The Boxer is a 1997 film by Irish
director Jim Sheridan. Starring
Daniel Day-Lewis and
Emily Watson, the film centers on the life of a
boxer and former
Provisional IRA volunteer Danny Flynn, played by Day-Lewis, who is trying to "go straight" after his release from prison. The film is the third collaboration between Sheridan and Day-Lewis, and portrays the increase of splinter groups within the IRA.