The story of boxer Carl 'the Jackal' Frampton, at a career-defining moment - a fight at his beloved Windsor Park. The driving force behind a boxer who has become a sporting icon in his home country.
The story of boxer Carl 'the Jackal' Frampton, at a career-defining moment - a fight at his beloved Windsor Park. Frampton is one of Northern Ireland's most iconic sporting figures. A history-making two-weight world champion, Frampton transcends social divides with his huge cross-community support and popular appeal.Growing up, he recalls supporting the Northern Ireland football team from the stands of Windsor Park. Now, the boy from Tigers Bay, has the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream of walking out in front of an adoring crowd in this once-in-a-lifetime spiritual homecoming. As a working-class Protestant from Belfast who has harboured a lifelong dream of walking out at the venue in front of an adoring crowd, this is his Mecca, his one-in-a-lifetime spiritual homecoming.With unique, intimate access to Carl's life both inside and away from the ring in the build-up to the fight, the programme takes the viewer on a privileged journey, fashioning a bold and memorable portrait of a fighter at his peak, a father and family man, making sense of his place in history and his status as a 5ft 5in titan of a community searching for its own identity and purpose in an ever-changing world.Indeed, the film is about far more than just boxing. Rather the sport, and in particular Carl's character, provide the perfect prism to view much broader issues, such as Protestant identity, tribalism, class, tradition and history, in a global 21st century Northern Ireland.This is a film about a community and a country, told through Carl's own meteoric rise and return to the city that forged his steely resilience.
