As boxing's popularity wanes, three fighters at different stages of their career make sacrifices to pursue their dreams of becoming champions.
Direction
Bulger embeds you in gyms, not arenas — it's sweaty, not glossy
Editing
Cuts between three arcs with zero hand-holding, trust the viewer
Director
Jay Bulger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as UFC was dominating combat sports, this captures boxing's existential panic in real time.
Director Jay Bulger originally profiled boxer Edwin Rodriguez for Rolling Stone — the magazine killed the story, so he made this instead.
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