FIG. 16 — The New York Gymnasium. Mitt work by the ring, the flag overhead.
FIG. 17 — The Los Angeles Club. The crew in the ring, fists up, colors on the wall.
FIG. 18 — The whole congregation, gathered around the board. Everybody who showed up that day.
FIG. 19 — Three generations of the family business. The kid’s already got the stance.
FIG. 20 — The women’s crew, gloves up. The babe said it on the banner — heart wins fights.
FIG. 21 — Heavy bag work along the wall of honor. The bags don’t lie and neither do the frames.
FIG. 22 — Fleet week instruction. Three of the Navy’s own learning the sweet science, dress whites and all.
FIG. 23 — Sparring session. The most honest conversation two people can have.
FIG. 24 — Footwork drills on the old wood floor. Angles beat anger — Fig. 5 made flesh.
FIG. 25 — A young contender squares up. Same corner, same flag, new blood.
FIG. 26 — Five of the regulars. You train together long enough, you become family.
FIG. 27 — Father and son at the ropes. Thumbs up means the lesson took.
FIG. 28 — Floor work under a hundred years of clippings. The unglamorous part nobody skips.
FIG. 29 — The front office at closing time. Robes hung, bills posted, lights about to go out.