He may not have swayed the judges, but Alexander Volkanovski won the battle of public opinion at UFC 284 las night after losing to Lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev . and that’s all that pound-for-pound lists are anyway.
How did the unknown son of a former British heavyweight champion convince Russell Crowe and Ray Winstone to appear in a film about a long forgotten bare-knuckle boxer who died over 200 years ago? And why did it take 10 years to reach our screens? Luke G. Williams meets the remarkable Matt Hookings.