UNDERCARD

WHEN ALL YOU CAN DO IS TAKE THE PUNCHES AND GO THE DISTANCE

When CHERYL “NO MERCY” STEWART, a two-time former boxing champion and recovering substance abuser, attempts to reconnect with the 19-year-old son she abandoned, she is met with a wall of resentment. The only thing stopping KEITH STEWART, a street hustler and promising young fighter, from a world boxing title is his bad attitude. When he suffers an unnecessary loss because of his gambling-addicted trainer, he’s forced to turn to the only person who has what it takes to get him to the top– his mother. Determined to right past wrongs and reclaim her glory, Cheryl trains her estranged son. Despite her struggles of addiction, and the threat of Child Protective Services taking her 7-year-old daughter away, she coaches Keith to a series of victories. Meanwhile, Keith’s lifestyle lands him in jail, where his former trainer visits him and lures him away from his mother’s camp with news she blocked him from a title shot. What would it profit a mother to gain the whole world and lose her son? Devastated by Keith’s betrayal, Cheryl gives up on her dream of training a champion and hangs up her boxing mitts. She returns to the bottle, and temporarily loses custody of her daughter. Humbled after another major loss, Keith returns to her. Back on the wagon, Cheryl tries to reclaim her family, and her legacy. She gives a hard sell to a prominent boxing promoter, desperate to secure an opponent for the middleweight championship, to put up Keith. The promoter reluctantly agrees. Cheryl attempts to make boxing history and do what no other mother has ever done – train her son to a world championship title.