Fighting the World is the fifth album by the American heavy metal band Manowar, released in February 1987 by ATCO Records.

[1] In the album notes, Manowar reportedly had at least 195 people in their acknowledgement list, including the "ladies auxiliary" and "medical staff".

[8] Writing for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia called Fighting the World a slight improvement from their preceding album Sign of the Hammer, highlighting songs like "Black Wind, Fire and Steel", "Holy War" and "Defender", but asserted that Manowar's signing into a major label made them a "sell-out" after upholding the ethos of "true metal" for the first few albums.

[2] Writing for Classic Rock, Paul Elliott contended that while Fighting the World thrived with "gonzoid heavy metal anthems" and their "adversity", he observed that "Black Wind, Fire and Steel" may possibly influence the European style of power metal.

[1] Reviewing for the boxed set Black Wind, Fire & Steel – The Atlantic Albums 1987-1992, Jon Deaux writes in All About the Rock that Fighting the World is one of the albums with "metal rock anthems... guaranteed to have your fist pumping whilst wearing your spiked leather wristbands", and praised "Defender" as "an absolute monster of a track".