| Genre | drama serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 20 mins (6:40 pm – 7:00 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | ABC |
| Written by | Ralph Peterson |
| Directed by | Frank Harvey |
| Original release | March 27, 1950 [1] |
Come Out Fighting is a 1950 Australian radio drama by Ralph Peterson.
Peterson used it as an inspiration for his highly successful stage play The Square Ring . (Along with another radio feature of Peterson's, The Problem of Johnny Flourcake.) [2]
Several real boxing commentators were used. [3]
A truck driver, Greg Mason, becomes a champion boxer to support his mother and younger sister. [4] His manager and trainer, Mike Williams, sees Greg a representative of what Mike wants to be. Williams' daughter Chris worries about Greg. Greg's mother is unsympathetic to her son's boxing career as her husband was killed in a fight. [5]