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** The MickeyMouse cartoon ''Mickey's Mechanical Man'' (1933) has Mickey building and training a TinCanRobot named Sam to take on a KillerGorilla boxer, "The Congo Killer".

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' allows you to become a prize fighter in the town of New Reno. Becoming the champion raises your fame in the town, as well as giving you a slight bonus to damage resistance and unarmed fighting.

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_vs._Muhammad_Ali Superman vs Muhammad Ali.]]'' Incredibly enough, Muhammad Ali wins, in a {{Justified|Trope}} case, {{Superman}} didn't have his Yellow-sun strength.

* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': The show's very first episode, "Killeroo," is an example. It has Howard Moon duking it out against a face-eating kangaroo. Being an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, Howard is thoroughly outclassed, and only prevails when [[spoiler: Vince crushes the kangaroo's balls]].

* ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', episode 1x19, "Hand-To-Hand." Sam Hanna goes undercover at an MMA gym, and ends up fighting one of the guys there [[spoiler: who is actually an undercover LAPD detective: future main character Marty Deeks]].

* The ''Series/WithoutATrace'' episode "No Mas", in which the VictimOfTheWeek is a boxer who disappeared before a fight. [[spoiler: He's found alive, but the agents must then arrest him for murdering an associate]]

* A ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' episode sees Wildcat - a former pro boxer who had turned his skills to crimefighting - get involved in an underground fighting circuit out of a need to indulge BloodKnight tendencies, while Black Canary and Green Arrow try to convince him to get out before he seriously hurts someone or vice-versa.

* ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'': George signs Max up for a children's boxing class in order to boost Max's self-esteem. Laila Ali (daughter of Muhammad Ali) guest stars.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred has Barney take a challenge to stay one round with the champ for prize money.

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* The first episode of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' had Ryuko Matoi take on [[BoxingBattler Takaharu Fukuroda]] in a boxing match, though she was allowed to use her sword.
* A chapter of the ''Manga/CatsEye'' manga has Toshio being roped into representing his precint in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police boxing tournament, as while he's rusty he practiced boxing in high school and maintained a powerful right hook, while his opponent has only started recently... [[OhCrap After a long karate career]]. [[spoiler:Toshio, who was planning to finally propose to Hitomi if he won, wins by ''disqualification'', as he bets everything on his first hook and charges with such fury his opponents panics and [[DamnYouMuscleMemory kicks him hard enough to knock him out]].]]
* The very first chapter of ''Manga/CityHunter'' has Ryo hired to assassinate the the top contender for the Japanese title, as he got his chance to fight the champion by murdering the previous one, and the victim's fiancee knows.
* An episode of ''Anime/OxTales'', entitled ''Out For The Count'' for its original English dub but now more widely known as ''I'm The Champ'', sees Gaylord the gorilla get his hands on a pair of boxing gloves. Infuriated by the ape's new-found hobby of rampaging through the forest punching anything he encounters, Ollie challenges him to a fight and is promptly knocked flat with one punch. The rest of the episode sees Ollie training for a rematch with the gorilla - including sparring sessions with a kangaroo and an elephant - and concludes with an extremely rowdy bout [[spoiler:that ultimately sees Ollie KO his opponent more by luck than judgement.]]

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_vs._Muhammad_Ali Superman vs Muhammad Ali.]]'' Incredibly enough, Muhammad Ali wins, in a {{Justified|Trope}} case, {{Superman}} didn't have his Yellow-sun strength.
* ''[[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7]]'': A famous story where [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] and several other Marvel heroes fight the Champion of the Universe in a series of boxing matches. This comic was [[AffectionateParody later made into]] a Wrestling Episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dial M for Monkey]]''.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}'' the Blue Beetle challenges Guy Gardner to a boxing match when he gets sick of Guy calling him out of shape and useless. Beetle wins, which would be surprising considering that Guy was one of the team's heavy hitters and Beetle was the comedy relief and tech-support guy ... except for the fact that Guy was a ComicBook/GreenLantern without his Power Ring in a fistfight with a BadassNormal.
* There was a boxing-themed ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' comic called "The Sweet Science".

* ''ComicBook/{{Cazador}}'': The title character had to take on a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cybernetics-enhanced zombie Mike Tyson]] in one issue, as a homage to ''Superman vs Muhammad Ali'' mentioned above.
* In ''[[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley's Little Black Book]]'' #5 Harley and Superman square off in the boxing ring in a story that was an homage/parody of the famous ''Superman vs Muhammad Ali'' comic.

* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] in ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey''. The cover of issue 106 is done in the style of a boxing poster promoting a bout between Big Barda and Knockout, but the actual story doesn't involve the sport at all. ''Punching'', on the other hand, is very much present.
* ''ComicBook/CombatKellyAndHisDeadlyDozen'' #3 is a flashback issue explaining how Kelly wound up commanding the Deadly Dozen, and focuses on his pre-war career as an army boxer.

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* ''Creator/AbbottAndCostello Meet the Invisible Man'', oddly enough, in which the Invisible Man is an up-and-coming boxer. Leads to a memorable scene where the invisible boxer must win a prize fight--with the very unathletic Costello acting as his visible stand-in, miming along with the real punches.

* A Literature/TomSwift book features Tom facing off against an evil kickboxing contender and developing an exoskeleton that allows him to face the kickboxer in the ring.
* The Creator/ElleryQueen stories ''Mind Over Matter'' and ''A Matter of Seconds'' involve boxing.

* A boxer (Ben Murphy) arrives on ''Series/FantasyIsland'' to clobber an opponant who beat him in the past.

* ''Series/WhiteCollar'': In "Gloves Off," Peter and Neal go after a Wall Street stock trading operation. They learn that insider information is traded to the winners of boxing matches set up by the leader, so they finagle things so both of them fight each other in the ring, to make sure at least one of them is told the insider information. Even so, the plan is for Peter to win to make the case stick better. But just before the match begins, Neal learns about a screwup of Peter's that sends him into a rage, and he ignores the choreography and tries to beat the snot out of Peter.

* ''Radio/TheLivesOfHarryLime'': Harry stages [[TheCon a boxing scam]] in "Mexican Hat Trick".

* A common practice in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trade servers is for two [[MightyGlacier Heavies]] to challenge each other to a melee weapon-only 'boxing match', seeing as how all of the Heavy's melee weapons are variations on his fists.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' allows you to become a prize fighter in the town of New Reno. Becoming the champion raises your fame in the town, as well as giving you a slight bonus to damage resistance and unarmed fighting.
* The ''King of the Ring'' submod for ''VideoGame/TheSomeguySeries'' consists in using the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' unarmed fighting gameplay to simulate boxing matches of increasing difficulty.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' season eight episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E3TheHomerTheyFall The Homer They Fall]]", in which Moe coaches Homer into becoming a boxer after Homer is found to have an anomaly that allows him to take multiple hits without falling.
* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Luanne takes up boxing to prove to men that she's not a sex object. Unfortunately, the boxing she takes up is foxy boxing and one of George Foreman's daughters challenges her to a real match to prove that she's untalented at the sport. She isn't, but the sheer determination she shows during the match is enough to get the men who were previously harasssing her to start cheering her.

* Paramount's Modern Madcap stars Jeepers and Creepers had a cartoon called "Busy Buddies," in which Creepers had to make some money to pay an outstanding IRS debt. He unwillingly becomes a boxer in a match offering a $1000 cash prize. Thanks to Jeepers, he wins and pays off his immediate debt (but now he owes for the money he just won).

* There have been a few [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Disney cartoon shorts]] about boxing:
** The MickeyMouse cartoon ''Mickey's Mechanical Man'' (1933) has Mickey building and training a TinCanRobot named Sam to take on a KillerGorilla boxer, "The Congo Killer".
** Two [[WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies Silly Symphony]] cartoons: ''Cock o' the Walk'' (1935) and ''Toby Tortoise Returns'' (1936).
** The WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon ''The Art of Self Defense'' (1941) has Goofy giving a FauxToGuide on learning to box.
** The WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon ''Canvas Back Duck'' (1953) sees Donald getting baited into going three rounds with [[IronicNickname Peewee Pete]] at a carnival.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama All Stars'' episode "Suckers Punched".
* A ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' episode sees Wildcat - a former pro boxer who had turned his skills to crimefighting - get involved in an underground fighting circuit out of a need to indulge BloodKnight tendencies, while Black Canary and Green Arrow try to convince him to get out before he seriously hurts someone or vice-versa.

* WesternAnimation/YogiBear becomes the sparring partner of a champion boxer visiting Jellystone Park. During the session, the champ tries to get Yogi to bring in his fist to deflect a punch and winds up knocking the champ out cold.
* A Wing Dings blackout on ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' featured Klunk as a boxing champ with Zilly a reporter interviewing him. When Zilly asks what Klunk's record is, he replies "Brahm's Lullaby," plants a record over Zilly's head through the centerhole, spins it and plays it with his "left hook."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "The Cage" has Gumball and Darwin training wimpy geography teacher Mr. Corneille to be a cage fighter, to raise money for the school at an MMA-style challenger fight. While he earns the adoration of the school nurse, he is also brutally squashed at the final fight.

* ''Series/{{Oz}}'': Several episodes in series 3 centre around a boxing tournament organised between the various gangs in Oz. Ryan tries to fix the fights so his brother Cyril wins.

** ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has "hero gets beaten up by boxing monster and must learn boxing" as one of its stock plots.

* One of the early episodes of ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' involved the MonsterOfTheWeek interfering with Touma's idol's boxing matches. However, he had been shown to be a proficient boxer before this episode, and his Digimon partner wears boxing gloves, so this didn't come ''entirely'' out of nowhere...

* A ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode sees Wildcat - a former pro boxer who had turned his skills to crimefighting - get involved in an underground fighting circuit out of a need to indulge BloodKnight tendencies, while Black Canary and Green Arrow try to convince him to get out before he seriously hurts someone or vice-versa.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' the mother quits smoking and become an adrenaline junkie. She tries boxing but is so vicious and dangerous she keeps moving to deeper and deeper sub-basements pummeling more and more people - including (by mistake) the "simple kid who fills the soda machines".

** He is the champion- of the motor pool. He has to confront a much better boxer from another unit- who who later goes on to become a world champion.

* There was a boxing-themed ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' comic called "The Sweet Science". It was kind of stupid.

* The ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' episode "Challenges", in which Tommy had to out-box Prince Sprocket's monster Punchabunch at both normal and giant size to free Adam. Tommy had already been established to have boxing skills in the previous seasons, and his special Zord this season was the Red Battlezord, which has boxing-glove fists (and [[GatlingGood Gatling]] [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] cannons for cuffs, but those aren't used in the boxing match).

* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' got this one out of the way. In the first single-hour episode, "The Final Round", David befriends a boxer who is unwittingly delivering drugs and then is supposed to suffer a fatal heart attack during a fight. This was the first instance of Banner being conveniently being knocked out so that he doesn't Hulk out until later.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred takes a challenge to stay one round with the champ for prize money.

-->Louise: He only has one kidney!
-->Other Guy: Really? Which one? I'd hate to waste a good kidney punch.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Martin}}'' has the titular character facing off in a charity boxing match with fearsome LightningBruiser and former welterweight/middleweight/light heavyweight champion [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZdLJAYzV9M Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns.]]

* ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'': In the Season 2 episode "Deadweight", Miss Fisher investigates the death of a gang leader that is found outside a boxing tent.

* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' has the "The Contenders" as a set of two episodes. The plot revolves around eliminating a mobster who is rigging matches, and Barney imitates a former champion (played by SpecialGuest champ Sugar Ray Robinson) who's making a comeback.

For the purposes of the episode, one of the show's regular characters will usually be revealed as a boxing ''aficionado''. This can serve one of two purposes: providing a reason for the characters to attend or take part in a boxing event (when the course of the show normally wouldn't take them there), or allowing the character in question to offer some key piece of information that would only be known to someone who is familiar with the ins and outs of the world of boxing. The character's boxing savvy will rarely if ever be revisited outside the confines of The Boxing Episode.