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jp Jul 25, 2025

Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch the Fair One packs promise, grit, and a ferocious lead performance by real-life fighter Kali Reis — and then fades to black before it earns the KO.
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Catch the Fair One: All Punch, No Payoff

Women’s boxing rounds last just two minutes. That’s one minute shorter than men’s boxing. That’s exactly how Catch the Fair One (2021) feels — like something has been arbitrarily taken out of it. T…

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