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* ''[[Skippy the Bush Kangaroo]]'' has an episode where boxers set up a training area in the part. It ends up in showing [[Boxing Kangaroo|Skippy wear boxing gloves]] though she never actually boxes.
* The ''[[Police Squad!]]'' episode "Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)" plays this for laughs.
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* In the ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' episode ''The Softer They Fall'', Kinchloe boxed against a German ([[Those Wacky Nazis|Those Wacky Nazis']]) as (naturally) part of a scheme to divert attention from a heist.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'': Ralph boxes another boy for the hand of a girl. Only one problem: he doesn't know how to box. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KLwlnsX4IA Link.] In a much later episode [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsIisgbwI6U we see Chachi in the ring too.]
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* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' investigated a boxing crime which led to ''Gene'' being implicated as the perpetrator.
* The [[Batman (TV series)|1960s Batman]] show had an episode where Batman had to fight [[Paper-Thin Disguise|The Riddler with a silly accent]] in a boxing match because... uh... [[Xanatos Roulette|I forget why]].
* The ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'' episode "Challenges", in which Tommy had to out-box Prince Sprocket's monster Punchabunch at both normal and giant size to free Adam. Tommy had already been established to have boxing skills in the previous seasons, and his special Zord this season was the Red Battlezord, which has boxing-glove fists (and [[Gatling Good|Gatling]] [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser]] cannons for cuffs, but those aren't used in the boxing match).
** ''[[Super Sentai]]'' has "hero gets beaten up by boxing monster and must learn boxing" as one of its stock plots.
* A couple of ''[[Three Stooges]]'' shorts. One early example is "Punch Drunks", when Curly becomes a boxer because of his [[Unstoppable Rage]] when he hears the tune "Pop Goes the Weasel".
* For a [[The Gay Nineties|1890s]] take, see the third episode of ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]''.
* ''[[The Wayans Bros]].'': Marlon is taunted by Hector Macho Camacho who
* ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'': "Standing Eight Count". A boxer whom Dr. Jack Stewart idolized was framed for the murder of the boxer who beat him and turned down a rematch due to health issues.
* An episode of ''[[Punky Brewster]]'' had boxing champion Marvin Hagler showing Punky how to defend herself after a bully at school beats her up.
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' had "The Bittersweet Science". A borderline psychotic wannabee boxer starts beating to death anyone who mocks him ("So I'm a punching bag, huh?!")
* ''[[Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]'': In "Deadweight", Phyrne and Jane investigate two deaths involving a special police unit, rival street gangs, a traveling boxing troupe, fixed matches, Constable Collins' boxing protege, and a sprinkling of flour.
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