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Learning the Ropes

Learning the Ropes

202649m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2026

Runtime

49m

Storyline

Repton Boxing Club is recognised as one of the most famous amateur boxing clubs in the world. Through its candid portrait of Tony Burns, the club’s legendary former head coach of 60 years, captured before his death in 2021, Learning the Ropes presents a singular account of his impact upon the institution’s boxers past and present. It also explores the role of the amateur boxing club as a means of understanding social and community life and, on a wider level, the human condition.

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Status
Released
Runtime
49m
Mar 31, 2026
Languages
English
Director
Ryan Pickard

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