The Sweeney displaying "1979". In "Sweeney 2" (1978), George and Jack eventually find themselves going to the island of Malta in order to track down a group of particularly violent armed robbers who have been committing bank and payroll robberies all over London and kill anybody that gets in their way, even members of their own gang, Jack & George were assigned the case by their recently convicted chief inspector as his last order, as he is about to be charged with corruption. In "The Sweeney" (2012) the setting moved to the present day, with Regan being played by Ray Winstone, Carter
K.O. Sweeney K.O. Sweeney K.O. Sweeney (aka Knockout Sweeney) was the "nom de guerre" of a New York boxer who fought during the years 1911–1919. The name was coined by Sweeney's manager, Leo P. Flynn, who was known for assigning colorful nicknames to his fighters, including Tommy Bergin (the Lewiston Bear Cat), Andy Parker (Skull Cracker), Johnny Alberts (Jack the Jawbreaker) and Bert Stanley (the Oshkosh Assassin). Flynn's nickname for Sweeney was used over the years by several other American boxers. Sweeney's career got underway in February 1911, when he fought Harry Edwards at New York's West Side Athletic Club. In May