The Boxer

Directed by Sandi Bachom · Starring Seamus McDonagh · 2009

Former heavyweight contender Seamus McDonagh, who once fought Evander Holyfield, is asked whether he knows the words to Paul Simon's "The Boxer".

A small, intimate portrait in which a retired fighter's response to a song surprises everyone.

My friend, Irish boxer, Seamus Patrick McDonagh, was Golden Gloves, all knockouts when, as an honors graduated at St John's University, he fought Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight title where he was knocked down for

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