GLORY ROAD. (A documentary film currently in production, to be released post London Olympics 2012) Directed by Steve Read Produced by Rob Alexander and Robert Douglas Additional camera, direction and ...

GLORY ROAD. (A documentary film currently in production, to be
released post London Olympics 2012) Directed by Steve Read Produced
by Rob Alexander and Robert Douglas Additional camera, direction and
editing by Matt Sellers Digital media by Anorak Music by John
Fairhurst Liverpool is a fighting town and boxing is its blood. It
flows with a force through every Scouse lads veins, like the River
Mersey flows through this great city. It is relentless. This a city
of tension and hardship. You cant avoid it -- the harsh reality of
life in Liverpool is evident. The front pages of The Liverpool Echo
keep us abreast of such things on a daily basis. So too is the
Scouse Humour%u2122 , the Scousers unflinching desire to succeed and
a point blank refusal to give in. All these elements inform the
Scousers undying love of boxing. That spirit is evident in every man
and woman Ive come to interview for this documentary. Liverpool, Ive
come to understand, is the city that will never throw in the towel.
Boxing is the worlds biggest drug, its an addiction no one can ever
explain. These are the words of 1984 Boxing Olympian John Hyland.
His words resonate, they ring clear like the final bell of the 2010
ABA Championships, when Anthony Fowler taking the Senior Title home
from the York Hall for the first time. Its every young amateur
boxers dream. Only one achievement in amateur boxing ranks higher.
John Hyland knows, hes been there, just as hes there every Thursday
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