It starred Kenny Ireland as Vinnie Binns, the owner of a boxing gym, who discovers a young prospect in Hance Glover (John Kazek) after spotting him perform in a pub fracas.
Other characters were boxing trainer Neillie (Jake D'Arcy), Hance's mother, Mrs Gordon (Claire Nielson), and Danny, a slow-witted boxer at the end of his career, played by Grant Smeaton.
"[6] Moira Petty of The Stage and Television Today stated that the series' "figurehead, a struggling boxing manager (Kenny Ireland was made likable enough for sitcom consumption and the scene snappily set for confrontation".
[7] In a negative review of the series, The Sunday Times's Tom Lappin wrote, "Too many of its shaky moves seemed based on the misguided belief that what the audience required was vulgarity and a bunch of old Glaswegian tough guy postures.
The newspaper concluded, "Yet with a bit of fancy footwork, writer clayton Moore seems to have pulled it off by introducing a smart woman character (played by Diana Hardcastle) who is doing a PhD on the morality of the sport.