On the Ropes is an Australian drama series which screened on SBS on 28 November 2018.
[1] The four-part miniseries follows a young Iraqi-Australian woman who follows her dream of becoming an elite women's boxing trainer.
[3] Amirah Al-Amir is an aspiring Iraqi-Australian boxing trainer who often has to deal with the physicality and deep-seated culture of misogyny in the sporting world.
She works in the family gym in Sydney's western suburbs with world champion father Sami and her two brothers.
[4] Amirah secures a debut professional match for her hard-nosed fighter Jess Connor with the help of Strick, Sami's long-time promoter.