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Can I get a wa... a water?

- Sure.

- Get some water?

Drinking's a solitary sport.

It's a solitary one.

Help me. I'm just trying to...

I'm just trying to connect here, man.

- I just...

- I just didn't want to go home.

300 square feet of...

nothing, you know?

You got plans?

I don't know what you mean...

All this training that you

think you so desperately need?

Wh... What you gonna do with it?

I'm gonna fight, and then

I'm gonna get my kid back.

Then you're gonna end up

right back here?

- What are you saying?

- What do you think got you here?

Um, f***... some scumbag killed my wife.

What do you think you did...

to be sitting here?

- Why... did your wife get killed?

- Look, man,

all due respect, you know,

I haven't really gotten much sleep, man.

- What are you try to ask me...

- What happened?

I don't f***ing... I just told you...

What did you do?

Why you keep asking me that question?

- What happened?

- I just told you what happened.

- Why?

- I can't tell you why.

What do you mean, why?

Never mind.

You can't even hear the question.

Why are you laughing?

What, is this funny to you?

- You can't even, like, even, like...

- That's f***ing funny to you?

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Piece of sh*t. F*** you.

You see that? That's what this...

that's wh... that's why you here.

That's why you here.

- It's all good, Tick?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yo, I'm sorry,

Hey, man, don't bring that sh*t

back in here.

- That's, um, hope we're okay.

- That's okay. We don't need...

Nobody wants your money.

What do you want, man?

I never really had any plans, all right?

My wife always made the plans for me.

- And my daughter...

- Right.

...doesn't even

want to see me right now.

And I feel like I broke her heart.

She's a kid, man,

she's not a little girl.

She's trying to take care of herself.

She lost her mother, too.

Even if she hates you,

you got to let her hate you,

so she can feel better about it,

she can get better.

This ain't about how you feel.

I mean...

you got to let her go through her thing

and not think that thing is your thing.

Then you can deal

with life, like that stuff.

Life...

Boxing, whatever you want.

Hey, come on. Come here, Hoppy.

Let's go.

Ready? Jab.

Jab.

Slow it down. Jab.

Yeah, make it accurate.

No pows, pop it, pop it...

no power, no power yet.

What, what, what, what?

What, what, what, what, what? Jab.

There you go. That's... Bam!

Hey.

Um, she...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. Um...

She used to sleep with this.

Would you give that to her?

- Make sure she gets that?

- Yeah.

I will.

Tell her I love her.

We start tomorrow.

What, like training?

No, baking cookies.

I'm going to the bar.

I do not want to see you there.

Yeah, all right.

A'ight.

Shining so bright.

The way you fight...

anger's your biggest tool.

Fighting angry, that drains you

twice as fast.

The other guy...

in the ring is your enemy,

but if all you trying to do is kill him,

then you expose yourself.

You leave yourself vulnerable.

Got to protect yourself.

Make his mistakes...

be his destruction.

Right now, you got two weapons,

a shotgun and a grenade.

All power, no precision.

I want you to use your other arsenal.

There you go, tap.

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

There you go.

One, two.

Yeah... one, two, yeah.

Pow, pow, yeah. Pow, pow, yeah.

Yeah.

This is what we're gonna do.

This is the wall, right here.

My back's against the wall.

It's part of the wall. Blocking my chin.

Huh? Shielding yourself.

A block, anything that comes that way.

You're right here,

step and slide forward,

roll...

just step and slide.

Rope, rope.

This is the angle, this is the angle.

All right?

Let's do it real slow.

Take your time. Let's do it.

My-my wife would've liked you.

I appreciate that.

Let's do this, all right? I'm serious.

Good, looking good. Good, good.

- Good. Slide it.

- Yeah, I hear it now.

Slide it.

Oh, yeah, I hear it now.

Step... step...

Who that is?

See who that is... there you go!

That's it. Jab.

Who that is? Who that is? Who that is?

Drop your hands.

Don't even worry

about punching right now.

Just back against the wall.

Okay? You're doing good. All right?

Back. See my back? Okay.

Yeah, keep the back

against the wall. You feel that?

Remember to slide.

Keep making him miss...

Keep making him miss.

I'm gonna introduce you to something

that you never knew before,

called defense.

- Hey, Ramone?

- Yes, Coach?

- Come over here.

- I have defense.

Stoppin' punches with your face,

that's not defense.

- I want you to spar with him.

- All right.

- T! Glove him up.

- Got it.

- Spar with him?

- Don't worry.

He's not gonna be hitting you.

He's not gonna be hitting, or I'm not?

You're not gonna hit nothing.

You work on your defense.

Like, don't hit him?

- Like, with my glove?

- Like, don't touch him with your gloves.

Just block.

Hey, champ.

Move your feet, move your feet.

Come on, champ.

You got to turn your

body when you block.

You're just covering up.

Pivot out, pivot out.

Step out, step out.

Get some distance so

you can move your head.

Don't just stand in front of him.

Use your feet, use your feet.

Come on, champ. Let's see you move.

It's like fighting a f***ing gnat!

Taking you out

like a boss, motherf***er.

- Champion, man!

- I heard that.

And that's 50 for swearing.

How you doing?

- Hey, Leila.

- Hey, Talia.

I need help.

Lei, what happened

to your glasses, baby?

They're not cool.

Quiz me.

I may need the definitions, too.

- Dismantle.

- Dismantle.

D-I-S-M-A-N-T-L-E.

You're so smart.

- Hopelessness.

- Hopelessness.

H-O-P-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.

- Gra... gra...

- That's all.

Although I see there has been progress,

unfortunately, Mr. Hope,

legal custody of the child shall remain

with Family Services

until further evaluation.

Court mandates that

your anger management program

continue for another 30 days,

and visitation will still be supervised.

- 30? Another 30, another 30 days?

- Yes, Mr. Hope.

You're free to go.

It's too early for this.

Just a sip.

What were you doing there

in the courtroom today?

Taking care of some parking tickets.

You don't have a car.

Jaywalking.

You all right? How's your eye?

Yeah.

How's your eye?

Now you're being smart.

No, seriously, what's up

with your eye? What is that?

Evil blue-eyed devil

just took it from me.

You know, the thing with you

is that, like,

sometimes one eye is,

like, cloudy, right?

And the other one is, like, sunny.

Like, cloudy, sunny, cloudy, sunny.

Close one eye, it's cloudy.

Close the other eye, it's sunny.

I was fighting Buster Quigley.

Buster Quigley was a nothing fighter.

We were in the middle of a match,

and I was crushing him,

knocking him to the ground.

Out of nowhere, he hit me.

Bam. With a right hand.

I went down, my eye went dark.

Doc told me I could never fight again.

That's too bad.

It was tough today in court.

With your kid. Sorry about that.

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