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I know it's none of my business.

What were you thinking?

I'll try to help you, you crazy dog.

I have a friend in a sensitive situation.

You have to help me fix this.

This is Christ, but what are you doing?

Cutting up a body?

This isn't what I agree to.

I think you're excellent at a lot of things, Ray.

Alright, this one.

You are in this.

This one.

And then I got all the medals up there, and all my articles.

That's the Golden Glove Roll, Die Forden.

2013.

The gloves are Forden and the hand wraps are Forden.

And the Golden Glove... What is hand wraps?

Yeah, so you don't hurt your hand.

This is the fight I got fight of the night.

And the whole bunch.

No.

This is the China pin.

You want the China?

Nah, they came here.

Thank you.

You're welcome, kids.

I'm going to China sometimes a lot, probably.

You've got more trophies than me.

Yeah, you're just starting to get lots.

How do you feel?

Good.

I'm 130 right now.

Who's coming on Friday?

Everybody.

It's going to be another awesome night.

James, he's going to take it home.

Madison Square Garden, the 33rd intercity Golden

Glove, with top amateurs of New York mixing it up.

Few of these ring hopefuls have fought in the big time before.

They're young, not too savvy in ring technique,

but they're long on gameless and enthusiasm.

Golden Glove is the biggest amateur boxing tournament in the world.

And my dream is to become world champion.

Every state has a Golden Glove.

But in New York, we get a pair of Golden Glove's.

New York is only one with the Glove's.

So every time they say it, they're like, oh man, this is who New York.

And New York is the best Golden Glove's because how they promote you, like they

say on their post-it, they produce champions.

My most moment in the Golden Glove's was not when I won, but when I lost in 76.

And I was told, you're not the only one that lost in this event.

We robbed him soon.

We bought him soon.

My father said, my honor, our leader.

They've all lost here.

We are the champions of tomorrow.

So this means everything to me.

If I become Golden Glove champion, never know, sky's the limit.

Ladies and gentlemen, please rise.

Oh, say, can you see?

She is the book, right?

We love people tonight.

No, 120, please.

Go on tonight.

Everybody, weigh it in.

We'll weigh it in.

Great girl.

Down.

Good girl.

Good girl.

How old are you, Bobby?

Twenty.

Twenty.

Beautiful.

One forty.

This is your doctor.

She has pain shortness of breath when you're training.

Ever been knocked out.

From your finger, just your eyes.

Good night, sweet breath.

Good night.

Good night.

All right, good night.

Good luck to you, Roger.

I'm perfect.

Go, Bobby.

Go, Bobby.

Go, Bobby.

Get them ready.

Go, again.

Go, Bobby.

Go.

Go, Bobby.

Get ready.

Go, Bobby.

Get ready.

Go, Bobby.

Go, Bobby.

I wish you a great rolling group.

Two hundred this year.

One hundred.

One hundred.

No.

Ten minutes.

Your coaches, you got that?

No.

20, please.

Go on tonight.

Hurry up.

Stop sticking.

Get ready.

Ready?

Ready to go, right?

Go on.

Let's go.

Good show.

Good show.

Ready?

Go on.

Let's go!

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

And that bell means, ladies and gentlemen, the

road to the Barclays Center begins here tonight.

What's going on, man?

What's going on, man?

What's going on, man?

It's screaming up, man.

You know what I mean?

It's like, man, why don't you guys grow, man?

So it's like family, man.

Absolutely, absolutely.

Have you had any business today?

No.

Cold to flu symptoms?

No.

Taking any medicines, vitamins, any supplements?

No.

Turn your head?

My name is Titus Williams.

I'm 25 years old.

Haven't been knocked out or passed out.

I've won every tournament that is in New York.

I won the regionals.

So I'm currently ranked number one in North East.

I won the Golden Girls in 2013, along with the Sugar Ray Robinson Award.

I feel the outstanding boxer of the tournament.

That's my favorite one.

I got about 12 belts, but that's my favorite one.

I accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish in the amateurs.

So this would be my strong ending.

Hold that amateur book, start the pro book.

That's what the Golden Girls for me this year is.

Thank you.

It made my name, and it's going to take my name to the next level.

There's nothing that's going to stop me from winning the Golden Girls.

I won 32 open.

I won 32 open.

It is.

Stop.

You're going to go being healthy.

Man, nothing's going to happen, right?

Yeah, you heard June.

You're going to start crying.

We're good.

You get it right, right?

No.

Thank you.

So we got a heart condition when you were young?

Nope.

You're an exercise, any difficulty breathing or testing?

Nope.

Anyone in your family that are young about heart condition.

Look at me.

James Wilkins is a Staten Allen favorite.

All right, James.

Good to go, man.

The luck's done.

The story behind James is James is the typical Mike Tyson type kid.

If he's not focused, if he's out of the gym, he's in trouble.

And he knows it, too.

At the time when I started boxing, I was going to time for high school,

playing football, but I was small, and I like to fight.

So one of the coaches works for the Atlas Copson Kids program, Pat Russo.

And he took me to the gym.

And he was like, yeah, you can fly here, you can fly here.

And I decided to like it.

James struggled a lot with school, and he struggled a lot with, you know,

just dealing with everyday life in a lot of fights.

And I wouldn't say it's anything like drugs or alcohol.

I run in the streets.

It's more so he dealt with a lot of things.

Like school, the suicide in school.

One day, my friend Felicia, she wasn't a bad kid.

She was just confused.

She got caught up in a mess, and she committed suicide.

At the training I was at with her.

We were actually hanging out and talking, and she asked me to hold that bag for her.

And I was like, what do I look like, a hanger like I was joking around.

And she put a bag down, and she just leaned forward and jumped in front of the train.

It was hard.

Because I was still young, I was only 14, 15, I was a freshman.

So I was still a little soft.

So I heard a lot.

But as you grew up, you learned that you being upset and cranky and angry,

it's not going to bring anyone back.

So you might as well just live on and work hard.

And if you want to dedicate what you're doing for that person, you could do that.

The boxing helped him become stronger, self-esteem-wise,

and let his anger and emotions go into the ring.

Two years ago, James won the one 23 novice.

Now he's going for the 132 open.

And I think he's got a real good shot.

James Wilkins, we have a little bit of history.

He was sparring partners for a little while.

He learned some stuff from me.

He used to ask me for advice.

He entered my weight class, we fought in 2014, and I put him in his place.

But having the mental edge, I think so.

Three minutes round, introducing James Wilkins to go home.

We

got the last bow, eight bow.

All right?

Very low, relax.

Time to warm up just right, man.

Time to impress, baby.

James, hit the body, James!

Body, James!

The body, James!

Get something to do with him.

Come on back, eight years.

Now you know some of these other guys in the division.

Guys that have been around, guys like Titus, that have won before.

You've been in big stages, but how do you think you

stack up at this level against this competition?

I honestly feel like nobody in here has stopped me.

I'm coming here.

I'm winning the whole game.

Humble, humble, right?

Humble, what?

Hungry and ready.

All right, man, congrats.

We'll see you next round.

You got it.

Titus Williams.

He's from El Mon Long Island, and, you know, he's a church-going kid.

But in the gym, he works very, very hard, and he's really a really nice kid.

He's just not so nice in the ring.

You know some of the guys in this division.

It's a deep division.

There is talent there.

His name is James.

He's James in the Metro.

I know he won't be bad.

He won't fight his heart out, but he's not going to get it.

But yeah, these guys are good.

They come, they're hungry.

They want it.

They want to win the Golden Girls, and they want to take me out.

All right, well, congrats, being back on top, and we'll see you next round.

Here with us tonight, let's welcome in Teddy Atlas.

Teddy, come on up.

Thank you, you guys, the great fans, the loyal ones.

Bredder Snow doesn't scare you.

You guys still come out, so I appreciate you.

You come out every year, and you come out, and you support these fighters that

deserve to be supported, because anybody who can climb up those steps, walk out of

that locker room, and let me tell you something, I'm going to let you know in a

secret that hallway from the locker room, it's only about a 20-yard walk,

but it looks like it's about 20 miles, because you know where you're walking,

you're walking into that ring to face another

man, and to face all your doubts or your fears.

But these fighters train to discipline themselves, the condition themselves,

that even with that fear, they still can summon up the courage to get in this ring

and find out who they are, and when you do that, you become a

better father and most importantly, you become a better person.

Thank you, love you.

My name is Insta Rodriguez.

I am 24 years old.

I train out of the South Bronx.

I guess it started.

I was 16, my first trainer.

He took me to watch my first Golden Glove match, which happened to be in the finals

in Madison Square Garden, and I was the kid to go get the gloves when the fight

was over and bring it back, and just being there, that big crowd, it inspired me to

go on the gloves the next year when I turned 17, and I pulled it off,

and after that one year, I pulled it off four more

times, so I'm a five-time Golden Glove champion.

And fingers crossed next season tried to go for the Olympics, so the Golden Glove

is... It's a stepping stone for me, as far as the Olympic dreams.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the decision,

your winner, in the Blue Corner Nissa Rodriguez.

My main goal, even if I don't make the next Olympics, even if I'm not ranked

number one in the nation, I wouldn't make a statement.

I want them to remember me, especially my son.

I'm a single mom from the Bronx.

I had dropped out of school when I was pregnant.

And if it wasn't for my son, I probably

wouldn't have pushed myself as much as I have.

It's mainly for him.

So right now I'm in college, I'm trying to...

I'm trying to be the role model that he needs, so that he could be proud of me.

And make him think about coming over there.

Give him what you got.

Come on, come on.

Now, stop, stop.

I'm going to tell you what's going down here right now.

I need a bucket.

You're not fighting your fight.

That's the bottom line, fit this in a bucket.

I did not get one straight right hand the entire round.

Never mind a few less.

You should be... he's coming in reckless.

One, two, real fast.

Bing-bing!

Real fast.

Put the one, two.

Throw it the whole round.

Straight right hands.

You can finish the body as much as you want, but I want that straight right hand.

You understand me?

Don't let him get on you.

We can hold on to you.

Throw the one, two, before he gets on it.

Before he gets there.

Step around, reset your feet.

That's it, baby.

We train all year for this tournament.

It's the guys that stay in the gym all year round.

That they put that necklace around, you know, at the Barclays Center.

The Freeport Police Athletic League here in Freeport.

I lost count on how many I'm a chair champions we've crowned.

You know, so when we're rolling up, everybody wants to beat the Freeport, guys.

The thing about what Coach Joe does, he doesn't run his program as a business.

And the gym has done a lot of Freeport because in that park, there used to be a

lot of gang violence and a lot of kids hanging around doing

drugs and stuff like that, but you don't see any of that now.

The reputation of the gym is taking kids off the street.

And then even if you don't make boxing a career, it puts you in a positive situation.

You can better yourself and better the people around you.

Boxing means everything to me because it helped me grow up.

I never won no title, but I did try boxing, and I had some good events and

good fights back in the day, and I think it formed me as a person.

I think it made me disciplined.

I think it set the path for me to have a certain toughness,

but more than anything to have a certain respect.

The gym has other characteristics besides just training to be boxing champions.

These virtues on the wall have to be memorized, and

these kids have to learn how to use them in their lives.

Justin's temperance, citizenship, fortitude, prudence...

Where do those words fit into your life?

Just knowing the definitions of those words will make you a smarter person.

You can't curse in here.

You can't wear your pants on your ass.

You cannot use the word nigger in here, because it's personal to me.

I grew up in this town.

It's integrated.

My coaches are black.

These kids are black.

They need to know where that word came from and how disgusting it is.

Coach Joe is a very strong personality.

He's a very strong will.

He was a Marine, and he was a firefighter.

That's my father, me, my brother Mike, my brother Bob, and my brother Tim here.

He was killed on 9-11.

And me and all my brothers, we dug them out.

We found them.

And we stayed there all those months and dug all our

colleagues out in hundreds and hundreds of people.

Boxing's a lonely sport.

It's hard sometimes to stay motivated.

Who wants to wake up every day in the morning, time to get hit?

You know, not the average person does that.

You can lose your life in this sport.

It's not like any other sport, not like basketball, football, or baseball.

When they say, let's play basketball, let's play

football, you never hear a person say let's play boxing.

To lose?

It just, you feel like what was the point of who traded so hard just to lose,

but then again, what I learned now, and especially in amateur boxing, we never lose.

You need to win or you learn.

You see, that's a different look.

The guy before, and the referee was like taking

points out of him, and then he kept fighting.

He was like, the referee was on the floor and he kept punching it.

And they're like, yo, how much do you want to play James?

Nah, that move.

Yeah, right?

Oh, yeah.

So it's like, the kids got the whole like, democracy and stuff like that.

It's just been broken, man.

So if you ever get the chance, man, you just broke man.

The crowd was the rage.

So it's like a green win, you lose memoir.

So it's just to keep your mind off the trainer for a while.

Fight and leave.

That's what makes you nervous.

That embrace it, man.

Call it a game.

32 open, you guys all here.

Pay attention.

There are six of you guys left, obviously two bouts to get down to four.

Two bites.

So Titus.

Gold.

Victor Benitez.

Alfredo Biza.

And Joseph Alvarez.

Jude Franklin and James Wilkins.

You guys got the bias, all right?

Same stuff.

Pick up your books after second bout.

Can you guys swing the line this way?

Titus is still the guy to beat in this tournament.

Even though he had a disappointing year last year, he's still a favorite.

James Wilkins looked pretty good.

Last bouts at Petriti's, but he's not fighting

tonight, so we'll see him again in the semifinals.

He got a buy.

But yeah, it should be a couple of fireworks with the 132's.

I think they're going to be third bout, so stay tuned.

In 2013, we're not one of the gloves.

I got a chance to meet before the Mayweather.

Mayweather and his people flew me out to Vegas.

A chain with Mayweather.

It was surreal.

Things were just flowing.

I was in a position like, all right, I'm done with them, so I got tired of it.

Ready for work, baby.

Ready for work.

But forget there's other guys behind you that's hungry.

The first night at the Golden Gloves in 2014, these

guys just came at me and he just took it from me.

It hurt for a little while.

It stung.

This year, I can't be complacent.

It's got to stay hungry.

Hunger is a big thing in this sport.

Titus is looking better and better.

And I'd have a chat with him.

You were on top of the world and then, you know, maybe you slacked a little bit.

You can't let these young hungry kids come up, because they want to beat you.

They got your picture on their mirror in the gym, man.

They want the guy that they want to be.

So, you know, maybe I think I'm motivated him a little bit with that talk,

because he's been on fire since.

And the person with young man in the gold corner is

representing the Free Court Police Athletic League.

Let's hear it, Titus, William.

It was a learning lesson for me losing in 2014.

Even when you're winning and when everything is all good, you still got to

find a hunger and a motivation from somewhere.

Look at me with it.

I see him and he's just millions and millions of dollars.

What motivates him to work hard every day in the gym?

He has all the cards you can ask for.

He's everything you can ask for.

So, it's bigger than just the materialistic thing.

It's legacy.

I'm fighting for legacy.

Go ahead, baby.

Go commit.

There you go.

There you go.

That's it, laser.

You spit them gloves with the laser.

Split it.

That's it.

Split it.

That's what I'm talking about.

Sit on your hook.

Bend your knee on that hook.

Don't board with the chair.

Keep that calibration.

Back him up.

That's it.

To drop it.

There you go.

This is our room.

Stick first.

Back him up to you.

Good stick.

Tidy up the rhythm.

Did I see one TV recently?

Yeah, I came up on JLo's neighborhood discussion.

Just spreading good word about people doing good on the wrong side.

And now I'm working on a school, a charter school in Harlem.

And I'm a female basketball coach.

So I'm just helping other girls follow their dreams.

Hey, listen.

Yeah, I need to get your act together in school.

You're not going to like every teacher.

You're not going to like every student.

There's going to be times where it's just you're not going to deal with them.

I've already told you there's ways of dealing with things.

And if you're acting up and you're being disrespectful to all the staff members,

the things that we have planned for you, you're not going to participate in it.

And nowadays, a high school diploma doesn't mean nothing.

You need an associate.

You need a bachelor's.

You don't want a job.

You want a career.

You don't want to sit and do a job all day, a nine or five that you don't like.

I enjoy coming over here.

Because y'all make me laugh.

Y'all make me happy.

These days, I don't even want to get out of bed.

And I'll be like, okay, I'm going to see my girls today.

One of them is going to act up.

I see so much potential in all of y'all.

I'm going to surprise me on strains to support leadership.

You got to run, but it's a whole new generation.

Women are coming up.

So whether you're going to play ball and university, which I better get tickets,

going to the military, which I want to be in the graduation,

and I want to go to all of y'all high school graduations.

Alright, so we're going to talk Monday right now.

Monday, I'll see you.

I'll see you next time.

You know what, that starts at seven o 'clock.

I don't know how good your parents are with y'all staying out late.

But you got to let me know before Wednesday.

James Wilkes, let's go.

One step, and jab, jab's all day.

I'm back up.

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and then from there we went to Staten

Island back to Brooklyn, lived in Flatbush with my aunt for a few.

Then we moved out to the South Bronx with my mother's

father, and then we moved back to Staten Island.

My grandmother raised all of us, and money was always a problem.

It was 24 grandkids.

We lived in one apartment.

My grandmother gave all the kids the master bedroom.

Literally, we just had a bunch of mattresses laying on the floor because

there was too many of us to put a whole bed.

But it told us how to stick together the family.

That's why we're all still so close.

I want to be the first to say that I made it for my family.

Like, I got us where we want to be.

That's my goal.

He wants to turn professional to help his family.

He has a way to go, though.

First he has to win these Golden Wolves.

Them hands moving.

Hands moving.

I said, James came a long way.

Come on, let's take a win in the gloves, man.

We were a win in the gloves.

We got Titus, right?

We got Titus, we got that kid.

Like, all the rest of them, he beat already.

Exactly, so we got an edge on him.

He got an edge on everybody.

But he can't... he got a listen, man.

That's the only thing.

And that's the most important thing.

James and listen.

Take your time.

Let's play.

All right.

No, no, he didn't do that wrong.

The kid did not do that wrong.

Don't even go there with that.

Don't go crazy.

There you go, there you go.

Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.

Watch out the way.

Stay relaxed, stay relaxed.

You don't hear, you're just putting the work on it.

Relax, relax, relax.

Relax yourself, bro.

No!

No!

Just

grab him like that.

Don't do that shit.

There's no reason for you didn't do that, man.

Do that shit to me?

Get out of me?

You see him, pass it.

Thank you, thank you.

How do you see him?

I know, but you can't think with this.

You want to think with this.

It's fine, it's fine, it's fine.

Listen to you, Paul.

Take a knee.

I know.

Because he don't want your acorn.

Let's try to recognize that.

James is the perfect example of why the gyms are necessary.

There really should be a gym in every community.

The gym is a medicine, it's a preventive maintenance

for kids that are going to go the wrong way.

It's going to prevent them from joining the Land Kings, the Bloods, the Crips.

This is 49th Street in Sunset Park.

When I was here as a police officer, this was one of the worst blocks.

It was like a carnival for drug dealers.

The whole time is in the command said, we don't go down that block.

We let them kill each other because they'll just throw bricks off the building at you.

A major problem that the people told us about was that there

was no recreational activities for kids, for teenagers.

And then I just started boxing.

I fell in love with the sport.

I said, you know what?

This is a perfect carrot on a stick to get to the kids.

Boxing.

And you see the results.

When we shut the block down and we made it a P.A.L.

street, we built relationships with the blocked real police community relationships.

Because they seen that we weren't just coming here to lock up their kids.

We were here to put them in a positive direction.

And it was crime prevention.

Because now you have 50 kids that will be in the streets that are in the gym.

And I literally would go up there because I fought in the Golden Gloves at the time.

I was training with the kids side by side, a police officer.

And really, they couldn't believe it.

When they got to spar with me, they couldn't believe that they had the opportunity.

To hit a cop and get away with it.

And over the decades, New York City Parks Department

had plenty of gyms within the parks facilities.

P.A.L.

was the biggest.

They were always the elite of the boxing programs.

But it slowly happened.

Boxing being eliminated from these major institutions.

These kids are in a fight mood.

Fighting for the glory, the belts, and the pride.

But most importantly for their futures.

If I wasn't boxing, I don't think I know where I'll be right now.

The free programs ran successfully through the police

athletic league until about 2007 when they were shut down.

I think people have a built-in bias because they perceive it as just a violent sport.

That you're teaching kids to beat up other kids.

And that's not the case.

And in my opinion, it's total ignorance of the sport.

Kids actually came up to me because I was the P.A.L.

director for boxing.

And said, how could you shut down?

How could you?

That he was so shut down our boxing program.

And then you try to explain it to a 16-year-old

kid that came every day to the webs to P.A.L.

and the Bronx.

When it wasn't me, it was... and then you try to explain why.

And how could he even come up with that answer?

I couldn't tell you off the top of my head how many gyms are closed down, but.

..

This is the kids that are going to be attracted to

gangs that are not in a positive atmosphere anymore.

This gym was the fourth one.

They closed.

The ring was right here.

And you could hear that the sound.

Hearing the back, hearing the speed back.

And of course, me yelling at them.

Put your hands off, don't do this, don't do that.

I had all the trophies here with pictures on the kids.

There was a gang around the neighborhood called Blood.

And they started coming in here.

And at the beginning, they were a little bit wild.

But I started with one.

And one of them became champion, and the rest followed them.

Every time I used to get a champion, I used to say, I beat the street.

But when somebody gets killed out there, the street beat me.

I thought it would call me back, but that's the way it goes.

My little brother, he always protected me.

He was my protector in school.

I still think if I train a little, I still think I'd be able to beat him up.

But seeing him start from the beginning to where he is now is really amazing.

I called him one day.

I'm with Mayweather.

I'm like, what?

Tell him I say hi.

The family knows.

I don't do so many fights.

Because I be feeling it.

I feel it.

I want to jump in the ring.

And I can't jump in the ring, so what I do is I follow him to each corner.

What was your reaction to the first time I told you I'm on the box?

I totally disagree with you, boxing.

What?

Thinking about guys getting hit by the head, bruises, and your health,

that was just so important to me.

It's very important to me.

And I just agree with it the last, maybe the last three years.

Because I spoke too long.

But I got good and started making news people.

No, this is about the paper.

It was about...

No, it's just that I wanted you to follow your dream.

I found it accepted by that you're going to follow your dreams.

I just said, I'll go along and I pray for you as you follow your dreams.

Do you

want some boxing?

No, I'm not.

Oh, good, left hand to the body, left hand to the head.

I'm going to crux on, coming up.

I'm going to pick you two pounds.

You think so?

I don't think.

Now, so I'm going to let him go up.

I don't know who he loves you.

Watch out.

He's pumping out blood, right?

Everywhere.

They throw in a towel.

They're going to go up.

It gets win number 25 and 20 seconds.

Stop it.

Listen, I'm going to get started on making that sauce.

All right?

You guys got to do what you got to do.

Okay, I want to show you the trick I learned.

My mother taught me this stuff, but then I became great at it in the firehouse.

I'm going to brown the meatballs.

That'll be nice and hot by the time the meatballs

are brown and I'm going to flavor it with the meat.

You know, like Clemenza did in the Godfather, right?

That's like one of the movies that comes on.

You got to watch it.

You stir this up.

This is nice and hot now.

They're almost just about ready for the meatballs, you know what I mean?

And then the meatballs will cook in there.

About a good solid two hours or so.

I mean...

I got very sick after 9-11.

I ended up with two throughout surgeries.

I had esophageal problems.

I ended up with asthma.

And I was very ill for a two-year period.

And I was retired for that reason.

We kind of knew we were going to get sick, but let me tell you something.

Being firefighters is like being a Marine, you know?

You don't go until everybody's out of there.

And I wouldn't change one thing that I did.

I'd do it all over again the same way.

What used me to most is how many of these guys have died since then.

And some of them are friends of mine and guys I dug right next to.

I'm not so sure I'm not going to be the next guy.

That's why we find positive things in our life,

like the boxing gym and family and all that stuff.

Because you never know.

The boxing gym is the best place in the world for me and for my coaches.

Because as much as we're helping these kids, that program helps us.

Having our room to walk into every day, that hot-ox action.

Having these combatants going in, battle their asses off.

And before they go in there, there's nothing but pure love.

And when they're finished, there's nothing but pure love.

And it's kind of... to some people, it's an oxymoron.

I guess it's something weird, something strange.

But to us, it makes sense.

They're the humblest of warriors.

What do you just want to say?

Oh, very high.

You need to fix the line and the G.

You did this by yourself?

Nobody helped you?

Look at me.

There is no way to help you.

It says 143.6, so you take a pound for the clothes and...

Yeah, I'm going to get a pound over.

I'm not going to kill myself to make weight.

I already didn't eat anything all day.

And usually, I don't have a problem with my weight.

But this is where, for women, it's a little harder in boxing.

Because when we get our cycles, we retain water.

So regardless of how good we were eating, how hard

we were training, our body would still retain water.

And it's that much harder.

We have to work that much more to take the water weight off.

So, unfortunately, that's my case right now.

Hopefully, I get to sweat it out in a little bit of run.

I'll stop at my one way, never let go.

My

first is night tonight.

Sorry!

Just in two minutes, and then I go on tired.

And I got to clean.

I'm getting ready for some other fun.

Alright?

You?

It sounds great, but it's the best for us all three months ago.

Got into an altercation with a co-worker, a lonzo earned at his bike's job.

Guy dropped the charges.

Oh, maybe it's payback.

Check with the pre-sentence in Brooklyn.

Hi?

How do James left you dress up?

Don't worry, it's clean water.

Dress up?

Do you want me to wear a tie?

I don't want you to wear anything.

It's up to you.

You're fine.

You're fine, don't be warm.

Normally, it's so much easier to box, and the

brothers were comfortable in our jogging pants.

Regular clothes?

I'm going to play school.

Today, it's very particular.

That's right, yeah.

It's not a picture person.

I'm not sure what a jacket.

I don't know what size you are in a jacket.

But it should fit you.

Hate dressing up.

Do you use to do it?

Hmm?

Get used to it.

Where does it go?

You sure?

You sure?

Is that what you wear?

Alright, cause we have to be at the gym.

It's not as well being too much.

Jesse, your hands are already waving.

Don't brush your word.

You're going to get rid of that.

It looks nice like that.

Exactly.

Yeah, man.

No.

Naturally, wait, wait, wait.

Your brand, what are those dress shoes?

Oh, my goodness.

I don't have a dress shoe.

I want a suit.

You're going with my dad.

Come here.

Thank you.

Give me a hug.

All right, bro.

Good luck.

See you later, man.

She's brand in a bag.

Okay.

Oh, there you go.

Thank you.

James, kick some ass, man.

It's knock out.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Lock out time.

See you.

Love you.

Have a good fight.

I took off from work today because I want to

be there to drive you around and help you out.

Yeah, I just want to go straight to the gym.

I went to the bank, James, man.

I got you.

You're good luck, hundreds, but again.

And you go, son.

There's your hundred dollars.

Good luck.

Thank God.

I knew every time I'm on fight night.

Thank you, thank you.

You got it, buddy.

We're going to get it today, buddy.

We're going to get it today.

Today is a small work compared to what you're going to do.

You're going to get those gloves, son.

Hey, is your mom's birthday?

Yeah.

You just got to run into the bathroom.

You just got to run into the bathroom and the gym real quick.

So you just hop on the scale.

You think right there.

Because I won't have it any other way.

Yeah.

I won't have time.

I don't have time.

I don't have time, son.

Listen to me.

We have to go.

If I don't win at 5.30, how do you get the squad for?

I don't have time.

No, I'm not.

No, I'm not.

No, look.

Stay in there.

You hear me.

I see them gloves right there.

Flash that on that table.

You can see that right there, Pa.

Come on.

You aren't that right there.

I'm not going to get another pair this year.

I respect that, baby.

Train, Pa.

You can stay.

Both.

You hear me?

I want to see you on TV.

You got a brandon coming.

Your mother was allowed in.

Yeah.

Cheeseso, Cheeso.

You hear that every fight?

Cheeses let's go!

JESUS!

That his father's is in the background.

Mup with boy.

Mup with boy.

Your brother's coming to him?

No, he can't.

What?

Because he's on the run.

He's left?

He's on the run.

From your father?

Yeah.

Yeah, Adam's family.

Better go out.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you start making your way to your seats...

Very good evening to you and welcome to the world's famous New York Athletic Club.

This is the first of all, one hundred thirty-two pound open at the semi-finals.

He winner of these contexts will advance to the finals by April 2nd.

Boxing out of the gold corner this evening... June 3nd.

It's about a two-by win.

Boxing out of the blue corner.

From the east to the east to the east to the east to the east.

Come on, Bob!

Come on, Bob!

Two hands.

Bend knees, bend knees.

That's it, but finish up first!

You tippy-toe it.

So it's causing your chin to come up a little bit.

Bend your knees a little bit.

I want you to aim you right hand here.

Don't aim at the head because it's making your feet rise.

It's bringing you up a little bit too high.

You understand me?

Good

second round, I need a better third round.

Keep your feet right.

And don't tippy-toe.

Come on, go get it!

Go get it!

The

three cruising rounds, we have a very close point starting with your winner.

And on to the finals... In the blue corner!

Tigers, so will you.

So Titus Williams is in.

Mary's going to see who the opponent's going to be.

Ladies

and gentlemen, we know this side need one under

the two-pound open final with this next contest.

No, James, come on, body shot.

James, body shot.

James!

You hear me?

Two on the left.

Come to the goal of the opponent this evening.

Her name is James.

James, who is here?

It's not me, it's James!

Body, James, body!

Listen to me, brother!

No, body, James!

No calm down, you don't listen.

Go to the body.

You're going to drop his hands.

You're going to have clean head shots.

All right, this round, listen to me now.

You hard body shot.

Trust me.

Let's go.

You let this kid right back in the fight.

Come on, man, this kid should have been done already.

Listen to me, you just get to be glad of you, Red.

You hear me?

Stop picking.

I want five punches out of time.

Go now, let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go to the bottom.

You hear me?

You hear me?

Go on, baby.

I'm going to have to knock it in the bottom.

You're going to lose the bottom.

Listen, watch.

You're going to get this kid right back in the fight.

Go get him!

Go get him, baby!

After three past-based rounds, we have the decision.

You're winner.

Come on, for the finals.

You're

listening to me because it's so easy.

For the land and all the free.

Okay.

You got to go on this kid.

Good.

141 even.

Very good.

Well, we're going to say we're going to

automatically go to the finals at four places.

And we're going to go on

women's division.

Four to many rounds.

And the principal's.

We're waiting for the both corner.

Seven.

Missa.

Come on.

Listen to my command.

Go on, baby.

We're going to go.

We're going to go.

Thank you.

You should be very proud.

Appreciate your progress.

I'm going to browse, who knows.

3...2...2...2...0.

Go, go, go.

You're done now, JJ.

You keep it down, you tell them.

We'll be at the next fight.

There's two weeks preceding the finals.

So we bag these up, and we keep them all together, and

pull them out of the rain side when that bowels on.

Brian gives the gold gloves in the ring to the happy guys, to the winners.

Me behind, in the back, I have to give the silver gloves to the runner-ups that are

not happy, and the majority of them do cry.

I feel so bad for them.

That's when I have to bring on my mother figure.

Holding these gloves, it brings back that feeling of having a gloves put around my

neck, and wearing it all day, the next day, around the neighborhood.

I want three of them, 93, 95, and 96.

But 1994 was upsetting, because nowhere I lost that fight.

I knew how I felt for the two weeks preceding the finals,

the pressure that these kids have on their shoulders.

People don't understand, and can never understand.

132, 132 open.

The 132 open.

We have James Wilkins and Titus Williams, which is real interesting.

I like James.

As a person, a kid, I think he's come a long way in terms of maturing.

But he got the perfect style for Titus Williams.

Because James is going to be the aggressive, and just try to fight.

And James Wilkins is actually in big-bed California training.

He's up there in training camp, so he's going to be in shape when he comes home.

He's never been to training camp in any.

He's still an amateur, so...

I don't really bring him, but this is going to be experienced for him.

Now he's around the pros.

Three sprint from here.

Three sprint from that pole, and three sprint from that pole, and that's it.

We good.

Ready, go!

I train you with great fighters.

Like Eugene, he's an Olympian.

Marcus is an Olympian.

Now they're both pros with a lot of knockouts.

Waking up to seven in the morning, none of us want to do it, but when I see

them do it, and I see where they're at, it makes me want to do that, so...

They're just pushing me.

You all right, man?

Huh?

You all right?

Eugene, these jump ropes suck.

To get another one, there's a thousand of them over there.

Look on the rack over there, look.

I don't

think there's a jump rope.

You're dead.

Every again, you don't push ups.

James, come on.

Time, time, time.

Come on.

Listen to me.

Listen to me.

Focus what you do.

Listen to me.

Shut up.

Don't talk.

Don't say a word to me.

Do me a favor.

Don't say no.

When you jump rope, don't say nothing to me.

Just listen when I'm telling you.

Focus what you're doing, because you're not focused.

That's why you're messing up.

You don't focus hard, man.

Run.

I'll go to the get.

Unbeat the get, that's my game.

I'll go to get.

And I'll go to get.

I'll go to get.

I'll go to the get.

He's been listening to the presence of the love.

We divided to the lotus.

And this morning, a man, And to our beloved mother's board, the deacons,

deacons, ministers, evangelists, saints, and friends,

we greet you all in the matchless name of Jesus.

I also want to take this opportunity to thank God for one of our sons of this house.

Those of you that read the paper, you will notice

that you saw Brother Titus' name in the paper.

And he has won another fight, amen.

And the Lord has been gracious to him.

So we thank God for him.

And certainly for his mom.

Anybody know Deaconess Hattie Mitchell?

He probably learned how to box from watching hers fake his butt, amen.

He learned how to weave.

We can compare it when we look at it as we are in a boxing match daily with the devil.

Amen, amen.

I was there and some of the young people along with us.

Amen.

When we went to the Barclay Center and I saw him receive the golden gloves.

Amen.

Amen.

And the Lord has blessed him yet again in April 2nd.

He'll be back at the Barclay Center to do the same thing again.

Amen.

Amen.

It's here.

This is going for the gloves.

What you got to do, you got to show what a taller girl does.

You know what I'm fighting?

No, you're second.

You want to win?

Yeah.

She don't move like me.

You want to win?

Come on.

Come on.

Don't get scared.

I got more.

I got more than this.

Come on.

And you cry for me.

As not, I cry for you.

I'm happy you're there.

You just make me happy.

I want you to win the green gloves.

God arms me with strength and he makes my way perfect.

He makes me stir-footed as a deer, enabling me to stand on a mountain height.

He trains my hands for battle.

He strengthens my arms to draw a bronze bow.

You have given me the shield of victory.

Your right hand supports me.

Your help has made me great.

Psalms 1832 and 35.

These are all the different inspirational things

that I try to put up for my son all the time.

I just want him to know that no weapon formed against him shall have a prosper,

basically, and that his dreams will come true.

And like Jeremiah 29 says, God has a plan for everybody

and it's not a disaster and evil, but of hope and a future.

And I believe that this is his destiny and this is his hope.

There you go.

There you go.

Yeah.

This is who you're talking to.

We've been going way longer than you.

For way better fight than you.

They say he's in charge.

I'm strong.

James is going to be in shape and he's going to fight hard.

So we'll spot him home.

We'll do our strength and conditioning Friday, but we're going to take a full

weekend off and we'll be back nice and fresh next week.

And we'll do the finishing touches, pull back, let our legs get really nice

and strong, and then you're going to see something very exciting from this young man.

Power and speed, baby.

He's the guy this year.

It's his time.

He's supporting my brothers in the gym.

That's all I need.

He's right.

You want to try to win this?

Let's get it.

Let's show it to him, baby.

I'm here at Mark's place at it.

Let's go and look at the championship.

I'm in the seat now.

Stay in the... You look scared, you're kidding me.

I'm in the seat now.

I'm trying to win.

Chappin' boy.

I got it.

I got it.

I got it.

I got it strong.

You're good.

Rook on her head.

Go on her head.

Ladies, follow me.

Yeah, go.

Who are you at?

Go.

Go.

Now what's that?

Start.

Start.

Start bringing him in.

Hit him in the arms.

That'd be good.

Go.

Hit him in the arms.

He does got made by the crap.

How many boys do you get there?

I got two tonight.

Yo, papa.

You got a new suit on tonight.

Good night.

Hey, coy.

And then use that speed, quickness and power.

Put your hands.

You go low, hit body.

Don't go ahead.

Go low.

You're down for the body.

Hit him in the body.

Welcome, everyone, to a special edition of Ludabilla's Broadway Boxing.

We are outside the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York, and it should be a

great night of boxing as we look at some of the hottest amateurs in the city.

Bring the body.

Tonight, the Daily News welcomes you to the finals of the 88th Daily News Golden

Gloves, the world's oldest and largest amateur boxing tournament.

The gloves have reduced over 40 world champions, more than

any other amateur tournament, including the Olympic Games.

This is the place where Sugar Ray Robinson was born, where Floyd Patterson became the

champion, where Mark Bremen became a legend.

Thank you for joining us for the next chapter in Golden Gloves history.

You're welcome, everyone, inside the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York.

To Richmond, as long as I'm my broadcast partners this evening, Mike Wood and Mark

Bremen, no stranger, to win in Golden Gloves here in New York.

Let's go for the official introductions for that.

Our ring announcer, Kevin Van Meter.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first battle of the evening will be the 141-pound female

championship in the Gold Corner, Stasis Suddles.

She's 20 years old, and is a student at Hostos Community

College, and in the Blue Corner, Lisa Rodriguez.

She's 24 years old, Lisa is a mother, a teacher, and

a five-time Golden Gloves champion for the rocks.

Mark, if Lisa goes on and wins this one, she'll do something that only three other

competitors have ever done, and that's when a half-dozen pair of Golden Gloves,

and she's a special fighter.

She's a very talented young.

Oh, no, she can fight.

She'll fight very well.

For two-minute rounds, you'll see Rodriguez slightly taller than Suddles.

Ooh, a straight right by Rodriguez.

Wow, it's a box-packed Suddles.

Suddles showing a fighter mindset.

We said that she's going to do a martial arts,

and she was four, leaving it here tonight.

Suddles taking a couple shots, hanging in their ocean with some guts.

Suddles trying to get a little momentum to fill it out round, and it got dropped.

Another counter by Rodriguez.

What in the books?

Wake up, Mr. Let's wake up.

Just don't stand there in front of us doing anything.

You have to keep the jail going and keep pushing, pushing, pushing up back.

Skip James.

Suddles is better off being the aggressor and risking taking counter shots.

No, she ate a couple of sharp shots again.

Suddles again.

Rodriguez again.

I've heard of her with shots.

Forget about the guts.

She's fearless in this round, too.

Suddles.

It slows down.

And a little potential extracurricular activity.

See you in the books.

That's what I'm talking about.

There you go.

That's your fight.

This is what you came for.

This is your house, baby.

We're taking a bone.

She's tired already.

Don't fall around the room.

Just cut over and cut off and work the hands.

We need to get close.

You can find a real quick inside.

Yeah, you got a close.

I ain't there one time.

No, stand up.

Take a deep breath.

Take a deep breath.

Come on.

Move in.

Snip, James.

This is a head and body shot.

Rodriguez again, a five-time bone and gloves champ and a bluer.

He's on the top right by Rodriguez.

He's going to push back again.

Those singles.

Ooh, straight right by Rodriguez.

Pull right hand.

Zettles in trouble.

Take the right.

Right.

He's going to win.

And there's our first standing eight.

Look, Aneesa's eyes say she wants to see more of that.

Oh, yeah.

Right on the body shot.

Body shot.

Body shot.

Rodriguez pressing the action.

Oh, that's not easy again.

Oh, mercy.

Second standing eight.

It is a third round.

Sharp left hook, give it the damn.

Aneesa Rodriguez looking for the sixth pair of gloves.

Got these sonos who showing nothing by heart.

Third standing eight of about.

And

Rodriguez will win her sixth pair of gold and gloves.

Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 141 pound women's

female champion is from the blue corner, Aneesa Rodriguez.

You've done something that three other duo have done as well as history.

Just coming from where I'm from, from South Bronx.

Not a lot of people talking about their dreams, so I'm doing it.

So it's by others that no matter where you're from, what you've been through,

I've had a child, I've went back to school, I had

a hospital to make ends meet, being a single mom.

And I want it.

I want everything USA titles.

I want national titles.

I want everything that they have.

I'm ready to put in my mind.

I have people looking up to me.

I have a whole community looking up to me, a whole school.

I got to take it.

I can't let my kids down.

I can't let my community down.

I'm going to fight in front of the South Bronx right now.

Congratulations.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Did you like the play?

Is it good?

Is it a fighter?

Are you proud?

Yes.

All right, guys.

Follow me, guys.

All right.

Welcome back, everyone, as we get set for our next bout of the evening.

Should be a good one.

132 pound open in the mail class.

Take a look at Titus Williams taking on James Wilkins.

Titus Williams, 2013.

Best open boxer winner and a lot of combinations from that guy.

You're going to say James Wilkins from that once again at list cops and kids.

He was the novice champion, the 13th.

He used the shorty with the speeding.

You understand?

He's going to walk right into it.

Speed.

Step right around, drop it in.

Pop, body shot.

Pop.

Okay, I'll take you to a break in my old time.

That's true.

Thank you.

Everything worked out all year.

Everything comes out right now to the street.

That's true.

I expect you to break in my old time.

That's true.

Good luck to you.

I love me a game face, gentlemen.

Titus Williams blaring and staring at James Wilkins.

Got my juices flowing.

James Wilkins,

you know, he fights very aggressive.

You have to take a name and be aggressive.

Titus Williams.

Unpunct, sit, sit.

That's it.

He's walking, he's coming straight in.

He's coming straight in.

He's coming.

He's coming.

Body shot.

What the fuck?

Titus Williams looks nice.

I'm going to tell you, sir.

Why do you have to even hit this kid?

You relax.

Don't relax, man.

Hit him with your combos, right?

Come back again and hit him again.

A little anxious in that round, all right?

I know it's a big fight and a lot of pressure.

The pay attention to me.

When you throw in your combinations, right, you've got to commit a half a step closer.

There's your fog body shots.

They've got to give me five faster punches.

Not slow punches.

Da-da-da-da-da-da.

Like we did in camp, man.

Sit down on the combination, nor let your chin come up.

Come on, man.

Don't move!

You all set around him, too.

Say it to for 3D.

James, come on, James, come on.

James, come on.

Come on, start throwing his punches, and he is right now.

Hold him, man.

James, right out.

Right out of the chest.

Let's go.

Let's go.

James.

In this field, it's a mech lead.

He's going downstairs.

Come back up.

Body shot downstairs by walking his head.

Come on, James!

Come on, James!

Come on, James, come on.

We've been doing that thus far.

We've been entertaining.

It was a Wilkins round for me.

There's a little illusion going on out there.

It appears that he's working harder than you,

even though he's not really landing the punches.

One, two, one.

One, two's get busy.

Got it?

I want you to equal him for punch, Tally.

Understand?

He goes to you for 3.

You for 4, you for 5.

Don't get it, man.

Got it?

This is it.

This is the starting final round.

Yo, this round decides this fight.

Throw an extra punch at me, James.

You got it, buddy.

Taya.

That's a smart tie-up.

Come on, James, come on, James!

Wilkins says, come on, let's go.

Come on, out, girls.

You slapped a lot and blocked a lot of me.

Missed a lot.

You landed the clean of punches.

No doubt.

That's it.

Mr. John Higgins.

Oh, wow.

We knew it was going to be that way, right, James?

Yes, sir.

Go, James.

Williams and Wilkins.

Everything.

Fair works.

Love, war, and boxing.

Very good fight.

Very good fight.

That was a heck of a fight.

Fight over the night.

I don't know, one.

We'll throw up to our ring announcer, Kevin Van Meter.

That's it, pretty much.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Well, it's Titus.

Roy destroyed James Wilkins.

Here's to his eyes.

Frustrations.

He feels he was right.

Listen up, listen up.

Come on, come on.

Come on, come on.

Listen up.

Come on, come on.

Come on, come on.

What are you gonna do to me, James?

Come on, man.

Get out of here.

Get out of here.

Come on, come on.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Please, please, please.

Please, please, please.

Please, please, please.

Please, please.

Just go back, James.

Just go back.

Fuck you.

Ah!

Wake up, man.

You

seem to bring your boxing champion to him.

I'm the super star.

Yeah, me.

Big women and big women.

When you fight a righty, you switch it left, right?

Sometimes they are not really lefty.

So when you jump on them, and press it on them, they get nervous.

And you can hurt them more.

They switch back.

And always, when I go lefty, keep your lead foot outside of mine.

And if you want step on it, hit me.

Good luck.

I step on it.

You're all balanced.

Step on watch.

Talk storms and now the sky's clear.

The stars are lined and I'm finally here.

Boy and mama be proud now and flame us.

But in the midst of round the point and places.

But I'll never forget who I came from.

Waiting tables, drinking buses, getting my name on.

Now it's big yachts and the big chips.

I got the winning hands.

I got the breaking sets.

Got to kiss the ground and keep me humble now.

When I'm stumbling land, I hear you whispering.

Keep your head up.

Keep your head up.

Keep your head up.

I keep winning, winning, winning.

It's like I keep winning, winning, winning.

Keep winning, keep winning.

Doors open.

Doors closing.

Keep pushing.

Keep hoping.

Every trial and tribulation.

All my tears and frustration.

Now I'm stronger.

I'm a champion.

I'm a warrior.

I do what can't be done.

Flip the script.

Call me crazy but I'm number one.

Fly so high.

A group's a son.

Keep dreaming, keep dreaming, keep believing.

I keep winning, winning, winning.

Keep hoping, keep dreaming.

I keep winning, winning, taking my time.

Keep believing.

It's like I keep winning, winning, winning, winning.

Keep winning, keep winning.

Open, keep dreaming.

I keep winning, winning, winning.

Keep hoping, keep dreaming.

I keep winning, winning, winning.

Keep winning, keep winning.

Body gonna take my title.