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⏲ Duration: 29 min 28 sec ✓ Published: 17-Jul-2015
Description: In the late 19th century, and throughout the 20th century, professional sport emerged in London, offering people a way out of poverty, and a means of integration for migrant communities.nnBoxing, in particular, could turn someone into a sporting hero, and for immigrants it was a way of gaining acceptance among the wider population and overcoming racism. nnThis film shares the careers and personal stories of East London ex-boxers through interviews to former boxers and their families.nnThis film
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