Strike Father, Strike Son

In this visceral installment of the 'Leather Pushers' cycle, the narrative excavates the atavistic tensions between lineage and individual destiny. Kane Halliday, the blue-blooded pugilist known as Kid Roberts, finds himself caught in a rhythmic choreography of bruised egos and blood-soaked canvas. The plot transcends the simplistic tropes of the sporting drama, instead functioning as a psychological autopsy of a son attempting to reconcile his father’s sophisticated expectations with the primal, percussive reality of the boxing ring. Through H.C. Witwer’s sharp, vernacular-heavy storytelling, we witness a collision of social strata where the sweat of the gymnasium meets the cold marble of ancestral pride. It is a cinematic meditation on the burden of names and the catharsis of the knockout blow, rendered with a grit that defies the sanitized conventions of early Twenties melodrama.