The immersive event in Paradise Gardens is a community-focused celebration of the life and times of Portuguese Jewish bare knuckle boxer Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836), who helped make the sport what it is today and was the first true sporting celebrity in Britain

The exhibition is a way to engage the wider community in the histories of boxing and the Jewish connection to the East End dating back to Mendoza’s time and to explore the ways in which community members from a wide range of backgrounds are today “fighting back” against racism, discrimination and other challenges they encounter.