Sucker Punch -- Roy Williams

<p><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> <p/> 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. <p/> 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. <p/> With an introduction by Harry Derbyshire, Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Greenwich.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Roy Williams<br><b>Publisher:</b> Bloomsbury Publishing PLC<br><b>Published:</b> 05/21/2015<br><b>Pages:</b> 112<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.20lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781472574350<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Roy Williams</b>, OBE, worked as an actor before turning to writing full-time in 1990. He graduated from Rose Bruford in 1995 with a first class BA Hons degree in Writing and participated in the 1997 Car