Belfast boxer Sean McComb is set to star in a special BBC Gaeilge documentary charting his pursuit of a professional title.
The show goes inside and outside the ring with 'The Public Nuisance' and follows his journey over a three-year period.
There are plenty of highs and lows for the 30-year-old, and some big changes to his personal life outside the squared circle.
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CIOTÓG, translating as Southpaw, was made for BBC Gaeilge and TG4 by DoubleBand Films, with support from Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund.
The hour-long film gets behind-the-scenes access to Sean’s gruelling training regime and captures the action before, during and after his fights.
It follows him as he trains in Glasgow with fellow boxer Tyrone McKenna and former pros Tyrone McCullagh and Paddy Barnes and also features the walk from his home in West Belfast to the nearby Falls Park for a fight at the Féile an Phobail.
CIOTÓG also captures Sean’s life during the Covid-19 pandemic, when his professional life was forced to take a back seat but made way for new beginnings in his personal life as he and his fiancée welcomed their first child into their lives.
He talks openly in the film about what boxing has meant to him and his family, how he found growing up in West Belfast, his hopes for the future and why he feels it is important that he gives something back to his local community.
The programme also spends time with Sean’s fiancée, Dearbhlá, family, friends and fellow boxers who each give picture of the man behind the gloves as he makes his way from amateur local boxing hero to a professional title contender.
CIOTÓG is on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two Northern Ireland from Sunday, February 26 at 10pm.
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