Sucker Punch

<i>Right you know the rules watch the low blows if it's a knock-down no messing about go straight to your corner and don't come out till called for are we clear? Touch gloves let's go.</i><br/><br/>In the red corner: Leon Davidson - Black British champ or Uncle Tom? In the blue corner: Troy Augustus - American powerhouse or naive cash cow? Having spent their youth in the same London boxing gym vying for the favouritism of inspirational foul-mouthed trainer Charlie Maggs the two former friends step into the ring and face up to who they are. Boxing has dominated their lives with an unhoped-for structure and meaning but it becomes clear that it is no substitute for their health family and friends. <br/><br/>Roy Williams' <i>Sucker Punch</i> looks back on what it was like to be young and black in the 1980s and asks if the right battles have been fought let alone won. <br/><br/>With an introduction by Harry Derbyshire Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Greenwich.