With nothing left to prove to himself, Alfred can leave boxing and apply the lessons he has learned to the rest of his life. He finds James hanging out there with Major, Sonny, and Hollis — three local hoodlums. Major decides they should rob the store and James agrees. James wants Alfred to come with them, but Alfred refuses. After the other boys leave Alfred remembers that a silent alarm was installed in the store the week before and hurries after James to warn him, but he is too late. There are police cars all around the store, and Alfred hears someone say that one boy was arrested.
After waiting for James for hours at a cave in the park that only the two of them know about, Alfred heads home. He runs into Major and the others, who tell him that James has been arrested and blame him for not warning them about the alarm. They beat Alfred until he is unconscious and leave him in the street. When he comes to he is in bed in the apartment where he lives with his Aunt Pearl and her three daughters.
Aunt Pearl tells him that Henry — another local boy — and his father found Alfred and carried him home. Alfred feels guilty about James being arrested and thinks that his life is going nowhere.
Later that night he decides to take a walk, something he often does when he needs to think. Alfred finds Mr. Donatelli, an older white man, sitting in the gym alone and tells him that he wants to train to be a champion fighter. Donatelli tells him that before he can be a champion Alfred will have to become a contender and says that it is hard work; Alfred will want to give up at least once a day, but if he quits before he really tries it will be worse than if he never started.
Alfred says that he wants to try. Alfred gets up at Monday morning and runs through the park part of the training Donatelli outlined to him and then returns to the gym after work. The gym is filled with fighters working out, shadowing boxing, and sparring in the ring. Alfred is told that Mr. After introducing himself to Bud Martin, Mr. After Mr. Donatelli has the referee stop the match when his fighter, Willie Streeter, is cut over the eye Alfred follows Henry to the dressing room where he meets Spoon, an ex-fighter that Donatelli once managed who is now a school teacher.
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