InspiredbythetruelifestoriesofagroupofcharactersbattlingforsurvivalinthebrutalEastEndofLondoninthe1880s.HezekiahMoscowandAlecMunroe,bestfriendsontherunfromJamaica,arethrustintothecriminalunderbellyofLondon’sthrivingbare-knuckleboxingscene.AsHezekiahfindsfortuneandfamethroughtheartofpugilism,heattractstheattentionoftheinfamousQueenoftheFortyElephants,MaryCarr,whoexploitshistalentstofurtherhercriminalenterprise.Meanwhile,themenacingandself-declaredemperoroftheEastEndboxingworld,SugarGoodson,isdeterminedtodestroyHezekiah,whoseambitionstofightintheWestEndthreateneverythinghehasbuilt.Whatensuesisabattleoftheoldworldagainstthenew.