro is too strong and resilient, claiming that she keeps hitting her and it has no effect. In execution, Sandra is clearly not even trying to hit Tessaro.
* PeriodPiece:It's not made explicit, but since [[Subverted|Trope]]. The nine-year-old Belle listens is shown listening to the Thrilla in Manila as a nine-year-old Manila, which took place in 1975, in the opening flashback, and the main story explicitly takes place 15 years after that, later, seemingly setting the bulk of the film in 1990. But this is set contradicted later in 1990.the film when [[spoiler:Belle visits Chuck's grave]] and the headstone clearly reads 1998, indicating a continuity error on the filmmakers' part.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/pv-target-images/a49f12113a02b010a8a47b836361055a04dc358236df81c0957d66703c53eb13.jpg Some posters]] show Belle looking far more bruised and beaten up [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished than she ever looks in the actual film]].
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played with. All the female boxers end up sweaty and disheveled in their fights, but blood and bruising are fairly rare, even during the championship bout. The second part is actually TruthInTelevision, as many pro fights have ended with both fighters looking unmarked despite taking heavy blows throughout.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played with. All the female boxers end up sweaty and disheveled in their fights, but blood and bruising are fairly rare, even during with the championship bout. The second part only prominent exception being the bloody cut over Belle's eye after Tessaro headbutts her. This is actually a case of TruthInTelevision, as many pro fights professional boxing matches have ended with both fighters looking unmarked despite taking heavy blows throughout.
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* StrawMisogynist: The main announcer during the championship fight makes several patronising comments about Belle and the idea of women's boxing in general. He suggests that [[InsaneTrollLogic Belle's beauty puts her at a disadvantage in the ring]], and asks his fellow commentator without a hint of irony if he believes women's boxing is legitimate, despite female participation in the sport already being commonplace at the time of the film's release.
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* AsHimself: Professional boxer Shane Mosley plays himself, showing up as a color commentator for the championship fight.
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* YouGoGirl: Belle knocked out a boy in her first sparring match at age nine, though she also got a black eye.
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In Los Angeles, Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado takes up boxing after being inspired by her father, who had to give up the sport years earlier to focus on his family. The sport also provides her some stability in the midst of a problematic domestic life.
When one of Belle's friends and fellow boxers is viciously beaten in the ring, Belle seeks to avenge her.
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In Los Angeles, Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado takes up boxing after being inspired by when one of her friends, herself a boxer, is viciously beaten in the ring. Drawing inspiration from her father, a Golden Gloves champion who had to give up the sport years earlier to focus on his family. The sport also provides her some stability in the midst of a problematic domestic life.
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* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: Chuck Alvarado was a Golden Gloves champion in his youth.
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** Paul Winfield, who plays promoter Ron Regent and whose character has a professional rivalry of sorts with real-life promoter Don King, previously portrayed King in the 1995 HBO film ''Film/{{Tyson}}''.
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** Paul Winfield, who plays promoter Ron Regent and whose character has a professional rivalry of sorts with real-life promoter Don King, previously portrayed King in the 1995 HBO film ''Film/{{Tyson}}''. Winfield also voiced Lucius Sweet, a Don King-esque character, on a 1996 episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' called "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E3TheHomerTheyFall The Homer They Fall]]".
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* CreatorCameo: Director Lorenzo Doumani plays the ring announcer.
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* CastingGag: In addition to being a real-life pro boxer, Fredia Gibbs, who plays Tanya Tessaro, also had "Cheetah" as one of her nicknames; Tessaro wears cheetah-print trunks.
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** Paul Winfield, who plays promoter Ron Regent and whose character has a professional rivalry of sorts with real-life promoter Don King, previously portrayed King in the 1995 HBO film ''Film/{{Tyson}}''.
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** Paul Winfield, who plays promoter Ron Regent and whose character has a professional rivalry of sorts with real-life promoter Don King, previously portrayed King in the 1995 HBO film ''Film/{{Tyson}}''.
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* TrainingMontage: Belle has a couple: one before her first fight and one before her world title bout.
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* BittersweetEnding: Belle [[spoiler:wins the WFBA world lightweight title]] and gets together with Mario, but [[spoiler:both her parents are now dead]] and Sandra is likely a paraplegic for life.
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* ReligiousBruiser: Belle is a Christian. In an interview after one of her victories, she thanks God and quotes scripture. She also regularly wears a cross necklace, uses a gospel-esque song as her walkout music, and has a cross printed on the back of her boxing robes.
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* BilingualBonus: Mario and Chuck have a brief exchange in untranslated Spanish.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Belle objects to "Ragin' Cajun," the first ring name Ron Regent bestows on her, since her heritage is Mexican, not Cajun. Regent simply asks if she knows anything that rhymes with "Mexican".
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* PeriodPiece: It's not made explicit, but since Belle listens to the Thrilla in Manila as a nine-year-old and the main story takes place 15 years after that, the bulk of the film is set in 1990.
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* GirlyBruiser: Downplayed with Belle. She's rather feminine and a few characters mention her good looks, but she dresses in practical workout gear when it's time to train.
* GirlyBruiser: Downplayed with Belle. She's rather feminine and a few characters mention her good looks, but she dresses in practical workout gear when it's time to train.
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** In the championship fight, neither Belle nor Tessaro are given point deductions or even warned for hitting after the bell.
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* CastingGag: Aside from being a real-life pro boxer, Fredia Gibbs, who plays Tanya Tessaro, also had "Cheetah" as one of her nicknames; Tessaro wears cheetah-print trunks.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: On three separate occasions during her fight with Tanya Tessaro, Sandra takes close to 30 unanswered punches, many to the head. At no point does the referee step in to even at least give her an 8-count.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: On three separate occasions during her fight with Tanya Tessaro, Sandra takes close to 30 unanswered punches, many to the head. At no point does the referee step in to even at least give her an 8-count.
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In Los Angles, Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado takes up boxing after being inspired by her father, who had to give up the sport years earlier to focus on his family. The sport also provides her some stability in the midst of a problematic domestic life.
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In Los Angles, Angeles, Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado takes up boxing after being inspired by her father, who had to give up the sport years earlier to focus on his family. The sport also provides her some stability in the midst of a problematic domestic life.
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* InelegantBlubbering: Belle, after [[spoiler:she wins the world lightweight title.]]
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Aside from the boxing connotation, "knockout" is a slang term for an attractive woman.
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''Knockout'' is a 2000 American boxing film directed by Lorenzo Doumani and starring Sophia Adella Hernandez.
In Los Angles, Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado takes up boxing after being inspired by her father, who had to give up the sport years earlier to focus on his family. The sport also provides her some stability in the midst of a problematic domestic life.
When one of Belle's friends and fellow boxers is viciously beaten in the ring, Belle seeks to avenge her.
Not to be confused with ''Film/TheKnockout''.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: A couple.
** Tanya "Terminator" Tessario
** Ron Regent
* FinalBattle: Belle Alvarado VS Tanya "Terminator" Tessario for the world lightweight championship.
* TimeCompressionMontage: After Belle wins her first fight, one of these occurs, spanning several fights and magazine cover appearances as she works her way up in the boxing world.
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In Los Angles, Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado takes up boxing after being inspired by her father, who had to give up the sport years earlier to focus on his family. The sport also provides her some stability in the midst of a problematic domestic life.
When one of Belle's friends and fellow boxers is viciously beaten in the ring, Belle seeks to avenge her.
Not to be confused with ''Film/TheKnockout''.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: A couple.
** Tanya "Terminator" Tessario
** Ron Regent
* FinalBattle: Belle Alvarado VS Tanya "Terminator" Tessario for the world lightweight championship.
* TimeCompressionMontage: After Belle wins her first fight, one of these occurs, spanning several fights and magazine cover appearances as she works her way up in the boxing world.
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