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♪ I'm fresh out the corner store ♪

♪ Now I'm comin' at ya ♪

♪ Fleein' with the smoke ♪

♪ Should I release the pressure ♪

♪ Comin' with a TKO ♪

♪ Hittin' niggas up since nine years old ♪

♪ I'm hood... ♪

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[cheering]

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[crowd] Oh!

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[cheering]

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[tense rhythmic beat]

[cheering]

♪

[indistinct shouting]

[crowd murmuring]

Hey, boy. You want some more?

What'd you just say?

I said, hey, boy, you want some more?

What the hell you just call me?

Come on.

[music intensifies]

[cheering]

[cheering]

[music continues]

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

[cheering]

[audience clapping]

[speaking]

[crowd murmuring]

That... was a good fight!

But as we all know, there can only be one.

And that is...

Sean the Flash Jacobs!

[cheering]

That's right. Sean.

Where's my money at?

[cheering]

Don't worry. I got your money. Alright.

-Oh, me? -Yeah.

Yeah. I'm proud of you.

Clap, clap. Tap, tap.

-Woo! -What the hell is this?

-That's your money. $20. -The bet was 200.

I know what the bet was, but I got other bills

-and stuff to pay. Go on. -I do too.

Hey!

-Go somewhere. -You know what?

I'll let you slide.

Just cause you're my uncle, you know?

-Don't make this shit a habit. -Did you just cuss?

You don't make it a habit to talk to me like that.

I give you. I give you what I give you.

-That's what you need. -You know?

There you go, big bro. You know what I'm talkin' about?

Woo! Pretty boy can't lose for nothing, huh?

[laughs]

You know what I do?

You know I gotta keep the hustle.

-I gotta take care of my family. -You know that's true, brother.

Go ahead with yourself. Family man. Look at this boy.

[whistling]

[cheering]

[audience clapping]

Wait wait wait wait wait.

[audience clapping]

No "hi, hello."

"I'm proud of you." You're not happy at all?

Yeah. Hi. You told me you were done with this.

Sean.

Did you not hear that? Tell me that's not crazy.

[audience clapping]

Yeah. It is.

It is. But you said. You said--

I know, but I gotta make money somehow for my mom.

♪

Come on, you know that, V.

Okay. Yeah. Then get a real job.

What kind of real job is going to pay for my mom's treatments?

Are you for real?

You, of all people know I don't want to have to go back

in the streets and hustle that way, because I can.

Oh, I know.

Which is why I don't understand why you continue to do so.

This is hustling to you?

♪

Yeah.

-It is. -Look... Listen to me.

One day I'm gonna go pro. You can tell that, right?

I won't have to hustle anymore. Okay, we'll be good.

Yeah.

Like your father's pro career. You see how that turned out?

Don't do that.

♪

Don't do that to me.

I'm nothing like that nigga.

I would never leave my family.

That's why I hustle so hard.

So I can take care of my mom and Tony.

Who else you know doing that?

♪

Why aren't you always telling me that you want a big family?

You want, like, three, four kids?

Don't you need someone to take care of you, too?

-Yeah, I. Know. -Hoping that's me, right?

Yeah.

No. It is. Yeah.

What are we talking about?

Look, I. I love you, and I don't want

to see you get hurt hustling.

And then you mess up your dreams to go pro

and it just all gets messed up.

I love you, too. I'm not gonna get hurt.

I know what I'm doing.

Okay. You trust me?

Yeah, I trust.

♪

-Okay. Come on. -[giggling]

I'm knew what he was gonna do. When he hit me.

It didn't. It didn't hurt.

You know what I'm saying? It just caught me off guard.

That's why I got up so fast.

But when he start, come with that.

-Nigga, what? -That's what you.

My brother, man, all the ladies was coming up to me.

Hey! Who's that?

That's my fam.

-You tell him that? -Family.

Knew the uppercut was wide open the entire time.

You thought I was gonna lose you call me.

He called me boy. Can you believe.

That's true, you knocked him out.

-Five hundred. -Boy, that's why you come.

Because every time you bet on me,

we make-- understand what I'm saying.

Just keep betting on me.

-That's all I'm saying. -Mom, we're home.

Come. In here, boys.

[person coughing]

[labored breathing]

[footsteps]

Hey, babies. How was school?

Mom. It's Saturday.

We don't have school.

Sorry, baby. Got my days all mixed up.

Come.

Night.

-Love you. -Love you.

[person coughing]

I broke do my homework, please.

It's okay baby. You can come in.

-You don't gotta be afraid. -Mom, I'm not afraid.

I just really don't like seeing you this way.

Come-- Come here.

[soft piano music]

Okay. How you feeling?

[high-pitched scream]

Good. [cough]

So did you talk to your brother like I asked you?

I haven't gotten a chance to, but I will.

I promise I will.

♪

Sean. He has to know what's going on.

I don't want anything to come as a surprise to him.

I know, I know, but no offense, mom.

Tony's 11. He understands.

He understands what a sick person looks like.

♪

He knows the possibility of you...

[sniff]

[sad orchestral music]

He's a smart kid.

He just doesn't want you to know he knows.

I know.

Both my babies are smart, strong young men.

You, Sean. You're special.

You're gonna grow up

be a doctor or a lawyer.

And change the world.

That's right.

♪

And what What happened to your face?

That Billy Thompson hit you again?

[coughing]

Billy Thompson was in my fifth grade class.

He hasn't fought me in years.

Well, if he'd do it again, let me know.

I'll give his mom a piece of my mind.

I know you will.

I can take care of myself now. You hear me.

I'm taking care of you and telling you it's okay.

-I got it. -You're just like your father.

He can take care of himself, too.

What a fighter he was.

Would have been the best in all the world.

♪

Son.

There's nothing you can't do if you work hard.

Put your mind to it. The sky is the limit.

You can be what your father never was.

[coughing]

Okay.

You think I could be better than Mike and Floyd, too.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Much better.

-Much better. -Much better.

I don't wanna be like them.

I think the strongest fighter I know is you.

[sniff]

Because you don't ever quit.

You never quit. That's why I don't want to quit.

[upbeat music]

[siren wailing]

Boys in blue trying to stop me.

Am I pulling over?

[siren wailing]

Nope.

[siren wailing]

Oh shit, come on. Come on, baby, come on.

Really?

[siren wailing]

[door closes]

[crickets chirping]

[heavy thud]

[knocking]

[door opens]

[chuckles]

Hey.

-Sean? -Greg.

Why'd you make us chase you this far?

-No. It wasn't me. -Get out of the car.

It was my cousin, I promise. She went that way.

[cuffs click]

[engine hums]

Uh, Your Honor, if I could be honest, I've always

been an outstanding citizen.

I'm a big supporter of this community, and I've been and

advocate for the homeless people in this town for a couple

of years since I've been here.

Also, before I got here, I was an upstanding citizen

in Compton, California, where I helped tons

of kids get off the streets.

Last night I lost my job, and I also won a lot of money, and I

got intoxicated and I put myself in a position to end up here.

Now, my good friend Greg over here, just doing his job

when he brought me in.

But I'm asking for a chance to make this right.

So, please, Your Honor, I cannot go to jail.

Mr. Jacobs, I'm familiar with your past accomplishments,

as well as all the work you've done for Compton

and all of Los Angeles.

To be transparent, I'm actually a big fan of your

boxing career. 20 and 0.

It's an incredible record.

I don't know why you stopped because you were great at it.

I appreciate that honor. Thank you.

What I know to be true is that I think you're a good person.

And this was clearly a mistake.

So I'm willing to let you off with 80 hours of community

service time served.

However, there will be a probationary period.

And if you violate that, you will see jail time.

Am I clear?

Is 80 hours good? We can negotiate further?

Crystal.

♪

Man involved in the back.

Don't talk to nobody I'm gonna talk to Chuck.

Alright.

Six? Come on.

What's up bro?

Y'all wanted to talk to you real quick before we start.

That's cool.

Hi. Hey.

Finish these last sets. All right.

Seven more offers, young blood.

Hey. Ten more right over there, boy.

Ten more. We don't stop up in here.

[hip hop music]

Make sure you get that buzzer and switch off the shaft.

[groaning]

[footsteps]

Take a seat.

-Oh. Shit. -What's on your mind.

G?

Let me get right to the point, man.

-Okay. -Straight up.

Um, I know you've been taking money from my fights

without me knowing.

Who telling you this shit?

What you mean who's telling me that's not important?

What's important is is I'm not gonna fight for you no more

unless you give me all the money you shaved off top and agree

to a 80/20 split my way.

What do you. Think taught your ass how to box when your little no good ass

daddy wasn't around, huh?

I know, and I appreciate that for real.

But, I mean, that was a long time ago, right?

And I've been doing real good right now.

And I know that I could take my talent to other people

straight up, but I'm.

I'm loyal to the soil.

You feel me? And you...

You really helped out me and my family and I.

And I appreciate that.

But I can't keep letting you cheat.

Men cheat me out of money. Like I'm just some little kid.

I'm not the same little kid that you met ten years ago.

You know what I'm saying? I know what I'm worth.

-You know your worth. -Yeah.

So when I got to come to this gym at three in the morning

because your ass is stressed out and you need somewhere to train

or your ass got anxiety attacks you, you can't get rid of them.

This shit ain't free, boy.

I understand that, but you understand that it's not

free trying to take care of a sick mother, right?

With cancer being a minor now.

But I feel you, though, you know.

But you do realize I'm bringing in business, especially money.

I'm bringing all that in.

I'm not just some buster hitting the speed bag trying

to talk about Vince.

Let me get an autograph.

Who is filling your head with this shit.

Jimmy and Hank been telling me a lot.

God damn it, Jimmy and fucking Hank.

Two crooks who got you dealing with these snakes anyway, huh?

Take one to know one big time. What, you mean snakes?

You sitting here taking money from me, talking about snakes?

I'm gonna put it just like this.

It's you. Either take the deal or I'm out.

I'm gone. Respectfully.

With Jimmy and Hank.

Exactly what Jimmy and Hank. Hank promised that he can get me

three times the amount of money you get me for the fights,

and he agreed to an 80/20 split, even if Jimmy not in it.

Well, you like a son to me, so I respect that.

But I ain't letting you off that easy.

What you mean?

What I mean is you gonna have to spar against Vince.

And if you win fair and square, shit you out.

You don't owe me nothing. I don't owe you nothing.

But if you lose, I still let you out.

But just know.

Every fight you take, I'll be taking a cut from it.

Are you serious?

You want me to spar with Vince?

♪

Vince is a pro. This ain't funny.

He's got three titles. I ain't got none.

He taught me everything I know.

He knows every move I'm gonna do before I do it.

How is that even fair? You gonna do me like that?

♪

Sounds like that's a you problem.

[pensive music]

You got this, Sean.

He knows all your moves, but you know all his.

I don't know all his moves. He knows all my moves.

He taught me.

That's why it's unfair. O'Neil did this.

Be unpredictable.

Don't let him know your next move.

You got this.

Oh, no. Don't record this.

-No promises. -No, no.

Go ahead, get it

-Come on bro. -Hold that for him, Jones.

♪ Niggas fin to get their shit split right now ♪

Remember unpredictable.

♪ I'm a misfit right now ♪

Ay, you know what I told you.

You're on that.

Oh, boy. Come on, man.

Nobody got all time for all that.

Y'all wanted Hank here, right? [single gunshot]

[indistinct talking]

♪ Niggas take a shot ♪ ♪ Know he shoot back ♪

♪ Click clack, don't try to duck dat, one up dat ♪

[shouting]

Yeah. Junior. Come on. I know you felt that.

Come on, Sean. Unpredictable.

Don't let him know your next move.

Boy, we know all his moves. Boy!

-We know all his moves. -Predict his moves.

Don't let him get yours.

Boy, we've been predicting all that.

I don't know what you're talking about, little Tom.

Go run up, run up.

Run up. Nothing, boy. You're too young.

You don't even know what you're talking about.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Tell him something else homes.

-Come on, get him. -No no no no no no.

That's what I'm talking about!

Keep that up, Sean! Keep that up!

Hands up, baby, you good?

You about to give me my money right here.

-Man. -You just got punched.

Keep on doing that, Sean.

Yo! Get him! Come on.

Unpredictable. You're going down, son.

[speaking]

Look at that. Missed me.

Look at that, look at that, look at that.

Another miss, another miss.

Let's show you what the hair looks like.

That's all You hitting is air, boy?

Yeah, yeah. Oh my God.

[muffled voices] [flat tone]

[tone continues]

-Mom? Mom! -Don't do this to me right now.

Don't, get...

-Sean. -Don't do this to me.

[both sobbing]

[sorrowful music]

Oh my gosh.

Mom!

[crying uncontrollably]

Please!

I love you mom.

[music continues]

No...!

[crowd noise]

[heavy bass music playing]

[indistinct lyrics]

[crowd cheering]

All the money straight?

Big man, yeah.

Sean!

It's good to see an old friend.

What brings you down to Compton?

Big Phil!

I see you out here still taking

these kids money, huh?

Money's my middle name. Besides, people want to see it.

Otherwise, I'd be out of business.

Now, what's it going to be? You betting tonight?

-Or you just stop by to say hi? -Is Tork fighting tonight.

-Still undefeated. -Okay, we got $5000 on Tork.

I know this ain't the same 5000 like last time

that you didn't have.

You know what I had to do to you?

I don't want to have to repeat it.

Look, I got the five K, okay? You can trust me.

You got it on you. Yeah.

Of course. I always got it on me.

Okay, bet. Five K on Tork.

[cheering]

[crowd murmuring]

Hey, protect yourself!

[crowd murmuring]

[crowd murmuring]

Get up!

[bell rings]

[crowd murmuring]

[cheering]

Now!

Now, I know y'all came to see a fight, right?

Yeah. We all know how this goes down.

Who'd y'all come here to see tonight?

[all chanting] Tork, Tork, Tork...

Now, give it up for the undisputed--

undefeated-- The one, the only...

Tork.

[cheering]

And now for the visitor!

Give it up for him, it's the first time

in the ring tonight, y'all!

A hard hitting kid from the south!

[audience clapping]

Ringer!

[cheering]

Goin down.

You seen my fighter Ringer, right?

Come from a big family of fighters.

Yeah.

[audience clapping]

All muscle. Diabolical right hook?

You better have that five K.

[audience clapping]

and if it isn't the champ himself.

Let's go. Pops.

You know me. Making my rounds.

[audience clapping]

So what's up? You talk to your boys?

No, not in a minute.

[audience clapping]

Family business. I get it.

-You betting tonight? -Oh, yeah.

I got $5000 on Tork.

Damn, pops.

[audience clapping]

If I were you, I would have put my money on the Ringer.

[audience clapping]

But that's your money.

Wait, do you know something that I don't?

I already said too much. Good talking to you, pops.

Tell your boys I said what's up?

Ladies and gentlemen, it looks like we got a fight tonight.

[audience clapping]

Whoa! Come on.

[audience clapping]

[loud music]

Oh!

[cheering]

Oh!

Oh!

[audience clapping]

Damn it! Someone call 911!

[crowd murmuring]

Come on kid.

[crowd murmuring]

Hurry!

Hey, Sean.

Where's my money?

Big Phil, you set me and Tork up.

You knew that he had no

chance against your boy, which probably isn't

even a boy at all.

Hey, look here, Sean. Winning is the name of the game.

Now, maybe you shouldn't be betting if you ain't sure.

You got this kid in here fighting for his life.

One hit and gets a concussion.

If this place knew the real reason

this kid was lying in his bed, you...

Hey hey hey, hey. Careful, Sean.

You know what I'm capable of.

Now, either you got my money or you don't.

[beep]

Yeah, I got it. It's in the car.

Nigga, don't make me have to come find you.

You won't have to. Okay, I got it. I promise.

♪

[beep]

I'll be right back

[beep]

[footsteps]

Hey hey hey hey hey.

Hey hey wait wait wait wait. Put the knife down, bro.

-You with big Phil? -Big Phi--

What? I don't know who Big Phil is.

I can assure you, I'm not. Look.

Who the hell are. You, then?

If you calm down, I can tell you, bro.

Calm down. My name is Marty Harris.

I'm a friend of your brother, Aaron.

-He the one sent me. -Oh, Aaron.

I haven't talked to my brother in years.

-What the hell does he want? -It's about Patricia.

Listen, tell Patricia I'll get her her child support as soon

as I get back on my feet.

-Okay? -Wait. Hold on.

Wait. I don't think you understand, bro.

Patricia died last night.

-What? -Yeah.

That's what I came to tell you. I'm just a messenger.

[motor running]

[bird tweeting]

[sad piano music]

Um.

Wow.

My mom was a great person.

She taught me that I could I could do anything

I put my mind to.

[sniff]

[bird tweeting]

She taught me and told me that we could, um.

We could do anything as long as we had hope.

[crying]

She used to say,

"When life swings a left hook at you.

You just got to duck."

[sniff]

Take your time. Take your time, Junior.

This is going to be a hard one duck.

It's going to be hard to duck, mom.

♪

It's okay son. It's okay son.

I don't want you to go.

[sad orchestral music swells]

-Please don't leave me. -Mom!

Mom!

Hey, it's alright.

[sobbing]

[moaning sound]

I want mom, Sean.

-I want mom. -She's in a better place, man.

Mom's in a better place.

It's alright.

Mom's in a better place, it's alright.

Don't cry.

♪

Mom.

♪

[indistinct chatter]

I can't believe my mom is gone.

-I wish I could have done more. -It's not your fault.

You did all you could.

I didn't do enough.

Yo, this is hard for everybody.

Your mama was a good woman.

If y'all need anything, you already know I got your back.

I appreciate you, Unc.

AJ. Your mother was good to everybody, man.

[bird tweeting]

I'm just glad she's not suffering anymore.

In fact, if you think about it her spirit is all around us.

Blowing in the wind.

Ya know what I mean.

[bird tweeting]

What's going on, Junior?

Is he okay?

[footsteps]

[thud]

What's up son?

Are you talking to me?

You got the nerve to call me son?

Look, I didn't come here for all that.

I just came here to pay respects to your mother.

Ain't nobody ask your punk ass to come.

Who told you you can come?

Who you talking to, little nigga?

I'm talking to you, nigga.

Hey hey hey hey hey hey. Sean.

Show some respect. That is your father.

What?

You gotta listen to your uncle. Watch your mouth.

I know I ain't been around, but you ain't.

You ain't talking to me like that, boy.

Boy?

Nigga, I'm more man than you'll ever be.

I would never leave my family I would never leave my brother.

You know what. You would do in my situation.

I know your mom pumped your head full of lies.

Talk about my mom one more time.

And I know I'd slap the shit out of you.

How about that?

You ain't man enough.

This nigga serious?

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey yo yo.

That's enough. Take a walk.

You this way.

[footsteps]

What's wrong with you, Sean?

You can't just come back into his life after ten years

and expect him to just...

just listen to you.

You could just check him like that.

-He is your son. -What is that supposed to mean?

It means he's stubborn and hard headed, just like you.

He needs to learn some respect.

He gets that from his mama.

Don't matter where you get it from, all right?

Look.

[bird tweeting]

I want to help you, okay? Okay.

Look, Aaron, I don't I don't need any handouts, man.

Yeah, you say that, but you forget I got ears

and eyes on these streets, man.

Big Phil is looking for you. Say you owe him 20 racks.

What?

-I don't owe him, Jack. -Are you sure?

Yeah. Listen, we already know.

Not owing somebody, can turn into

owing somebody a lot of money

in the streets.

And Big Phil ain't a nigga you want to owe nothing to.

Look, there's three sides to every story.

But fine yeah--

Thanks for looking out.

Speaking of big Phil, I hear you got this guy

that's knocking people out.

I mean, cold one punch, he making a killing off him.

Yeah. Big Phil's out here actually killing people.

He's got some fighter with a cannon of a right arm.

He put this kid, Tork, in a hospital.

Well, look, the street fighting thing is blowing up,

and we're making a lot of money.

I could use your help and you could use the money.

-Got any prospects? -As a matter of fact, I do.

A young kid that can be a champion.

Who?

Sean.

-Junior. -Yeah, yeah.

He's as good or better than you at your age, man.

Really?

Sean, why'd you stop, man?

You could have been. You could have been so big.

-You could have been-- -Aaron. Aaron.

Listen, we're not gonna do this whole woulda,

coulda, shoulda thing, okay?

-I stopped. End of story. -All right, fair enough.

[bird tweeting]

Where are you staying nowadays, man?

You look like a bum.

Suit look like it cost like, $5. You could've at least went

to Men's Warehouse.

What's the matter, man?

Sean, this could be something, man.

All right.

You could really make a lot of money.

Look, I'm. I'm good.

Good luck with Junior.

Maybe Sean could have been something

that I couldn't have. Okay.

Look, look, Sean, he needs you, man.

I got a lot on my plate right now, okay?

-I ain't got time for this. -Any advice?

[bird tweeting]

Should have connected.

[dog barking]

Sean.

You change your mind.

You already know how to reach me.

If you even got a phone.

[door closes]

[engine starts]

[gentle music]

Based on the information presented here today,

the court hereby issues full custody to Mr. Sean Jacobs Sr.

Your honor, may I?

Sure.

Your honor, I have community service in town,

of which I reside.

It's two hours away from here.

Now, I only came because I was told that someone from the boy's

family had to be here.

And given the fact that their mother is.

That she's the only family that they had.

I felt that I had to be here, but I am not prepared to take

care of custody.

I didn't even ask for custody.

Mr. Jacobs, you are their father.

The law states that if anything should ever happen

to one parent, the other one automatically gets custody.

I don't think that there can be a negotiation

that can happen here.

Okay, but out of curiosity though, if I were to decline or

what would happen to the boys.

They would be put in a foster care.

Okay. That's great. So there's an option.

Look, I don't have arrangement to take care

of two kids right now.

What I just explained. I don't have a job right now.

And as well as not having a place to live.

Mr. Jacobs, if you deny custody,

Sean Junior and Tony Jacobs

will be placed into foster care next week.

Now, they're currently staying with their uncle Aaron.

Your brother?

Yeah, I guess I don't really know.

So what are you going to do, Mr. Jacobs?

I would like to waive my right to guardianship, Your Honor.

Okay.

The only way that you can legally do that is to prove

that you're incapable of caring for children,

which means you don't have a place to live.

You don't have a steady job.

Are you ready to prove those things, Mr. Jacobs?

Yeah, I'm ready to prove that. Your honor.

Mr. Jacobs, I'm confused.

Most fathers would never put their children

into the system if they had the right to custody.

Now, I can see how your situation.

And that's not what you want here.

So I will give you one more chance to decide

whether you will accept guardianship or deny it.

Wait. Hold up, hold up, hold up.

Before, uh, before you say that.

And who might you be?

Uh, Aaron Jacobs, Your honor. Sir.

Oh, so you're the uncle that the boys are

currently staying with?

Yeah. Yeah, that's that's that's my brother, uh, Sean.

And because that's my brother.

That was. That was my nephews.

That's what makes me the uncle. Because it's my brother.

But you already said it.

Can I talk to my brother for a second before he makes a very,

very dumb decision?

Are you Mr. Jacobs? Legal representation.

Yeah. That's me.

Um. Yep.

Aaron Jacobs.

Jacobs and Ronnie. That's... That's my firm.

Got a little jingle. ♪ Jacobs and Ronnie ♪

♪ Call Ronnie ♪

You probably heard it a couple of times.

You don't look like you heard it.

On TV. It don't play that much no more.

Um, can can I talk to my brother real quick?

-I'll allow it. -Thank you.

[footsteps]

Sean. What's wrong with you, man?

You gonna let the boys go into the system like that?

They don't want me in their lives any more

than I want them in mine.

That's not the point, okay? Their mother just died.

They don't have nobody else.

Yeah, but they don't have me either.

What the boys ever do to you, man.

Hey, forget about all that.

I know you owe Big Phil a lot of money.

-We already talked about that. -Yeah, but you lied.

Listen, what if I told you that you can make all

the money back that you owe Big Phil and triple it?

-Okay, now I'm listening. -Your son, he got it, man.

[footsteps]

Look, so all the street fights that come through Compton come

through me, I run all of that.

All right, so big Phil wants a fight.

It's got to come through me. So consider that debt canceled.

But there's a price.

-And what's that? -You got to train, Junior.

Oh, hell no.

Listen, I'm not going back to boxing.

Come on Sean. What--

What are you doing with your life now?

Living in a crap apartment.

Barely got enough money to take care of yourself.

You owe a man money that we both know can have

you killed like that.

♪

Come on, man, it's your son.

You could, you know, get to know him a little bit.

While you make money.

You could even finish your community service hours.

It's a win win for everybody. Sean.

Okay, okay. Let's say that I did train him.

What about the little one? What do I do with him?

I mean, I don't know, we just figured out he's ten years old.

He runs around the gym and tries to bet everybody money.

He's a cute kid. You love him?

He's sitting on a gold mine, man.

Use it.

Look. Ten racks.

♪

Take that as an advancement.

You could pay me back when you make it.

If I do this, you cannot tell the boys it's a business deal.

They should think that I actually care about them.

Listen, the boys won't know anything other than their

fathers coming to the rescue, so they don't have

to go into a foster home.

♪

[footsteps]

Now you think it's straight? That's my bro.

You better be happy you agreed to this.

I was gonna have to knock you out.

Remember what happened in front of Shirley in second grade?

[footsteps]

Oh, did you knock me out? I was one of us now.

♪ Spend the check I'll make it back ♪

♪ Pocket full like a hundred racks ♪

♪ Money grown I'll make it flip ♪

♪ Cold blooded nine up on my hip ♪

♪ They don't want no smoke ♪

-Let's go. -♪ They don't want no smoke ♪

Come on, give it to me. Come on.

Come on.

Big energy. Come on.

Hard work makes champion, son. Let's go.

Come on.

Give it to me. Give it to me.

Go go go go go go go go!

-Good, good, good. Here we go. -Brother. Bro.

Good to see you, man.

Thanks for coming out, man. You ready to make some history?

I ain't trying to make history. I'm trying to make money.

Be good. If we could do both. Right.

Introduce you to the crew. Big Hank right here.

Crazy on the mitts. One of the best.

Good to see you.

I saw you...

I saw you at the house the other day?

I want to introduce myself, but I didn't.

I didn't think it was proper under the circumstances.

I think we all can agree with that.

Yeah.

I just want to let you know I'm a big fan champ.

I'm not sure if champ is fitting anymore, but it's

but it's nice to actually meet you, Hank.

I hear you.

Listen, I take care of everything around here.

Everybody calls me Uncle Hank.

That's some of the young guys. They call me Unc.

But, you know, you need something.

Let me know, alright.

That sounds good. Will do.

-Good to see you. -Okay.

Let's go to work on these myths, man.

This is Big Spike right here. Professional.

He helps train the kids around here.

Bro, you're a legend, man.

Hey, why'd you stop?

You would have been one of the goats.

Oh, you know personal reasons, man.

It's all good, though.

I can't wait to see you in the ring.

For sure. For sure.

Hey, you know, my boy Aaron got me, right?

Yeah, but, hey, I'm gonna make sure to get your

tickets to the next one.

All right. See you, boss.

-Nice to meet you. -He fighting in Vegas?

It'd be good if we all go out.

♪ Ridin' dirty 120 on a dime ♪

Yo, Sean, T, y'all get down here.

♪ Down with no smoke, no no no no ♪

What the hell is he doing here? Unc!

He's here to help train you.

I didn't ask for that.

I don't need no training from. No second rate has been.

Never had, I mean, no.

You know what, little man?

I've never heard your name ringing in no one's arena

and in no one's marquee.

The only Sean they know is me.

So if I'm some second rate, never has been.

And you're my son. What's that make you?

Now glove up. Let's spar.

You beat me, then I'll train you.

But if you don't.

This was a complete waste of my time.

-Are you serious? -Let's go.

All right, old man. Let's see what you got.

Hurry up. Don't be quick.

-I ain't got all day. -I got 500, Sean.

-Which one? -The big one.

You can call him dad.

Nigga, he ain't my daddy.

Nigga he is your daddy.

Besides, I know what he can do. And I ain't no idiot.

I'm a businessman.

Well, I'm a businessman, too, and I'm not taking that bet.

I already know how this is gonna pan out.

Let's go.

All right, we'll see, we'll see.

All right, guys.

Look at me. Look at me. Look at me.

Don't let him get in your head. Let him get in your head.

Don't let him get in your head Junior.

-Go easy on the Sean. -Here you go, champ.

Oh, I'm not gonna need that.

He ain't getting nowhere close to my face.

You wanna keep talking shit? Come on now, homey.

Stop wasting my time, boy.

Homey. Come on, let's go.

Keep your distance.

Take it easy Sean.

Stay on your toes. Keep em up.

God damn it!

You're not listening, son. Keep your damn guards up.

Keep em up!

Watch your distance.

[grunting in pain]

Damn it!

You get your ass beat. Cause you're not listening, son.

Get up. Get your ass up.

This your champ, huh? Really?

Wanna keep talk a shit?

-No no. -No. Oh!

Get up!

Come on, get up bao!

[tense music]

I know that really hurts, doesn't it, boy?

[indistinct shouting]

Oh, you call you son.

You don't deserve that. You're not listening, son.

You're not listening.

-Come on. -Keep your damn guards up, son.

Keep em up.

-Come on. -Ow ow ow ow!

[moaning]

I should beat you up for wasting my time.

Hey, look.

You remember what happened when you was in sixth grade,

and I was in the fifth grade, and I laid you

out in front of Patricia.

You don't want that to happen again, do you.

Aaron,

that was me beat you up in front of Patricia.

What? Look like you beat me up.

I beat you-- That don't even matter.

Look, the bottom line is family should not be fighting.

Come on. All right.

You're right. I'm out.

Sean. Come on, man, look, this is training.

It's not fighting. Look, look, Sean.

Come on, wait up, bro. Listen, man.

[door sound]

Sean, you're a championship fighter, okay?

And I know your son is just an amateur,

but look on the bright side.

This could be a way for you to make a little money

and keep your kids out of the system, man.

Look, just give them a week.

That's all I'm asking. A week just to see what happens.

Give me one reason other than money that I should.

I'll give you ten. I got you, I'll give you ten.

-I'll let you two talk. -Ten missed birthdays.

Let's count ten missed Christmases.

Ten Thanksgivings.

♪

Looking out the window all the time.

Wondering when dad's coming home.

♪

-Ten of Tony's first steps. -Your mom said

she never wanted to see my face again.

What you and mom had going had nothing to do with me, though.

Let alone Tony. Yet you punished me for it.

Me.

Man, you told me you were coming back.

[dramatic music]

I waited ten whole years.

Ten years. And you ain't never show up.

Not even a letter. Nothing.

I'm not asking you to be my dad. That ship sailed.

That ship gone, homey.

I just need you to be here.

Right now. Where it counts.

Cause I know one day I could be champion.

I just need the right guidance, that's all.

-Look. -That's all I need.

I don't have time for that.

Do you care about anything? Anything in life?

Huh?

Look, I'll be 18 in a few months, that's all.

And I'll be cool.

I got people that can look out for me.

But, Tony.

Tony don't got nobody.

I don't know about you.

I don't want my brother growing up in a home.

Look, man, you turn 18, you adopt him.

What?

You're an asshole.

You are a real asshole.

You gotta watch your tone before I go over there

-and knock you out again. -So then do it.

♪

I can barely take care of myself.

Think I can take care of a kid?

♪

Look, little man, I'm sorry.

What's this?

Well, isn't this nice?

A little family reunion, huh?

Hey Phil, what are you doing on this side of town?

Come on, Sean, don't play stupid with me.

-I came to collect. -Collect what, homie?

You know where you at, nigga.

You think these things scared me?

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey. This is my business, okay?

Hey. It's got nothing to do with you.

You go back inside. I'll talk to my friend.

Hey, guys, why don't you put Mr. Jacobs in the truck?

♪

Huh?

♪

[grunt]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa.

Sean, I see you still got it, huh?

Nice.

But can you dodge a bullet.

Big Phil? Put that gun down right now.

I have you on the floor with the rest of your friends.

Nigga, let him go.

♪

You're right.

Fortunately for you, I don't want to kill you because

then I wouldn't get my money.

look Big Phil, I don't know why you come to my territory

where I'm protected like this.

Okay, listen, I know you want to get your money, okay?

I agree with you. That's fair.

But do you want your money right now or

you wanna go double or nothing?

♪

-I'm listening. -Ringer.

Okay. Against my boy.

Right. If Ringer-- my boy wins, you get nothing.

Ringer wins and I'll give you double.

You do know that's 40 K, right? Cash.

-I can count. -Deal.

I'll see you at the yard in a week.

♪

See you at the yard. One week.

[tense music]

You good?

Yeah. I'm good.

This is gonna be Sean.

I need my picture up in here somewhere.

You ain't gonna regret this.

-All right. -Let's talk some business.

You really think you can turn my brother into a champion?

Look, kid, I could do a lot, but I can't turn

him into a champion.

He's got to turn himself into his own champion.

See me? I'm a lover, not a fighter.

So at these fights, I'm gonna be collecting all the girls numbers

and stacking my papers.

Don't know if Uncle Aaron told you, but I'm a betting man.

I'll bet you a rack you won't last longer than the week

you have to get ready for the fight.

That will probably lose anyway.

Just because you can fight don't mean that you can train.

Are you a Republican or a Democrat?

Look, can someone get this kid away from me?

Not just any kid.

I was told I belonged to you, which is pretty whack,

because I don't even know you.

Well, it was either me or foster care.

Welcome to the family.

Pleasure doing business.

[utensils clinking]

Hey, baby. You okay?

♪

-Yeah. -Aaron told me you were here.

Who sent you to talk to me, uh?

He may have said something to me.

Yeah. My bad.

I just don't know if he.

♪

I mean, I know he's a great fighter.

I know me and him as a team. We could do some damage.

But this is the same man who went MIA for ten years.

No postcard, no letter, no birthday gifts,

not even a goodbye.

♪

And then he wants to show back up in my life,

right when my mom dies and act like everything is cool.

♪

That don't sit right with me. It don't.

I know, baby. I can't imagine how you feel.

He is your father, Sean, I feel like.

I feel like you should give him a chance.

-You got to give him a chance. -He's not my father.

He's not my father. He's nothing to me.

And that's just how I feel.

He left us.

He left me and Tony with a dying mother, and then had the nerve

to tell me to take care of him when he's 18.

That's sick.

♪

Sean.

Your mother was sick for three years.

You told me your dad walked out ten years ago.

I don't think he knew that she was sick, baby.

I feel like you're being a little bit dramatic.

♪

What, are you trying to take his side now?

No, no, no. I'm not taking his side.

Then whose side are you taking?

I'm on your side. Always.

I'm just saying give him a chance.

I know he was gone all those years.

It doesn't really matter where he was.

He's here now, and he doesn't have to be.

You never know what kind of relationship you could have

with him if you don't try.

I just don't want this to go south.

That's the only thing I'm scared of.

Is the whole thing going south? And I regret everything.

-I could have just walked away. -I know, but what if...

What if this is what your mom would have wanted?

Hmm.

You always were good with words, huh?

No, I just know you.

Mm. And I know you. You're hungry, huh?

Yeah. Of course.

[laughing]

[grunting]

Touch the bag. Touch the bag.

In three, two,

one, and... Time.

It's not good enough. I need 300 per minute.

-What'cha mean I-- -Let's go again. Let's go again.

Let's go Junior, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go,

Touch the bag, and... go.

[triumphant music]

Step more into it. Step back. Right.

There you go. There you go.

Back.

You go. Jump, jump!

Okay, okay.

Jump forward. Boom!

Back! Boom!

There you go.

Hey, Sean. Hey, Sean.

You wanna be great, or be mediocre.

I wanna be great. I wanna be great.

Then be great.

♪

Three minutes.

Listen, don't step on that rope.

Left, right. Left, right and get into it.

How you gonna be a champion? You can't jump rope.

Let's make music, let's go.

♪

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

♪

Three minutes.

♪

Crisscross those feet.

Tap left. Tap right.

Tap left. Tap right.

There you go.

♪

See?

[grunting]

What you got in you. Huh?

You gonna sit him down? You gonna sit him down?

Let's start looking. At this right here.

Shuffle.

♪

You know, I'm faster than you there.

Faster than me? Gonna show me?

-Watch this. -You gonna show me?

-Go ahead, go ahead. -[all] oooh!

Let's go.

All right. Right.

You're the champ, you're the champ,

you're the champ, you're the champ.

Faster, faster, faster.

♪

♪

Let's go, let's go. Three minutes straight.

Let's go. Dance.

Dance like you do in the ring?

Dance. There you go.

♪

Harder.

Punch through.

I bet he can't go three rounds without a break.

Tony, I'm not giving you no more money.

I didn't ask for money, I said bet.

Yeah, but that's the same thing.

It's all good. You got it, though.

Yeah, I know. I'm gonna keep it.

by not betting with you.

-I could keep it for you. -Go home.

Yeah.

[grunting]

Come on. Come on.

I see ringers left shoulder is a little weak.

Almost like he injured it.

But he's so strong and all of his power

comes from his right side.

So it almost doesn't even matter.

Now, see, his left jab is a little bit low, but he's

bigger and stronger than most of his opponents, so it doesn't

really affect his boxing.

We're gonna use that to our advantage.

He's bigger than you, but he's slower than you.

You're going to beat him with your speed.

Do you keep your distance right there?

We're just gonna have to tire him out. Alright.

So your condition has to be top notch.

You think the body would work.

If they hit him hard? Break his ribs.

Break his ribs?

Yeah.

So when you get on that bag, deliver that power.

Turn those hips. Bring that power from your legs.

Kind of like Tyson.

Yeah, just like Tyson.

♪

♪ Under street lights ♪

♪ The concrete, my accomplice ♪

♪ Hustling in my veins everyday another contest ♪

♪ Dodgin shadows sharper than a switchblade ♪

♪ Low fade, hoodies up ♪

♪ Hope begins to evade ♪

♪ Survivin in the jungle were the metal sings ♪

♪ Broken dreams weaved tight like prison rings ♪

♪ Voices in the night ♪ ♪ Echos of the beast ♪

♪ Fight to stay alive in the belly of the streets ♪

♪ Graffiti gospel preaches sermons on the walls ♪

♪ Every corner gotta code Phone booths take the calls ♪

♪ Dice roll quicker than the time I gotta think ♪

♪ On the cusp of drownin Still refuse to sink ♪

♪ Corner hold legends Untold and unspoken ♪

♪ Chains on the wrists Young lives get broken ♪

♪ I sharp sharper than projectiles tossed ♪

♪ Livin ain't cheap when you count up the cost ♪

♪ Stories in the cracks Every sidewalk a sage ♪

♪ Books left unread We still trapped in a cage ♪

♪ Stray dogs bark ♪ ♪ Warnings echo in the night ♪

♪ Only way to freedom is continuing to fight ♪

♪ Survivin in the jungle were the metal sings ♪

♪ Broken dreams weaved tight like prison rings ♪

♪ Voices in the night ♪ ♪ Echos of the beast ♪

♪ Fight to stay alive in the belly of the streets ♪

Come on Junior. Let's go. Focus, focus, focus.

There you go. There's no more.

There you go. There you go. Jab!

Jab across. Keep your guards up. Keep 'em up.

Watch the jab, watch the jab.

That's what I'm saying. Watch the body.

-Check the body at all times. -Rock the body.

Watch the body.

There you go. To the body.

To the body. To the body.

Right hook, left shoulder.

[speaking]

Oh, nice.

-Nice work, son. -Okay, work on my combos.

[grunting]

There you go. Stay on that stick.

[grunting]

Let's get it. Come on, let's get it.

[sniff]

[contemplative music]

Looks like you've been working hard.

[sniff]

-It smells like it too. -It's not playing with you.

Stop. Okay.

No for real. My, uh.

My pops ain't no joke when it comes to this.

So, how's it going?

Honestly. Pretty good.

Yeah. I took your advice.

I'm giving it a try.

That's the man I love right there.

[kissing sound]

The one with heart.

♪

I think, um, I'ma just call you later.

I gotta talk to my pops real quick.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. Everything's good.

Yeah. You okay?

Yeah.

-Yeah. -I'm sure.

Yeah. Don't worry.

I'm good.

Yeah. Do your thing.

Um, do you wanna go to the diner when you're done?

That's a date.

Okay.

[sniff]

♪

[woman speaking indistinctly]

[rap music]

This is about to be easy Big Phil.

[rapping]

Not as easy as you think. Sean is smart.

And if his son is anything like him, he's not to be overlooked.

Now, get your ass up and back to work.

Can't right now, Big Phil. My shoulder is out.

-Are you telling me no. -I'm not telling you no.

Just saying my shoulder hurts right now?

I can barely move it.

[sigh] I see, I see.

Ladies, y'all could leave now.

[rapping continues]

Do you know who the fuck you working for?

Lil' homie, look at me when I'm talking to you.

Look, I ain't your slave, my man.

I know you been making money off me.

And it's cool because I've been making money too.

And I agreed to this wack ass Deal so I could pay off my debt.

But when it's all over, I'm done.

I wanna see you try and stop me.

♪

I was a machine.

♪

I remember that day like it was yesterday.

It was five rounds, almost lost.

♪

It was the first time I ever got knocked down.

I got back up.

Three seconds after he knocked me down, I knocked him out.

You stopped causing me, huh?

This picture was my last moments of glory.

The moments right before your mother told me

that she was pregnant with you.

♪

And I started boxing more than I should have.

Because I knew that I wanted to be a father.

That I wanted to provide.

But I was working so hard that I ended up injuring myself.

And I was never the same after that.

I started drinking.

I neglected your mother and you.

And I was trying so hard to get back to my glory days

that I forgot who I was.

Your mother, she--

She wanted to leave me, and I understood.

I could convince her to stay. And she did.

But then I realized.

I can't chase my dreams and chase a family.

Why? Why couldn't you have both?

Because chasing dreams doesn't pay the bills.

And back then, we didn't have street boxing where you could

make extra money training and, you know, chasing fights

that never would come.

♪

I had to get a real job.

And that meant less time for my career

and more time paying bills.

After a couple failed jobs and not being able to provide.

I became resentful.

I resented your mom, and I blamed you.

♪

For my career not going the way that it could have.

Started staying out. Not coming home.

I was an absolute mess.

But your mother, she loved me.

And then?

She got pregnant again with Tony.

I sacrificed everything for you.

Everything that I could have been.

Oh, wow. Sean.

Starting a family with me was a sacrifice.

I never asked you to stop boxing.

All I asked was for you to be responsible and to take

care of your family.

Fuck you.

[footsteps]

I can barely take care of myself.

How am I supposed to take care of you and Junior?

Look around this tiny little place.

You wouldn't have wanted a life that's better than this.

Again, you act like our life is so bad.

It is compared to what it could have been.

You made me give up my dreams, Patricia.

I quit because you got pregnant.

I could have given you and Junior a life that we wanted.

I didn't ask you to quit.

I supported you, pushed you to be better.

You pushed yourself too hard and got hurt.

That wasn't my fault.

No. I quit because you got pregnant.

That changed everything.

You know how hard it is having a kid.

It's not easy.

I didn't want this, I wanted us, I wanted us to have

a life better than my parents.

Well, I only wanted you.

I was happy with the one that I had.

And you want to talk about sacrifice?

What about all those nights I spent taking care of Junior

alone while you were out chasing your dreams, huh?

That is sacrifice. I wanted a life with you.

Not without you. Never seeing you.

Because half the time you're somewhere,

getting your head beat in.

And the other half you're out screwing different groupies.

By the time you're done with that life,

you don't even remember me.

Or worse, you die in the ring.

And if that's the life you want to give me, then boy,

am I glad that you gave it up.

Because that's the life that no woman wants.

You know, Sean, you got me fucked up.

You need to leave because I damn sure don't want to hear

about a life you could have had.

Especially with the baby on the way.

Another child.

[coughs]

-I'm not sure if it's yours. -What?

What?

I'm sorry. It was only one--

You're sorry? One time?

You cheated and you're blaming me?

Oh, it's only one time. It's okay now.

Who is he?

You know what? Don't even answer that question.

What are you gonna do? Huh?

-Where are you going to go? -I don't know.

I don't know. But any place but here.

[sniff]

Wait.

Do it!

Do it! Sean.

I deserve it. Do it!

Do it!

Goodbye, Patricia.

[door opens]

[sniff]

I'm sorry.

I can't say I do anything different.

♪

[footsteps]

I loved your mother with my whole heart.

And I didn't know if Tony was mine or if she was lying

to get me to leave.

In the way I felt betrayed.

And I didn't care to stay, to find out.

So. Yeah.

I blamed you.

I blamed you for my life going the way that it went.

♪

I blamed her.

And I didn't care if I ever saw you or her ever again.

Damn.

When you're a kid, you don't even.

You can't even understand that. Don't even register.

I can't even say I understand it now.

[sniff]

All I can say is sorry.

♪

But still.

It still hurt. Not having you there.

All my life, growing up.

I still felt betrayed. It was wrong.

You could have talked to me.

-You know? -I know.

I'm sorry.

But you, you've got nothing to be sorry about

because you were just a kid.

What happened between you and me and your mother?

You're right.

I shouldn't have taken it out on you.

I was just... I was so hurt.

But now you know why I stopped.

♪

Because I could have been the next big thing.

I could have taken care of everything for you.

Everything could have been different.

What if I could be that for you?

Maybe I could be that for both of us.

You know what I mean. [sniff]

♪

When you left, I made it my mission to to box.

I wanted to be better than you.

♪

I wanted to be something that you weren't.

That's why I never gave it the option to quit.

Mom supported me, but, I mean.

I just never caught a break.

I didn't have the opportunity that you had.

None of it.

That's why I feel like this is a second chance.

Especially after my mama died.

I don't even know how I kept boxing.

Is that what you want?

Man, that's all I ever wanted. Mom would have wanted it.

Well, I can help you with that.

Look, kid, I can't box for you.

You gotta box in that ring yourself.

I know.

So maybe we can do this together as a team.

[both sniff]

I'd like that.

Let's do it.

♪ Demons around the mourner ♪

♪ Gunpowder gospel songs on a trigger ♪

♪ Late night sermons with the liquor sippers ♪

♪ Monsters eatin'... ♪

Are you ready!

The Main event is here. Let me hear you make some noise!

Now y'all know how we get down to the Junk yard, right?

Right?

[indistinct talking]

Now, y'all know the name Sean Jacobs, right?

Right.

Now we have his son.

Baby Jacobs, in the house tonight.

[crowd murmuring]

[indistinct talking]

[cheering]

[car door closes]

Give it up for the champ's son! The visitor!

Sean Baby Jacobs Jr.!

[crowd murmuring]

Clear out, clear out, clear out.

Let him through. Let him through.

[crowd murmuring]

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for.

The one...

The only... All your own. The Ringer!

[crowd cheering]

I got a rack on the ringer.

Bro, your just a kid.

I'm Sean Jacobs' son. I'm royalty.

Okay, okay.

-You got it. -Thank you.

Don't let them get in your head.

Why am I so nervous.

Block it out. It's now or never.

[hands clapping]

What the hell is Baby Jacobs?

It's embarrassing.

I think it has a nice ring to it.

They call me Young Flash.

That's way cooler.

Everybody here knows me.

Hey, they're gonna call you whatever they're gonna call you.

It's gonna be baby Jacobs.

Okay.

Remember everything we practiced, okay.

-What's his weak spot? -Left shoulder.

Left shoulder. Okay.

Don't give that away that you know that right away.

You gotta dance a little bit. Okay.

Make him think he has you beat. Tire him out with your footwork.

He's flat footed. Okay.

So if he... As long as you bob and weave,

he won't connect. But Sean, if he does...

Okay.

That's the hardest punch I've ever seen.

-Okay. -I got this Sean.

All right. Trust me, I got this. Let me do this.

You got this. Okay.

I believe in you.

My boy.

My brothers cooked, I bet a rack Sean

won't last the first round.

They let you bet?

I told them I was Sean Jacobs' son.

He's like royalty around here.

Yeah, yeah, we both like royalty.

Who's we?

[crowd murmuring]

Me and-- Just watch the fight.

It's game time.

Game time.

[audience clapping]

Get in there.

I'm ready to die, are you? I'm ready to die.

Hey, hey, hey.

Let's go!

[crowd murmuring]

♪ It's my time ♪

♪ Prime time Like it's game time ♪

♪ You ain't loosin' no sleep on the sideline ♪

♪ Tell those niggas No sleepin on the front lines ♪

♪ It's game time It's game time ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

[blows landing]

♪ Niggas can't talk cause they know I have no fear ♪

♪ I ain't never took a hit but you can tell me how it feels ♪

♪ Don't tell me what they tell me because of it ♪

♪ Yeah I should you know I never ride up to the side ♪

♪ One two and I'll hit you with that Kung-Fu ♪

♪ Right hook, cross block you know what it come to ♪

♪ You know how I'm comin' Ain't nobody runnin' ♪

♪ Bit down when I come thru ♪

♪ You know Imma spin that block and take the whole damn slot ♪

♪ And that shit don't stop ♪ ♪ Even thou it's game time ♪

♪ I ain't playin ♪ ♪ They think it's a cheat code ♪

♪ I'm just a man Seizing like a free throw ♪

♪ Never understand ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Duckin that smoke ♪

♪ I ain't feelin no shame ♪

♪ Got the whole gang waitin for the right time ♪

♪ You don't have no time nigga It's the night time ♪

♪ Prime time Like it's game time ♪

♪ You ain't loosin no sleep on the sideline ♪

♪ Tell those niggas no sleepin on the front lines ♪

♪ It's game time It's game time ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Hit em' with a left Hit 'em with a right ♪

♪ Spin 'em around the block ♪

♪ Then I'll turn out your lights ♪

♪ Shits too easy when I unleash the beast ♪

♪ Gimme time on these niggas everybody like shoo ♪

♪ Give 'em one hit 'em with a hook ♪

♪ I ain't duckin no smoke I ain't feelin no shame ♪

♪ Got the whole gang waitin for the right time ♪

♪ You don't have no time nigga It's the night time ♪

♪ Prime time Like it's game time ♪

♪ You ain't loosin no sleep on the sideline ♪

♪ Tell those niggas no sleepin on the front lines ♪

♪ It's game time It's game time ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪

Get up. Get up!

Come on!

[inaudible]

♪

[inaudible]

♪ It's game time ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

♪ Playin no games We ain't playin no games ♪

[crowd cheering]

[indistinct]

Whoo! Whoo!

-You did it! -Did that just happen?

Did I just actually win?

You did it!

-You did it! -Go!

[grunts]

You did it! I'm so proud of you.

Hey, hey. didn't I tell you this was gonna work?

Didn't I tell you. Didn't I this is gonna work, baby.

Hey, bro. Right.

-All right. -Let's make some money.

You lost your. Money.

We kind of talked about that, though.

Congratulations, Junior.

[laughs]

Hey, listen, I gotta take care of some business, okay?

I'll be right back. You good?

[cheering]

Whoo!

Whoo!

-[man shouting] -Congratulations, Sean.

None needed. He earned it.

All I'm asking is. Stay away from me and my family.

And we're good. Okay.

-We're even now. -We're even.

[man yelling]

♪

Hey, my jacket is cold.

Were you extra money, huh?

-I'm fresh. -Good fight my nigga.

I honestly thought he had you for a minute.

You know me nigga, I put a silencer on Ringer, huh?

Okay, okay. Hey, look.

I got some people down.

In Watts that's making that bread.

Friday night, fight night.

Wouldn't takes all.

How much we talking?

Whatever's in the pot.

Could be. As low as 500 or as big as ten K.

-Ten K. -Who's gonna fight.

It's the streets. It could be anybody.

What you think?

I don't care who it is.

You hear me? Sign me up.

-I'm gonna see you Friday, man. -You got me?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

It's good seeing you back with your family.

Just like when we was little.

That's what's sup.

I missed that last year. Right.

[gloves smacking]

You guys up early, huh?

Yeah.

I gotta get ready for my next fight.

Winners work.

Winners do work.

-What's up champ? -Good morning.

[indistinct]

[rapping in background]

Imma give y'all a minute.

-Alright. -Good work, man.

♪

Look, I know that last fight was a fluke.

It was.

The reason I won is because you knew his weakness.

Not every fight gonna be like that.

♪

I need you to tell me what I can do to get better.

You got to invest.

It takes countless discipline and time.

You mean time? We don't got time.

We got five days left.

♪

All right, kid, you want to be great?

-Yeah. -Let's be great.

Let's get to work.

♪ ...pray when the day come ♪

♪ Everything will be alright ♪

♪ When the sun goes down every night ♪

♪ We can trust no one ♪

♪ But it's alright ♪

♪ They know I'm a hustler ♪

-♪ Everywhere I go ♪ -♪ They know I'm a hustler ♪

There you go.

Keep your guard up. Keep your guard up.

Keep it up.

♪ They know I'm a hustler ♪

-♪ They know I'm a... ♪ -♪ Hustler ♪

♪ From the southside gonna pray when the day come ♪

[Sean] There you go, there you go.

♪ Everything will be alright ♪

♪ When the sun goes down every night ♪

Watch it. Watch it. Move.

Keep your guards up, god damn it!

♪ ...it's alright ♪

♪ They know I'm a hustler ♪

Beat him up, beat him up

Drop the chin down.

-♪ ...hustler ♪ -♪ They already know ♪

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the way.

That's the way, that's the way.

You gonna beat him up? That all you got?

That all you got!

[grunting]

Hit it, hit it, hit it!

[crowd murmuring]

Oh ho!

[inaudible]

Ho!

Ho!

[indistinct chatter]

♪

You here with them?

You're gonna catch. You're gonna slip, right?

You're gonna pull it back and hook.

You feel me?

So. So you catch them, you slip, catch them.

Slip. Pull back. Hook.

Right. Ha!

See that defense?

Right.

Head movement and power from the legs.

Getting low. Exploding up.

Do you think. I can generate that type of.

-Power? -Oh, absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely. You got strong legs.

Boom, boom.

Whoa!

Do it again. Do it again.

Do it again. There you go.

♪ I've been on my grind ♪

That's clean. That's clean. Again, again, again.

Again.

See the combinations, the energy.

He's just going right through the opponents.

I might have seen Terrance or somebody do that.

I seen one, or maybe it was Floyd.

Floyd. Floyd was slick.

Floyd is a hard target to hit. All right, next one, next one.

We're going. We're gonna do two hooks.

You're gonna create. Pop to the glove.

-Open it up, boom. -To the glove?

Yes, to the glove.

You're gonna open it up. Come right back.

Okay.

-You said to the glove? -Yes, to the glove.

Do you think I would be more like.

Like Floyd style or like Tyson style?

You got a lot of power.

You got a lot of power. It's gonna be quick.

-You think so? -Yeah, absolutely.

♪ ...pray when the day come ♪

Whoa! There you go.

There you go. There you go.

♪ When the sun goes down... ♪

There you go. There you go.

Yep. There you go.

Don't forget the bread.

-Don't forget the bread. -I got you, I got.

You on your way.

Man, brother.

Bam! 20 thou-ow.

-Here you go. -Where's my 25%?

I'm one fourth of this family.

Who is this kid?

-I live with you. -Do we know him?

Let's go y'all.

-[people laughing] -Y'all crazy.

Y'all do good about that money.

[laughing]

What we say? Ali!

Boom-biyay

Ali! Boom-biyay!

Show me the money.

-What, what? -Would you give me something.

-What's up, Breaker Boy. -Good, man, good.

This is Rick, a promoter friend of mine.

-What's up, Rick? -Rick.

How y'all. Doing?

-Hey, Rick -Yeah.

Just want to say nice work out there tonight.

-What is that, 15 and zero now. -Yeah.

That's a.

Great number to debut on a TKO.

Sport wild card next month.

TKO.

♪

-Professional boxing. -For sure.

Amateurs got to go pro eventually, right?

Floyd, Tyson.

All the greats have fought on that stage

before going to superstardom.

That could be you.

[rap music]

Here's my card.

Congratulations, kid. You deserve it.

Huh.

-Talk to you soon. -Yes, sir.

-All right. -All right.

-Good to see you, man. -You guys have a good night.

Good to meet you.

You too.

Yo, listen up.

Junior. TKO. It's big.

The next level.

-The big time. -Did that just happen?

-Did that just happen? -Just happened.

-Yeah. -Are you serious?

-That's how you ball. -Are you kidding me?

[hands clapping]

I'm so proud of you, babe.

All the work you put in all these months Junior,

♪

you got to know.

♪

You ready for the big time?

And TKO is big time.

Come on, man. Come on.

♪

The TKO tournament starts with the wild card fight.

You got two amateur fighters go head to head.

The winner of that goes pro. After that TKO,

pound for pound tournament begins.

We've got three rounds, seven fights.

We've got conference rounds, semifinals round,

finals round, winner that they win the whole thing.

Junior wins the amateur fight

and the rest is history.

That's right.

So that means if I win this, I'm gonna be better than you.

[all laughing]

I'm not laughing. I'm not laughing.

Look, you, uh, you got to win the wild card fight first, okay?

You know, you do that, and then, you know,

I won that when I was your age. So to beat me...

You got to win the entire tournament.

Well, I got you to help me.

I'll be good.

And when I did it, I was 16 years old before I

met your mother.

Yeah, but I had.

I had everything to prove, you know, a lot of the fighters,

they were bigger than me, but I was.

I was young and ambitious, and I was fast.

I had lot of heart.

Just like you.

Come on now.

Don't tell me you're getting all sentimental on me now.

Don't do that.

Don't do that.

Well, that is what I always told him.

That that's what makes him so special.

Was his heart.

It's time for the world to see that.

Right.

Bingo.

I'm telling you I'm gonna cry.

[laughing]

I'm crying. This is crazy.

-It's going on. -You know.

All I know is this TKO tournament changed my life.

And after this, I won 13 zero as a contender.

Yeah.

You know, this couldn't go any further because you know why?

But maybe you can go where I couldn't.

You already know. I'm gonna make you proud.

I'll make the whole family proud.

I'll make mom proud. Right?

Yeah.

I'll make sure Jacobs is a champion name.

Bro, mark my words.

[contemplative music]

Hey, what's going on here, bro?

Y'all got old Hank upset and emotional and whatnot.

What's up?

Look, man, you know I ain't one for emotions, but, um.

I watch you every day.

All the work you put in over these last few months.

-I never get like this, bro. -I know.

I just wanted you to know, man. I'm proud of you, man.

Because I know I pushed you hard and you did it.

-I'm proud of you. -Thanks.

I don't think I've ever seen you show emotion.

I appreciate that.

But we're family, bro. We are family.

♪

And I love you Junior.

-Proud of you. -I love you too Uncle Hank.

♪

We all love you, Junior. We are all proud of you.

-I'ma still need my 2.5%. -Why you keep playing, bro?

I need money.

I'll be fine when you just not talk ever again.

-I'm a business man. -You know what? Look at me, man.

You need to get you a paper route or something.

That's what you need.

Hey, Junior, I gotta ask you.

Why'd you choose boxing?

[utensils clinking]

You really want to know?

Yeah, I do.

Well, the short answer is, it's in my blood.

The long answer is, um... Mom.

She pushed me.

She always spoke of me being, like, a world changer.

And after you left.

♪

I don't know, maybe she felt like

me going down your footsteps was a way

for her to have you around.

She lit a spark in me.

Yes, she did.

That's deep man. That's real deep.

But in all honesty, it was, uh.

It was you.

You lit the fire.

When you left, I was so mad.

At the world. Disappointed. Confused.

♪

I told myself I was going to be better than you.

I was going to be bigger, greater than you.

All I ever wanted was to be a better person than you.

But now it's crazy.

I realized that all I wanted was was you.

All we wanted was you.

♪

You got me now, kid.

Let's go to the big time, baby.

That's right.

Hey, hey!

Come on, come on, come on. Hey!

♪

[footsteps]

[sighs]

You sure about this?

I gotta know, bro.

[sigh]

[footsteps]

[cheers]

[chattering on laptop]

Good God almighty!

This nigga Sean, back from the dead.

Hmm.

[sighing sound]

[audience clapping]

How are you feeling? Feeling good?

Yeah I'm good.

Look, this fight should be light work. Okay.

Hernandez is quick, but he doesn't have a power punch.

His midsection is weak, so if you go to the body,

you'll get him.

Got it.

We went over it a thousand times, you know.

Trust me.

[audience cheering]

I do.

[audience clapping]

Look at me Junior.

Keep it right, you hear me?

When he comes in here, to the right.

Make sure you know.

Beat this kid.

-Not too heavy. -You can't get careless.

You're gonna get hurt. You understand?

Ladies and gentlemen, we have an outstanding fight

for you tonight is the wild card buy-in round.

[audience clapping]

Fighting from the red corner is the lean

and mean overnight phenomenon.

Hailing from Compton, California, with the perfect

amateur record of 15 and zero all coming by knockout.

Put your hands together for Sean,

Baby Jacobs Junior!

[cheering]

As he advances to the semifinals of the TKO.

Pound for pound tournament.

[tense music]

And fighting from the blue corner.

Make no mistake, his youth is the truth.

With a record of 17 and five. 12 by way of KO.

Put your hands together for Hurricane

Hernandez!

[whistling]

[audience clapping]

Boxers, center.

[audience clapping]

All right, gentlemen, you received my instructions

in the dressing room.

Protect yourself at all times. I expect a good, clean fight.

[whistling]

Touch gloves.

Go to your corner.

All right. Remember what we talked about.

Body. Body.

Don't go for the knockout.

This guy's hard knocked down, but we're gonna

outbox him with points.

-Okay. Got it. -Got it.

[dramatic music]

Trust me.

[cheering]

I think this Sean Baby Jacobs is the real deal.

I agree. I hate to say it.

-But I agree. -You usually agreeable Jim.

You're right.

[audience clapping]

[cheering]

[up-tempo funk music]

[whistling]

[cheering]

[cheering]

♪

♪

[bell ringing]

♪

Good work.

Hey listen, you gotta protect yourself because.

You got a little cut right there.

You don't want to get cut up right here.

[cheering]

Drink it up.

Right here.

[cheering]

All right, round two. Here we.

Let's get it.

Don't let him get in your head.

Finish him soon.

Ref! Protect him!

Deduct a points. You cannot hit him in the back of the head.

-It's not okay. -I'll take care of it.

Stop crying and fight! Stop crying and fight!

That's BS right there.

♪

[bell rings]

Get to your corner. Get to your corner.

Get this fight cleaner.

Hit him in the back of the head. You all right?

Nigga fighting dirty, brother!

-He's fighting dirty. -Easy dub.

Easy dub. Easy dub.

Get some ice on him. Cool him down, cool him down.

You're doing great, baby

[crowd cheering]

♪

[bell rings]

♪

What is that?

Put him down.

Hey, no wrestling.

[bell rings]

[cheering]

♪

-[indistinct] -Let's go.

[bell rings]

♪

[audience cheering]

Go to your corner. Go to your corner.

[cheering]

[audience clapping]

[final bell]

And it's over.

Just like that.

Sean David Jacobs Junior, with a knockout in round four.

I did not see that coming.

♪

♪

[indistinct shouting]

Come on. Vince.

You're looking good out there, baby.

That's right.

Left left. Right right.

Come here son.

Come holler at your pops man.

I gotta talk to you about something.

Come here, baby.

Oh, shit. You look good boy.

Yes sir.

Hey, we got a little situation, man.

Your boy Sean out there catching heat.

So what?

He's fighting in the underground.

I'm a professional boxer, Pops.

Yeah, that's true, but as of last week, he entered

the TKO Sports Challenge and he won the wild card.

So he's not an amateur out there in the streets no more, so.

You might face him in the finals.

Should we be worried?

I ain't gonna say we should be worried.

But he got his dad training him.

His dad, Sean Jacobs, the Sean Jacobs.

Ain't nobody heard from him in years.

Till his ass pop up on the internet.

Sean Junior.

God damn it. He cold knocked out ringer.

Then he got in the wild card and knocked out Hurricane.

All his wins been by knockout.

Well, like I said, should we be worried?

One thing I know about Sean Senior, he love that money.

So if I can pursue him with that,

probably get him out the way.

And you won't have to face him in the final.

Do what you gotta do, Pops.

I will. Like I always do.

-I love you, boy. -I love you too.

-Get your ass back out there. -Yes, sir.

[tense music]

Big Sean almighty.

My light skinned friend.

Forgone.

Old Neasy. Never a dull moment.

What's up fam? Long time no see.

So what do I owe the pleasure?

I'm gonna go ahead and cut straight to the chase.

All right? I'm a business man.

I always have been and always will be.

And you're an artist.

You know, sometimes I'm to go together,

and sometimes they don't.

I'm not following.

Well, your son been doing his thing lately,

and I want to congratulate him.

But, you know, you've been gone the whole time, and it's

like I've been his father.

And, I took him in and taught him everything

he knows about boxing.

♪

You taught Junior everything he knows about boxing.

I don't know, but I think a lot of that might be raw talent.

Let's cut straight to the chase, all right?

I want you to train my boy.

I know Junior is good, but he's not pro material.

He's still got a lot to learn, man.

So let me get this straight.

You want to offer me a job under you to train

your son instead of mine?

Nigga, are you on crack?

You think I'm gonna abandon my boy twice?

♪

First of all, crack is wack.

And like I told you, I'm a businessman.

I always get what I want.

So I got an offer you can't refuse.

You train my boy.

I have you seeing money you never even dreamed of.

And guess what?

You know that little court case you got

to deal with in that little town you crawled out of.

Kiss it on bye bye.

-Then we all win, right? -How you know about that?

Well, man, you know I've always been a player.

I got a little lady friend that's close to the judge.

And you don't train my son. Well, shit.

I guess you go back for violating parole.

Choice is yours.

No, see, it doesn't work that way.

I already completed my hours. My case is closed.

Why do people always think things is closed?

Y'all don't know. Things can reopen.

The judge has to sign off on that.

Until then, if I do recall, you have a court appearance

on the 23rd of this month, right?

Then that case is closed.

But until then, you know them hours getting shit up and down.

[laughs]

Man, why are you looking at me like that, man?

You've been M.I.A.

Most of your child's life anyway.

Well, there's a little bit more time gonna do.

You gonna do that street shit?

-You can do that. -Little dirty snake.

I always learned you can't be clean

if you don't get dirty first.

This is bullshit. You know it.

You know that. Junior deserves this chance.

He's worked too hard for it.

I can step down, but Junior's not going to.

That's all I needed to hear.

Because the boy is nothing without you.

Come on.

Come on, champ. We we know who the real gold is.

That's you.

So look, man, just come join me and my team.

Come get this real money.

And shit, we have Junior being been sparring partner again

and whatever little...

hope and dreams that he had of ever becoming

whatever you was trying to be.

-Shit. -And what if I say no?

I guess you go back to jail for a year, and the only

boxing he'll be doing is boxing boxes all the way

in the back of a grocery store.

So hope you get my drift.

♪

Stands for the next 24 hours. Be gone nigga.

Dipping out on us again.

♪

My work here is done. Sean's good now.

Aaron can help him get to the next phase of his career.

He's a professional. He needs professionals.

-He don't need me no more. -You're right.

He don't need you.

He needed you then. I needed you then.

When mom died, we needed you then.

When you was a fighter, people needed you.

No one needs you anymore, Sean.

[sad music]

So I guess you just dip out when you don't feel needed.

♪

Are you that pathetic that you need to feel needed?

What the hell?

Yo, you got a big mouth for such a little person?

I've been told I have the mouth of my father all my life.

♪

Look, I know I'm just a kid, and I don't know much,

but one thing I do know.

Is that ever since you showed, things have

been hittin' different.

Sean's been happy. Erin's been happy.

We've been making money.

Everything's been good. Why are you leaving now?

Because I'm not a father. I don't wanna be one.

I got my own shit I gotta deal with.

And I don't want you guys involved in it.

And like you said, I'm not needed anymore.

Why do you need to be needed when you're wanted?

Doesn't it matter that we all want you?

Please stay.

♪

Please, dad.

All my life, I've never had a father.

So I've never missed it. But now I do.

And I can't go back to not having one anymore.

Please stay.

[music swells]

Look, kid, you got to get off my car.

Come on.

Tell your brother good luck for me, okay?

Okay, but before you go.

You should have this.

What's this?

I don't know.

Aaron told me to give you it.

He said that you'd leave soon and to give it

to you when you did.

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

[sniff]

Mr. Jacobs, case dismissed.

[dramatic orchestral music continues]

[footsteps]

Hey, Pat.

We got some special boys. I mean, Junior...

He's gone pro, just like you knew he would have.

Just like his dad.

I know what you did.

And I understand now why. I couldn't see what you see.

Which is the importance of family.

And I didn't know how important that was until now.

The other day, O'Neill threatened to hurt Junior.

All because he didn't want to see Junior get

to a certain position.

♪

And the fact of what I could have done could have hurt

my boys and just shook me.

And that's when I knew that I cared more about my boys

than I do myself.

And I had to dip out.

I couldn't have my troubles spill on to Tony or Junior.

They don't deserve that. They deserve better than that.

Junior deserves better than that.

I don't I don't want to see him suffer.

[sniff]

That's why I have to make that...

difficult choice that I had to leave.

That wasn't your choice to make, though.

It wasn't.

[bird tweeting]

Is it true you only agreed to train me

because you needed money, man.

Come on, son, it wasn't like that.

Then what was it like then? Tell me, was we just...

Just a way for you to pay your little court dues,

or did you need more alcohol.

Was that it?

-Did you ever really even care? -I do.

Look, son, if I'm gonna be honest.

♪

Yeah, I got in some trouble, and I had to complete some

community service.

And I use you to finish those hours.

[bird tweeting]

I knew it.

You're still the same old man, huh?

You'll never change.

[bird tweeting]

And then you leave.

Again.

♪

I don't know why I ever trusted a snake ass

nigger like you, man.

Look, you can, um, go and finish up what you're doing, bro.

I don't ever want to see you again, though.

Son. Wait, wait wait.

-Wait for what? -Okay.

You're right, you're right. Okay.

I am a snake. And I use you for my personal gain.

But that was at first.

I didn't know how much I was going to learn to love you,

how much I was going to enjoy spending time with you.

♪

And now.

I'm an entirely different person, and all I can

think about is helping you get to where you need to be.

♪

So if you love spending so much time with us,

why the hell would you leave?

Explain that one to me.

Because they were gonna hurt you, okay?

O'Neill threatened to hurt you if I kept training you.

He threatened to throw me in jail if I didn't walk away.

So, son, I'm so sorry, but I didn't have a choice.

You always got a choice. Especially somebody like you.

Okay.

You're right. I do always have a choice.

And I should make the choice. When you were young to stay.

But I didn't. So now I'm asking you.

Son, please forgive me and give me the chance to stay.

[hopeful music]

-Yeah, I don't know. -Come on, bro.

We need him. He's our dad.

Come on. Son.

Son, what do you say that we finish this together?

Strong.

[sniff]

What about O'Neil? How you gonna fix that?

Don't worry about O'Neil, nephew.

-I can handle that. -Sure?

Yeah.

[sniff]

You know, he's crazy.

Last time I checked, my last name was Jacobs, and everybody

was telling me about this man.

I was named after,

that could have been one of the greatest fighters in the world.

Was the greatest fighter out of Compton.

♪

And now I could finally say that's the only man I can

find worth in calling dad.

[man singing]

So, Vince, he's got height and reach on you, so you

gotta keep the fight inside.

Show em what you're made of. Show em what you're made of.

Keep your guards up. Keep 'em up.

[shouting commands] Looking good, looking good

looking good, looking good.

There you go.

-There you go. -Chop that tree down.

-There you go. There you go. -Move, move, move, move!

Let me see the footwork.

Come on, keep workin. Yeah, keep workin.

♪

Good work.

Good punch Junior.

-Move boy! Go! -Yeah!

Yeah come on boy.

Come on son.

Come on Junior. Ha ha!

All right.

♪

♪

[crowd cheering]

♪

Thirty minutes.

♪

Take a seat.

It's all there.

Look, O. You got people, I got people.

I don't think neither one of us want that.

All right.

Fair enough.

Whoever wins, wins.

Leave Sean and his family alone. Let him be with his son.

Fair enough.

You got my word.

♪

[audience clapping]

[triumphant music]

[audience clapping]

♪

[audience clapping]

[cheering]

[cheering]

[audience clapping]

♪

[cheering]

Sean Jacobs Junior to the scale

146.5

[audience clapping]

-Let's go champ. -Fits on you, let's go.

146.8.

[audience clapping]

It's alright, champ. It's alright, champ.

[crowd murmuring]

We're looking for Mr. Sean Jacobs.

-What? -Sean, what's going on, man?

I don't know.

Uh, excuse me, officer. Is there a problem?

You are under arrest for the violation of your parole.

Well, wait. What is this all about, officer?

Hold on. Dad, what's up.

What's going on? What are you doing, bro?

-Why are you getting arrested? -Um. It's a legal issue.

-What you do, what you do. -Come on. Nah, come on.

-[Junior] hold on, homey. -Hey.

[crowd murmuring]

Didn't I tell you this was gonna happen?

Come on, man, why are you looking so surprised?

You know, I get everything I want.

Maybe next time you'll listen.

What?

Hey, hey.

We had a deal.

Oh, no. We ain't had nothing.

That was money that was owed.

Yeah, the only deal I had was with your little ass over here.

Get a cut of everything he did once he started a little

professional boxing career.

The word is on the street, you two.

Shit. Y'all cashing in big bucks.

The only problem is, I'm not seeing none.

-Is that true? -Yeah.

No shit. I guess we're even now.

Get his beige ass up out of here.

So you get the police involved, bro.

Hey.

-It's like that. -It's all good.

-What they doing these days? -Watch out!

[Sean Sr.] It's all good.

It's all good.

Trippin' bro.

[footsteps]

[door banging]

[door sliding]

[handcuffs clinking]

[thud]

So, look, I got a friend down at the DA's office.

He said he can get you out.

Only thing is this LA County. So it's gonna be a few days.

Damn. Sean's flight's tomorrow.

I know, I don't think he could do this without you, Sean.

Get him on-site. I want to talk to him.

Yeah.

[footsteps]

♪

[sniff]

I guess O'Neill played us all, huh?

Yeah.

I don't understand why, though.

Why he got to be so pressed about this.

Because you were a threat to him and his son.

He's so scared that you're going to beat Vince.

He got me locked up so I couldn't help you.

♪

Look son. You don't need me.

♪

You never needed me.

This entire time has been all you.

You just had to find that dog inside of you and unleash him.

Dad, we came so far together.

I don't think I can do this without you.

Well, you can, and you will.

Son, you got to carry on the Jacobs family name.

Legacy.

Listen, son, I get it now.

The reason why I stopped. So you can keep going.

It's never about me. This has always been about you.

You deserve this life, not me.

♪

And win or lose.

I'm just happy that I finally got to be your father.

♪

When I lose my ass, I'm gonna win.

I don't care what I gotta do.

I'm gonna get this W for you.

For mom.

-T. -Uncle Aaron.

Everybody.

♪

Dad, I love you.

[sniff]

You're not a bad guy.

I love you too, son.

♪

I'm gonna do this.

[clearing throat]

I got you.

I got you.

[footsteps]

♪

[officer] To the right.

[bird tweeting]

[dramatic orchestral music]

♪

[audience clapping]

♪

[announcer] Now entering the ring is

the true Cinderella story.

I mean, this kid came out of nowhere.

Let's not forget that his father is the one and only

Sean Jacobs, who is at one point the world's champion,

but suddenly stopped his career without a rematch.

And he showed promise.

Sean Senior has been training example with the recently

arrested this past weekend at the weigh in for

a reckless driving incident that happened months ago.

Well, we aren't here to talk about his father.

Make no mistake, this kid has definitely

made a name for himself.

Correct.

He truly has what it takes to take over the Jacobs name.

Yes.

They call him the Flash due to his speed and agility.

This kid is fun to watch.

And we shall see tonight if he does have

-what it takes -Mmhmm. We should.

[audience clapping]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ All I know is get rich or die tryin ♪

♪ Every time I leave the house I tuck the nine ♪

♪ In case a lame nigga try to take mine ♪

♪ I've got ties, better watch out for my niggas ♪

♪ In the streets where the hustle never sleeps ♪

♪ Grounding hard, chasing cane got me sheets ♪

♪ It's gonna be a robbery Like den of thieves ♪

♪ Don't give a fuck cause everybody gotta eat ♪

And here he is, folks.

The most esteemed boxer in the game.

Vincent O'Neill is a complete monster.

I know we talked about Sean Junior, but let me say

I'm not sure he's going to be able to beat this guy.

Six foot one, 146.8.

All muscle and one of the hardest punchers in the game.

This would be hard for anyone to beat.

Definitely a challenge.

[cheering]

Ladies and gentlemen, it's fight time.

First in the red corner.

He reigns from Compton, California.

Fighting out of Aaron Place Gym.

He's lean and he's lethal.

Give it up for Sean Baby Jacobs Junior!

And in the blue corner.

Also reigning from Compton, California.

With paws that pack power.

The JBB light weight champion of the world Vince O'Neil!

[crowd cheering]

Boxers center.

All right, gentlemen, you receive my instructions

in the dressing room.

I expect a good, clean fight.

Protect yourself at all times. Obey my commands at all times.

Any questions from the red corner

-Corner? -You need the cops?

Any questions from the blue corner?

-Didn't call them. -Touch gloves.

Let's go. Hey!

[crowd cheering]

[bell ring]

♪

Let's go.

♪

[indistinct]

♪

♪

[inaudible]

[bell rings]

Round one.

This is the most technical bout I've ever witnessed.

♪

[bell rings]

♪

[bell rings]

[inaudible]

-Oh. -Oh!

That was a great round two.

A great round two.

[bell rings]

[audience clapping]

[bell rings]

[announcer] And it's round three.

Box!

[indistinct]

[bell rings]

Come on, get back in here. Get back in here, man. Come on...

[speaking indistinctly]

[blows landing]

[man] Keep it up!.

I don't know, Jim.

Both these guys look like they're in incredible shape.

This is going to be a good one.

I agree with you, Mark.

This looks like this can go the entire 12 rounds.

Mhm.

[bell rings]

Where's your daddy at?

Where's your daddy at?

[indistinct insults]

-Go. -[Sean] Snitch.

♪

-Sit down, sit down. -Sit down son.

Sit down.

You got this Sean. Come on. Don't give up

-You got it , Sean. -Yes.

You have to call the fight. Listen to me.

Look at me, son.

Look at me.

♪

Suck it up. Suck it up.

He's supposed to be here.

I can't do it without him. He's supposed to be here.

♪

[cheering]

What if your dad was sitting right there.

What would he tell you to do?

What will you tell you to do, Sean?

Huh?

Come on son.

-He'd tell you not to quit. -He'd tell me not to quit.

You know why? Why?

-Because I'm a Jacobs, -Say it loud.

Come on.

-Because I'm a Jacobs. -That's right.

♪

[cheering]

Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.

-Let's go. -We got it, baby.

-Let's go. -Knock him out!

Let's go.

Get off the ropes! Get off the ropes!

Get up, get up, get up, get up!

Fight and get up fight and get up!

[muffled sounds]

♪

Hey, baby.

What's wrong with you?

I didn't raise you to be no quitter.

-Now did I? -Mom!

[emotional music playing]

Mom, I can't. I need dad.

Hell, I needed you. Why'd you leave me?

Oh hush, baby. I never left you.

I've been right here.

Always right here with you. Every win, every loss.

I've been there.

♪

-I can't, I just can't. -Hey.

I can't finish.

Can't isn't in your vocabulary, son.

This is your time.

This is your moment.

What are you going to do with it?

You can't get up and win or you can stay down.

Either way, I'll always be proud of you.

[moaning sound]

[Sean Sr.] Get up Sean!

-Get the hell up now, son. -I love you, mom.

Get up Sean!

Get the hell up now, son.

Dad?

Yeah, Junior. It's me.

Get up and fight!

Yeah Junior.

It's me. Get up and fight!

Now!

♪

It's me Junior!

Get the hell up!

[cheering]

[Sean Sr.] Let's go! Flash!

[heavy thud]

♪

[heavy thud]

[cheering]

♪

[blows landing]

[cheering]

He's out, he's out, he's out!

He's out. He's out.

Oh!

[cheering]

Yes! Whoa!

-Hey! -Whoa!

Sean Baby Jacobs, just won fourth round by TKO.

The last time we saw that is when the late, great George

Foreman took the title from Joe Frazier.

-What's that 1973? -1973.

You know it.

You did it. You did it!

I told you, I told you you didn't need me.

You did all this yourself.

Baby Jacobs.

-Baby. -How the hell you get here?

Turns out I got some friends in pretty high places.

Stop playing. I love you, man.

Hear me? I love you, Pops.

I love you, too.

-Flash. -Flash.

[Aaron] Flash.

[laughing]

-Dude, I don't look right. -I told you, man.

All right, now be a good boy and hand me my five racks.

Be a good boy. And go home.

I live with you.

Take me home. No you don't.

I demand you to take me home.

You live with him?

You won!

-I love you so much. -I don't know how the fuck I just did.

-I'm so proud of you. -You, young love man.

I love you

Oh, Sookie. Sookie.

-Okay, baby. -Hey, Senior.

Respect.

Respect.

[audience clapping]

[indistinct]

No hard feelings, right.

Remember that.

-Keep your head up, all right. -I'll see you around, okay.

See ya.

See you around.

[cheering]

♪

Jacobs.

Jacobs. Jacobs.

Jacobs! Jacobs!

Jacobs! Jacobs!

Jacobs!

[continues chanting Jacobs]

[crowd murmuring]

Sean, how many shots...

Obviously you--

...did you connect?

Uncle.

Uncle Hank. Is. In the house.

Dinner is served.

Bam! Ha ha!

This food is looking bomb, Hank.

Okay, Hank, put your foot in that one.

You better shut off the cooking skills.

You better know it.

Y'all don't know.

But back in the day, I used to chop it up in the kitchen, baby.

Man, it got off into that little boxing thing.

I would have been a chef.

-Okay? -Would have been a chef.

I'm not going to be able to eat all this Unc.

This is too much. It's not going to happen.

Let me tell you something.

You gonna eat that.

I'm not gonna get big like you. You big back.

Just cause you big back and you big back.

Look, look, everybody, everybody quiet down.

All around quiet down.

Let me have y'all's attention for a second.

-Look. -Cut them off. Hey, look!

Cut him off.

I only it's been my third drink.

Cut him off.

I get-- I know, I get, I get speechy.

-You know how I get to talking. -Cut him off!

Okay, look, look, look, I just want to say, Sean,

my bro, very proud of you.

Nobody I know could have overcome what you did.

And I'm proud of you, man.

-Congratulations. -Woo!

Yeah! I'm loving the new house.

I'm gonna sit down now.

I'm done, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done.

Also, congrats on my new room.

I'ma go all the ladies over here.

Yes, sir.

Okay. Slow down.

You ain't gonna have nothing but homework up in here.

Let him live!

Up in here.

Gonna be some homework in the house.

-Homework in the house! -Stop it.

You're done, you're done, you're done.

-You're finished. -Listen, listen, listen.

Did not say that.

He always so hungry.

Wait wait. Hold up. Hold up.

Hold up, hold up everybody.

You rushing with all that?

I got a text from my boys out in Oakland.

Said they got a street fight coming up.

My big bro, he's a pro.

He don't do no street fights anymore. $25,000 buy in.

♪

I think we can make an exception.

-What You think -Winners it's work.

♪

♪ All I've ever wanted was to make it out of the hood ♪

♪ From bottom to the top tryin to get up out the mud ♪

♪ Oh, nobody told me it would be easy ♪

♪ Did it on my own they can't see me ♪

♪ Momma told me I was going places ♪

♪ Pops told me to never be complacent ♪

♪ Can't wait to see that look upon their faces ♪

♪ When I pull up and tell them that I made it ♪

♪ Took a lot of L's and turned them in to M's ♪

♪ Had some hard times But I always kept it real ♪

♪ Niggas didn't wanna see me win but I did it ♪

♪ Now I'm buyin shorties everything on their wish list ♪

♪ Show me I got money I got time ♪

♪ Books on my bread on my grime ♪

♪ Can't forget about the times I've has to fight ♪

♪ Times like this ♪

♪ I remember there were days in the hood ♪

♪ When I used to wish and pray for ♪

♪ Times like this ♪

♪ I swear it's perfect timing ♪

♪ All I live for is ♪

♪ Times like this ♪

♪ For the good times and the bad times ♪

♪ I'll never regret the ♪

♪ Times like this ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Always remember ♪

♪ Times like this ♪

♪ The hustle and the pain That's all I ever know ♪

♪ Then I hit the come up Had to let it go ♪

♪ I'm a rough rider niggas can't see me ♪

♪ Put that on my momma city sweat ♪

♪ Momma told me I was going places ♪

♪ Pops told me not to be complacent ♪

♪ Can't wait to see the look up on their faces ♪

♪ When I pull up and tell them that I made it ♪

♪ Took a lot of L's and I turned them into M's ♪

♪ Had some hard times but I always kept it real ♪

♪ Niggas didn't wanna see me win but I did it ♪

♪ Now I buyin shorties everything on their wish list ♪

♪ Show me I've got money I've got time ♪

♪ Books on my bread on my grime ♪

♪ Can't forget all the times I had to fight ♪

♪ Times like this ♪

♪ I remember there were days in the hood ♪

♪ When I used to wish and pray for ♪

♪ Times like this ♪

♪ I swear... ♪

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