AMANPOUR: And finally tonight, we imagine a figure who had been consigned to the footlights of history charging back onto center stage like a raging bull. You may not have heard of the black Italian boxer, Leone Jacovacci, but you soon will. As Italy debuts the film documenting his heroic struggle against racism and fascism it Mussolini's Italy. Called "The Duce's Boxer." It finally recognizes an incredible life and symbolic black eyes that he left on his Duce's Italy. Born in 1902, in the Congo, Jacovacci was raised just outside Rome. He joined the British army near the end of the First World War and began boxing in London. Via a stopover in France, he fought his way back to Italy, where in 1928, he beat the fascist favorite boxer, Mario Bosisio in front of 40,000 fans in his hometown of Rome. The regime couldn't stand a black Italian champion and it destroyed his career. And he died in the 1980s, working as a porter in an apartment block in Milan. But now, all these years later, we're about to witness that punch felt all across Italy. The film is released next week. And that's it for our program tonight. Remember, you can always listen to our podcast, see us online @Amanpour.com and follow me on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for watching and good-bye from London.
Giving Mussolini a Black Eye.