The Challenger Page #2
This ain't fighting.
Boxing is one of the hardest
sports in the world.
It requires
endurance, strategy,
technique.
I'm not looking for a fighter.
Show me your stance.
Feet shoulder-width apart.
Left foot forward.
Spread your feet
like a triangle.
Back foot always up.
These up, firm.
Okay. Throw a punch.
-What was that?
-What do you mean?
That's a straight right.
It's a power punch.
Where's the power?
Where does the power
in that punch come from?
-My arms.
-That's a jab, rookie.
Power punches
aren't thrown with your arms.
Okay, we're gonna
try this again.
This time, rotate your hips,
your back foot to your front.
Snap back immediately
and return to
defensive position.
Okay. Again.
Hips. Again.
Harder.
--Hips!
Swing your hips again.
--Harder!
--Harder, hips.
--Again!
--Harder!
Okay.
So, why are you here, kid?
I don't know.
I want to be somebody.
Sick of playing the lottery.
What'd you mean when you said
you used to fight?
I was 11. Was gonna start
private school in the fall.
And then I, uh,
got in my first fight.
Got kicked out of school.
Lost the scholarship.
Got in more schools,
more fights...
Never finished high school.
Never finished
anything really.
Been job-to-job ever since.
Why do you fight?
The right reasons.
You win?
Always.
I don't, uh,
train boxers anymore.
What do you mean?
What about...
What about
Maxwell and Terrence?
Exactly. I really
just run the laundromat.
My last real boxer
was Keenan Anderson.
After four years,
we were finally
gonna get a shot at the title.
a win for one of his fighters.
So, I matched him up
with another one of my guys.
Malik Jones.
He threw that fight.
I remember.
In three months,
I lost two fighters
and my reputation.
I'm sorry.
It's like playing
the lottery, kid. Dumb.
So, that's why
they call you "sneaks"?
Yeah.
When you
come in here tomorrow,
I want you to get
some new ones.
Tomorrow?
Those things
will ruin your back.
So, uh... that means
I think it's time Hector
did some damn work
at that laundromat.
Thank you.
Okay.
So, um... I never got your
full name, or is it just "j"?
No, it's... it's Jaden.
Jaden Miller.
Jaden Miller?
Well, Jaden.
Same time tomorrow?
Yes, sir. I'll be here.
All right.
Jaden Miller.
Jaden Miller,
have you lost your mind?
I need to get us
back home, ma.
No. Not like that, j. No.
Uh, excuse me,
this ain't your place.
So, look. You go to this...
Uh, trainer...
I can't even watch
my own damn TV.
Regina, please. Hush, Regina.
Go and tell this man
that you're not
doing this anymore,
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