Return To Your Corner

2025 | 62 min. | Documentary

Who was Africa's First Boxing World Champion, and why Do So Few People Know His name? Return to Your Corner is the story of Africa's first Boxing World Champion, Battling Siki. Who was this boxer born in Senegal, decorated for Bravery in World War I? Why do so few know that he fought and won the World Light Heavyweight Title aged 25. Only to lose it controversially six months later and why was his life cut short on a New York Street aged 28?

Directed by

Ashley Morrison

Written by

Ashley Morrison

Starring

Azumah Nelson

Peter Benson

Jean Marie Bretagne