"The Fight" is noted for its use of one of Voyager's common themes, which is the crewmembers' hobbies; in this case First Officer Chakotay's interest in boxing.
[1] Guest stars include Ray Walston reprising the character Boothby, Ned Romero as Chakotay's Grandfather and Carlos Palomino as the Alien Boxer.
However, the episode is heavily dream sequence based so the characters are mostly visions within Chakotay's mind or possibly symbolic.
Shortly after, Voyager is pulled into chaotic space, an area where the laws of physics are in a constant state of flux.
Chakotay fears he is endangering his sanity and safety, but decides going back into the vision quest is the only way to make first contact.
magazine put "The Fight" on its recommended skips,[3] and in 2011 it was rated among the worst episodes of Star Trek: Voyager.
[9] In July 2019, Screen Rant ranked "The Fight" as one of the top five worst of the series, claiming that "the character of Chakotay never really had a place to be in the show ....".