The boxing

You mean actor wise? At pretend boxing? Because movie made it clear that the De Niro character, The Kid, was the better figther.

Anyway, if you want to watch a real boxing match buy a PPV. This is a movie.

It was ok (in a movie sense since this whole thing is ridiculous), more realistic then a lot of the stuff in the Rocky movies and since they are old they can look bad...but what was the ref doing jeez.

But even with it being over the top the one thing that really bugged me was DeNiro's sons advice during the fight. What was that? Too stupid even for a comedy and his grandson worked the corner...what?

I liked this film. Its was a dream match, rocky vs lamotta. Rocky ruined real boxing for me as the fights were so bloody and brutal that when u watched a real boxing match it was boring. I loved tge first 4 rocky films especily 2 where they are both tryin to beat the count and rocky won by one second. Raging bull was a more acurate boxing film of how boxing was back in the 50's. But for this film bein a comedy i knew there would be silly bits and a unrealistic fight. How boring would it have been if the fight was over after stallone landed 2 punches.

First you obviously have to suspend disbelief because a fight between two guys well into their 60s would never be sanctioned. And secondly I found it fitting that the fight looked somewhat awkward. I mean both guys hadn't boxed in 30 years and on top of that Stallone's character was blind in one eye.

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Real boxing is boring.
Rocky is entertaining because noone ever puts their guard up, big hits is more entertaining

I can't agree more.
I couldn't wait for the final fight, after a to long and poorly executed film (which could have been good, it has a nice story, but is just somehow empty).
And then they show us one of the worst fighting choreography ever. I know guys are old, but to old for holding their hans up and keep boxing posture for a couple of minutes, while throwing one or two scripted hits? I don't think so.
Here they are just standing and hitting eachother, looking really ugly.
Awful fighting sequence. Really awfull.

Oh c'mon it wasn't that bad, there's certainly been worse, certainly been better. Stallone and DeNiro really put a lot of their physicality into it. I think the way they choreographed it was meant to keep it exciting and to showcase that these men aren't done yet. Having spent 17 years of my life in boxing and watched quite a few exhibition bouts from retirees, those guys are still plenty tough, and I've even seen a few 4-rounders that had two old rivals going at it HARD.

then look at guys like Archie Moore, that guy reigned as Lt. Heavy champ for what, a dozen or so years AFTER he was beaten by Rocky Marciano? He fought people from Joe Louis's era, to Rocky's to Muhammad Ali's! Archie fought a prime Cassius Clay in his mid-50s, and while there was no way he could be Clay, the fact that he even hung in there with him is pretty *beep* impressive (though Muhammad Ali was carrying him if I remember the fight correctly, it's been a long time)

Also look at fighters like Micky Ward when he beat Gatti, there are dozens and dozens of hardcore boxing matches where two fighters past-their-prime give it their all. That's what this fight was about. Keeping in context that these are actor, this is art depicting a sport. Personally I'm glad they dialed-back on the "realism" a bit. It would have distracted from the journey both characters were taking before and during the bout, and imo, it needed that hardcore "oomph" edge-of-your-seat thriller type of fight.