Mister Knockout

Mister Knockout (Мистер Нокаут): The story of the life and adventures of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, the champion of the USSR, Europe and the winner of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo – about his childhood at the Suvorov School in Tashkent, about his service as a border guard cadet, about his first successes and failures, and about his friendship with coach of the sports society “Dynamo” Grigory Kusikyants. The story is that in any, even the most prestigious fight, the main thing for an athlete is to overcome himself, his fears and weaknesses, and only then it will be possible to win a real victory.