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Undefeated: The 10 greatest fist fight scenes in cinema history

This Friday, Hollywood will be giving us the answer to the question every American’s had on their mind since 2004: Who would win in a fight between Charlie Day or Ice Cube? We tried to find a betting line for the big scuffle in Fist Fight, but it looks like Vegas isn’t putting their money on this one. Mickey, our local bookie, said "42-1 Cube" and he’d eat his shoe if we won.

To make Fist Fight a lot to live up to, we decided to make a list of the greatest fight scenes in film history, obeying only one rule -- no lead actor would be represented twice. Read through our list of film fisticuffs below, but be warned: Some spoilers may follow.

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Crippled Masters

This 1978 cult Wuxia classic ranks highly on our personal list of fight scenes, given how gamely the film tackles the difficulties of staging a fight when you have differently-abled people as the main participants. There’s an absolutely manic energy in the choreography, and the campier trappings — the awful sound design, for one — become much funnier as the fight goes on without laughing at any of the fighters. The fusion moment blew our minds in high school, and it’s a shame that this film didn’t go on to make the action landscape a little more inclusive later on.

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