- HD 1080
- Runtime: 31m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Charlie Chaplin
- Stars: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ernest Van Pelt, Lloyd Bacon, Leo White
- keywords: sports, black and white, silent film, boxing, short film
- Production_studio: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
- The The Champion is featured in the top rankings of 1915
- #3 in Top Comedy Movies of 1915
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.