This five-part series follows two teams of young men who are coached by celebrity trainers up to Amateur Boxing Association standard in just over six weeks.
Only two of the 10 will be chosen to take part in the final fight, which will screened live on Five on 15 November. The north team trains at the Salisbury Amateur Boxing Club in Everton. It includes 21-year-old Dave Court, from Bolton Lads' and Girls' Club, where Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan was groomed for success.
The south team, based at the Repton Boxing Club in east London, includes Bernard Doherty, 18, from a Traveller family filled with prize-winning boxers.
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