Underground: Bare Knuckle Boxing in the UK

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 27 min
  • Premiere: 2015. September 3.

Once regarded as something that happens exclusively in Guy Ritchie films and on Gypsy sites, bare-knuckle boxing is fast becoming a thriving scene in the UK—the ultimate British bloodsport. When Clive Martin embeds with the bare-knuckle boxing elite, what he discovers is not dissimilar to Fight Club: IT technicians, builders, lifestyle coaches, and even a lawyer, all throwing their unprotected fists into one another's faces. It's a subculture of honor, pride, and violence. As the UK prepares to play host to the first US-vs.-UK bare-knuckle title fight in 150 years—the biggest event the scene has known since it went underground in the 19th century—Clive tries to find out whether violence is a cause or effect for these angry young men.

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Camera

Grant Armour

Camera Operator

Joe Alexander

Camera Operator

Benjie Croce

Camera Operator

Directing

Rhys James

Director

Editing

Rhiannon Mayor

Assistant Editor

Production

Graham Johnson

Producer

Josh Haddow

Researcher

Daisy-May Hudson

Associate Producer

Camera

Grant Armour

Camera Operator

Joe Alexander

Camera Operator

Benjie Croce

Camera Operator

Directing

Rhys James

Director

Editing

Rhiannon Mayor

Assistant Editor

Production

Graham Johnson

Producer

Josh Haddow

Researcher

Daisy-May Hudson

Associate Producer