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 lad's veins, like the River Mersey flows through this great city. It is relentless. This a city of tension and hardship. You can't 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™ , the Scouser's unflinching desire to succeed and a point blank refusal to give in. All these elements inform the Scouser's undying love of boxing. That spirit is evident in every man and woman I've come to interview for this documentary. Liverpool, I've come to understand, is the city that will never throw in the towel. "Boxing is the world's biggest drug, it's 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. It's every young amateur boxer's dream. Only one achievement in amateur boxing ranks higher. John Hyland knows, he's been there, just as he's there every Thursday night at ...
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