'Day of the Fight' Punches Above Its Weight Class
Jack Huston’s “Day of the Fight” begins with the familiar but becomes something truly special. To be specific, I was emailed a press note from the director that this isn’t a boxing movie but a movie about a boxer. Alright, but to not undersell it, the film does have a great boxing match as its climax. It also earns its place as a sleeper, a boxing movie akin with “Diggstown” (1992) and “Girlfight” (2000). It's a smaller, scrappier, less Hollywood take on a well-established sports genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtpV_Mwk0ZE In the establishing scenes, we meet boxer Mike Flannigan (Michael Pitt) who we
