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* ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'': Captain Peacock is challenged to a boxing match, but backs out. Mr. Humphries is chosen to take his place in a wrestling match and loses. Then Mrs. Slocombe enters the ring. |
* ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'': Captain Peacock is challenged to a boxing match, but backs out. Mr. Humphries is chosen to take his place in a wrestling match and loses. Then Mrs. Slocombe enters the ring. |
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* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'': Dennis goes out with a female boxer, but is challenged by her ex-girlfriend, also a boxer. |
* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'': Dennis goes out with a female boxer, but is challenged by her ex-girlfriend, also a boxer. |
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* ''[[iCarly]]'': the one-hour special "iFight Shelby Marx", in which Carly watches MMA fighter Shelby Marx (played by [[Victoria Justice]]) on TV and, [[I Was Just Joking|as a joke]], challenges her to a match. [[Oh Crap|Shelby accepts.]] |
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* ''[[Friends]]'': "The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion", where Monica's millionaire boyfriend wants to be the Ultimate Fighting Champion. |
* ''[[Friends]]'': "The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion", where Monica's millionaire boyfriend wants to be the Ultimate Fighting Champion. |
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* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'': "Raging Bull%$%#". Joe signs up for an amateur boxing tournament, expecting to get some revenge on a childhood bully, while Brian signs up as an alternate in case Joe backs out. However, when the other fighter backs out instead, the brothers find themselves pitted against one another. |
* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'': "Raging Bull%$%#". Joe signs up for an amateur boxing tournament, expecting to get some revenge on a childhood bully, while Brian signs up as an alternate in case Joe backs out. However, when the other fighter backs out instead, the brothers find themselves pitted against one another. |
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* A boxer (Ben Murphy) arrives on ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' to clobber an opponant who beat him in the past. |
* A boxer (Ben Murphy) arrives on ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' to clobber an opponant who beat him in the past. |
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* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' got this one out of the way. In the first single-hour episode, "The Final Round", David befriends a boxer who is unwittingly delivering drugs and then is supposed to suffer a fatal heart attack during a fight. This was the first instance of Banner being conveniently being knocked out so that he doesn't Hulk out until later. |
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' got this one out of the way. In the first single-hour episode, "The Final Round", David befriends a boxer who is unwittingly delivering drugs and then is supposed to suffer a fatal heart attack during a fight. This was the first instance of Banner being conveniently being knocked out so that he doesn't Hulk out until later. |
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* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episodes "[[wikipedia:The Big Tall Wish|The Big Tall Wish]]" and "[[wikipedia:Steel |
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episodes "[[wikipedia:The Big Tall Wish|The Big Tall Wish]]" and "[[wikipedia:Steel (The Twilight Zone)|Steel]]". |
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* ''[[Cold Case]]'': "Yo Adrian", doubling as a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]''. |
* ''[[Cold Case]]'': "Yo Adrian", doubling as a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]''. |
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* In a ''[[Remington Steele]]'' episode a baby is found in a boxer's locker and he asks the Steele agency for help. Hijinx ensue as the boxer readies for a match and Remington is revealed to be a very competent boxer. |
* In a ''[[Remington Steele]]'' episode a baby is found in a boxer's locker and he asks the Steele agency for help. Hijinx ensue as the boxer readies for a match and Remington is revealed to be a very competent boxer. |