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Destyne Butler Jr. was supposed to be an Olympian, not an inmate. The divergent path he took toward a promising pro boxing career is at the heart of "Ringside," an award-winning, 90-minute documentary that'll premiere on Showtime on Friday night at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Filmed during a nine-year period, "Ringside" examines the lives of Butler, an unbeaten welterweight prospect who served four years in Illinois' correctional system, and Kenneth Sims Jr., a junior welterweight who also navigated his way through extremely challenging socioeconomic circumstances in the south side of Chicago.
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