Netflix’s Boxer (2024) ending explained: Who does Jedrzej win the world championship belt for?

Director Mitja Okorn's Boxer arrived on Netflix on September 11, 2024. The movie centers on Eryk Kulm's character, Jedrzej, a boxer who wins the Polish boxing championship before becoming the World Champion after moving to England.

Jedrzej had numerous career setbacks over the years, and his trip from Poland to England was not an easy one. His uncle Czesiek's coaching and encouragement helped him win fights.

In Jedrzej's last professional bout for the world championship fought in England, Jedrzej wins the fight for his uncle Czesiek.

What was Czesiek’s role in Jedrzej's boxing career in Boxer (2024)?

Jedrzej had a rough childhood and although he loved boxing, his father, a former boxer did not want him to pursue a career as a boxer. Jedrej was forced to study and score good grades and he did the same to keep his father happy. However, when he scored the highest GPA and was awarded for the same, his father died on the same day. From that very day Jedrzej, who was on his way to ace his academics, chose to become a full-time boxer.

He starts training under his uncle Czesiek, who has an immense love for sport. Czesiek gets him ready for the Polish championship. In the finals of the championship, after Jedrzej gets knocked out and the referee starts counting, his uncle is the one who motivates Jedrzej to stand up and fight again. After the round finishes, he slaps Jedrzej, gets him out of his trance, and tells him to focus on the opponent.

While everyone thought that Jedrzej was going to lose the fight, Czesiek didn’t think the same. In the next round, Jedrzej knocks his opponent down and becomes the Polish Champion.

Jedrzej goes to England with Kasia

After becoming champ, Jedrzej meets Kasia, and the two fall in love and get married within weeks. However, the Polish champ realizes that Poland is not the place where he will get the life he has always dreamt of because of the communists. He wishes to go to England and enter the professional boxing scene there. Along with Kasia and Czesiek, he finds a way out of Poland and starts a new life from scratch in England.

Jedrzej fights with Roy Barber after his arrival in England to prove to everyone that he is the Polish champion. However, his first non-professional fight does not go in his favor and he ends up gravely injured. Later, Kasia comes and stops the fight and takes him home. While leaving the boxing gym, the couple meet Jackie Boss, who seems to be impressed by Jedrzej's fighting style and his ability to take heavy shots.

Jackie tells Jedrzej that he has an offer for him. However, as a part of the deal, he will have to get inside the ring and lose fights and for that, he will be paid. Jedrzej initially does not accept this offer.

For the next few months, Kasia and Jedrzej stay at the immigration center. After nine months, when their baby is born, Kaisa tells him they should move back to Poland as his ambitions of competing in England and becoming a top boxer seem like a pipe dream now.

Czesiek stops Jedrzej from losing his first pro fight in England

Jedrzej then realizes he has to find a way to support his family. For that, he goes to Jackie Boss and gets his first rigged fight. On the day of the fight, Jedrzej's uncle Czesiek shows up out of nowhere and tells him that he has to fight to win.

He stands at his corner and when the fight begins, Jedrzej is seen taking shots and not delivering even one. In the second round, he gets knocked out. However, his uncle once again motivates him, and this time, history repeats itself. Jedrzej gets up and defeats his opponent, an Irishman. On the other end, Jacky Boss gets furious at Jedrzej for not losing the fight.

That is when Nicky (a boxing contractor) also arrives and tells Jedrzej that because of him not losing the fight, Nicky has to deal with multiple losses. However, Nicky decides that Jedrzej can be his next starfighter. So the two sign a contract and Jedrzej starts training in Nicky’s gym under Pierre, his new coach. However, his uncle can no longer serve as his coach or be his cornerman, as per the contract that Jedrzej has signed.

After this, the road ahead for Jedrzej turns out to be an easy one. He wins many fights, gets his mansion, and also gets the attention of the media. However, fame consumes him and he forgets about his family and his uncle with time. Later in the film, he humiliates his uncle. Czesiek and Jedrzej fall apart as a team.

When Jedrzej doesn’t show up at his son's birthday, Kaisa and Czesiek leave his home in disappointment. Meanwhile, Jedrzej sleeps with Eva (a journalist) and after Kasia moves out of his house with their son, Eva moves in. Jedrej indulges in cocaine and s*x more often and stops going to the gym too after he starts living with Eva.

Next up, when Jedrzej comes back to the gym to train, Nicky seems furious as for so many days, his starfighter didn’t show up. Nicky tells Jedrzej that he has one fight left in the contract and once he wins and pays back Nicky whatever he owes him, he can choose his path thereafter. Jedrzej now realizes Nicky’s deceptive nature and understands how Nicky over the years has just used him to win fights for money.

A still of Kasia from Boxer. (Image via Netflix)

Disappointed with Nicky, Jedrzej goes to find his uncle Czesiek. However, it’s too late as Czesiek hangs himself in the immigration center and Jedrzej knows deep down it’s his fault as he had abandoned his uncle, although he was the only person who made him the boxer he is today.

Later, at Czesiek’s funeral, Kasia shows up and the couple decide to meet at Jedrzej's mansion. When Kasia arrives there, she tells her husband that she is moving back to Poland with their son and therefore she would appreciate it if he can agree on a divorce. Jedrzej however wants Kasia back in his life and begs her to stay. However, she doesn’t.

Jedrzej becomes the World Champion for his uncle Czesiek

In the world boxing championship, Jedrzej gets into the ring with Roy Barber and takes a couple of blows. However, every time Barber punches him, Jedrzej pushes himself to stay conscious instead of punching Barber back. Jedrej taunts his opponent to come at him and no matter how hard Barber tries, Jedrzej doesn’t get knocked out. In the end, Jedrzej knocks Barber down and becomes the World Champion.

Later, he comes to Czesiek’s grave and dedicates his belt to him. Soon, he goes to Czesiek’s old gym in Poland and starts fresh once more. He becomes a coach himself. He reopens his uncle’s gym in his memory and also finds out that his father did not lose in the Olympic boxing final because he was beaten. He lost because the fight was rigged and Jedrzej's father had to lose it to provide for his family. However, his uncle was against his father's loss.

At the end of the film, Jedrzej gets his son and wife back. He also learns that boxing is an important sport for him as a combat sports lover. However, nothing is more important than family. His father sacrificed his career for Jedrzej and his mother.

Now, Jedrzej can do the same by boxing in Poland, training the youth, and fulfilling his uncle’s dream now that his dream of becoming the world champion has finally come true.

Boxer is now streaming on Netflix.

Edited by Niharika Dabral