Royale

Ain t about bein no Heavyweight Champion of the White World. It s about bein Champion, period. Jay The Sport Jackson dreams of being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. But it s 1905 and, in the racially segregated world of boxing, his chances are as good as knocked out.When a boxing promoter hatches a plan for the Fight of theCentury , The Sport might land a place in the ring with the reigning white heavyweight champion, but at what cost? It s not just a retired champ he s facing, it s The Great White Hope .In daring to realise his dream, is Jay responsible for putting African American lives in the danger zone? Told in six rounds and set in a boxing ring, The Royale is inspired by the often overlooked story of Jack Johnson, a boxer who at the height of the Jim Crow era became the most famous and the most notorious black man on Earth.