- HD 1080
- Runtime: 114m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Director: Jim Sheridan
- Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley
- keywords: prison, sports, politics, boxer, love
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures, Hell's Kitchen
- Slogan: Love is always worth fighting for.
- The The Boxer is featured in the top rankings of 1997
- #22 in Top Romance Movies of 1997
- #88 in Top Drama Movies of 1997
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.