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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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Drunken Master 2

We’re calling it: Jackie Chan will one day be held up on the same pedestal as stunt humor greats Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, and if the film canon selectors need any proof of miracles, we’d happily provide this amazing fight from 1994’s Drunken Master 2. In this clip alone, you can see Chan’s commitment to his craft, from the fall across the coals to the bone-breaking action in his fight with martial artist Ken Lo (who once was Chan’s bodyguard IRL), and his commitment to smart visual humor; the spitting fire gag still works well, and the Popeye powers drinking gives him will never not be funny to us.

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