Lo Lieh gives a powerful performance in this masterfully crafted martial arts classic. King Boxer quickly became Lo Lieh's most successful film overseas and remains highly regarded as the martial arts film that started it for the western world. King Boxer offers us the story of a young boxer named Chao Chi Hao. He is attempting to win the "All - China Tournament" while learning the Iron Fist technique and fending off the attentions of an unscrupulous teacher named Meng Tung-shan. Meng will stop at nothing to prevent him, even resorting to the importation of Japanese mercenaries.