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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' uses this as a premise to let the main characters beat the tar out of one another over recent goings on midway through season 3.
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that real military culture has been known to adopt boxing in the past, but played straight in that {{spoiler|Roslin}} turns out to be a fan and knows a thing or two about it. With the [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|Admiral, the Colonel, the CAG and most of the crew and pilots present and engaged]], [[Fridge Logic|one wonders what might have happened had the Cylons decided to attack right then]]...<ref>[[Truth in Television]] or not, is it really good for morale to have the ranking staff officer beat up by an enlisted man in front of the troops?</ref>
* ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' a couple of times: Martinez decides to enter the [
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' had a late-season episode centering around Chakotay's recreational boxing, which apparently was causing brain damage—but actually something else was going on that explained his weird visions and blackouts. Also another episode where Seven and Tuvok are kidnapped to become gladiators.
* ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', "The Right Hand of God": Sam leaps into a boxer "owned" by a sisterhood of nuns. The episode reveals Al as something of a boxing aficionado, but it doesn't do Sam much good since holograms make poor boxing trainers.
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