Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Viewpoint Productions
A Knock Out on the Web:Official Website
Cast & Crew
T
Tessa Boerman
Director
S
Samuel Reiziger
Director
A Knock Out
DirectorsTessa BoermanSamuel Reiziger
53 minDocumentary
Plot
Boxing champion Michele Aboro grew up in South London where life for a girl was never easy let alone for a mixedrace lesbian girl Thanks to her tenacious spirit and an uncanny talent for combat sports she put her difficult past behind her and managed to sign a contract with the biggest boxing promoter in Europe She won all 21 fights 18 of them with a knockout an exceptional achievement in womens boxing But despite her spectacular record in the ring her career came to a sudden halt when her promoter broke her contract under the belief that she was not promotable