''The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)'', or simply ''Boxing Cats'', is an 1894 American short

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directed by William K.L. Dickson and

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, and starring Henry Welton. It depicts a boxing match between two cats, each of which is wearing a pair of boxing gloves. The two cats were members of Welton's touring "cat circus", which reportedly also featured cats riding bicycles. ''The Boxing Cats'' was filmed in

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studio in

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, on 35 mm. The film has been described as a precursor to cat videos popular on the

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