NOW YOU KNOW
Since 1910, Hollywood moviemakers have used the subject of boxing more than any other sport.
Boxing: 204 films
Horse racing: 139
Football: 123
Baseball: 85
Motor racing: 85
Basketball: 41
Source: “Film Facts” (Patrick Robertson, Billboard Books, 2001)
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