Goldie and the Boxer is a made-for-television film starring O. J. Simpson. The production was broadcast on the NBC television network on December 30, 1979.
While being panned by critics, it was a solid ratings hit and led to a sequel, Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981).
In 1946, Joe Gallagher, WWII veteran, is a down-on-his luck boxer whose life and career undergo a change when an orphaned, little girl named Goldie is left in his care.