Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

A young man from Bristol rises through the bare-knuckle boxing world of early nineteenth-century England to become one of the most celebrated pugilists of his era. His journey is shaped by the mentorship of experienced fighters and the brutal realities of a sport with few rules and no mercy. Success brings fame and rivalry, but personal misfortune threatens to cut short a career that had promised so much.