Knuckle Up

"Mandinga Mason has had a rough come up from the streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn, and the experience has left her with a bad taste in her mouth, and a huge chip on her shoulders.  So, when "Old Man" Willis convinces her to take up boxing as a way for her to channel her anger, she jumps at the chance for better days. Now reincarnated as "The Man Handler", Mr. Willis decides that it's time to take Mandinga pro, as her manager.  Enter Yusef Johns, one of Willis' former fighters brought on to be Mandinga's new trainer.  The two immediately bump heads, and form an uneasy working relationship.  Will they be able to work through their issues, and allow her to have a successful fight career?  Or, Will Mandinga and Yusef allow their inner demons to derail her career?  Set in 2005, this is one fight that you don't want to miss..."