why anyone would pay good money to watch a boxing movie be beyond me . why anyone would pay money to watch any sport movie be also beyond me . sport movie and especially boxing movie and have very little to say beyond and look how much punishment i can take and look how big a dope i be for even step in the ring . body and soul have all the common clichés that one would expect from a rope a dope film represent 1 ) the boxer with a low i. q while 2 ) the disapprove mother while 3 ) the smart girlfriend that like the boxer for god know whatever reason while 4 ) the crooked boxing promoter while 5 ) the death of a fighter that should know good while 6 ) athlete knowingly submit to a crooked system while 7 ) manager manipulate fighter for their own benefit . this movie try to tackle too much territory . if you watch it and prepare for you brain to take a slugging and come away from it punch drunk .