THE JOURNEYMAN - AN UPLIFTING STORY OF AN UNDERDOG DEFINITION: “A Journeyman is a boxer who will stand as an opponent for young, up and coming prospects. A Journeyman does not have any expectations of winning his fights”. A middle aged widower, who has barely been existing since the death of his wife 7 years ago, realises he needs to straighten himself out. After visiting his doctor, John Wilson is told to radically change his lifestyle. A local boxing champion, forced into early retirement through injury, and wanting to give something back to his community, runs a fighting fit course at his gym to help people get healthy. John Wilson attends the courses and starts to get himself fit. It is at this time that his nephew is diagnosed with a brain tumour. John needs to raise funds to help cover the costs of specialist treatment abroad. John convinces the champion boxer to coach him and to help him gain a boxing licence and turn pro, so he can offer himself as a human punchbag in the ring to inexperienced boxers from across the country, and raise the necessary funds. Set back after set back, he is finally granted a professional boxing license and with the help of a local sports journalist he manages to set up fights across the country, raising awareness and money for his cause. As he works his way across the country his story begins to gather momentum with press and media coverage.