Ringside (2019) - full transcript

We're taking a look right
now at Kenny Sims Jr.

He's headed to the ring.
This young man has

an opportunity tonight to make
his way into the finals,

so he's going to be looking
to really go into the ring

- and take charge and...
- Just, uh, going over some

instructions from his father.

Kenny Sims Jr.
is about to win this fight.

You know, this is a fight
that he really needs to win.

Ringside, and Kenny Sims Jr.
from the South Side...

South Side of Chicago...

Kenneth Sims in the corner.



Kenneth Sims Jr.

And there you see the win,
Kenny has his hands right up...

His hand's held up.
He won the fight.

Team Sims is what
it's called right now...

This kid is up and coming.

A toughened street kid
from Chicago's South Side.

Say hello to perhaps the finest
12-year-old boxer in America.

There he is,
Destyne Butler Jr.

Destyne Butler Jr. is 13,

and a champion
Junior Golden Gloves boxer.

He trains in the South Side
with coach Frank Smith

and the Gladiators Boxing Club.

He's only 12 years old.

You may want to remember
the name Destyne Butler.



Harry Porterfield
says Destyne Butler Jr.

is someone you should know.

My hopes and goals is hopefully
being at the Olympics at 17.

He wins and then becomes
a professional fighter.

The 13-year-old has been
boxing since the age of six,

and he already holds
seven title belts. His goal...

What is it about this
sport that you love so much?

Cause, it's like,
you can hit people

and you can't get
in trouble for it.

Destyne Butler Jr.
Remember the name.

They started boxing.

Destyne was already boxing
when Kenny came along.

Destyne was the man.

Destyne
was there in the Nationals,

and so was Kenny.

Kenny was slick,
Destyne was slick.

Both of them, they were already
at the top of their game.

He hasn't had it easy.

With this particular
neighborhood, you were subject

to see at least once to twice
a month, gun shooting.

You were subject to see
crackheads. Dope fiends.

Every day.

We've struggled,
there's been times where

we didn't have heat,
we didn't have lights,

we didn't have gas.

Sometimes we ain't have food.

But your best fighters

come from
hardship backgrounds.

...that other
foot has to come over.

Look down at my feet.
Look at Coach's feet.

When I step over, I take my
right foot first. Boom, right?

I know you can't
do drugs if you're with me.

I know you can't get
in trouble if you're with me.

This is what you doin'.

See? So let's try
it again. We gonna...

That's why,
I keep him up under me.

Look, I hit you with one,
two, right?

Why you goin', "I don't know"?
What coach tell you?

You scared of anybody?

Go start working on one,
two, the one, two three.

- In the mirror?
- Yes, sir.

Let me see.

In the male's life, usually,

he's either gonna
look up to his father

or he's gonna look
down on his father.

If he has a father
that has done his job,

he's gonna look up to him.
If he has a father who hasn't,

he's gonna look down on him.
Now he's gonna look

for a role model somewhere else.
And that's how it works.

As a coach, I want to bring
the mean side out of him.

As a father,
I want to see him smile.

It's been times where
I've padded him and padded him

and padded him,
and he was ready to quit,

and I made him keep going.

Take a step back there...
try it again.

I've made him run...

till he throwed up sometimes.

And I know if
I can't break him,

nobody else will break him.

Our goal is to make
the Olympic team.

Mayweather's speed.

It's been a question of whether
the skills can match up.

Nails the first,
straight, right-hand

down the pipe by
Floyd Mayweather.

How would
you fight Zab right now?

Come over and jab
as he rain-danced.

And bring it back low.

All right,
tell me what you do--

what would you do with Floyd?

Combination
so he can't counter.

Where?

His chest.

Sometimes I'm
sick of talking about boxing,

'cause I can't get
away from nothing.

I'm always like,
at home, it's with me,

at the gym,
it's with me and stuff.

Feels like I'm at the gym
even when I'm at home.

I used to hate it.
He made me do it.

Now, he told me I could
stop once I got good.

But once I got good,
I didn't wanna stop.

He had natural talent.

He just made
some bad decisions,

which sometimes
you can't get out of.

I was mad, hurt, upset 'cause
you didn't have to do that.

I made all the sacrifices
for this family,

and you want to do some
dumb stuff like that?

I'd give you my last.

Oh, he cut his hair.

You cut your hair, man?

- Huh?
- Yeah.

That's a jailhouse cut. That's
a jailhouse cut for real there.

You been working out?

Nah, you ain't
been working out.

What about sit-ups?

Nah, that ain't automatic.

Yeah, Dimitri, he want to be
like his big brother, man.

He wanna be like you, man.

I ain't never doin' that.

He wanna hang with the--

Shit, well you put,
you sure did do a good example.

Hmm?

He want, he want the fame.
He want the fame.

Just like you want it.
The fame and the glory.

All right.
Can you see my mama?

She's not on.

All right, she fixin' to step
right here for a second.

Right there.

Hey! How you doin'?

You doin' good?

Yeah, make a muscle so I can
see you've been working out.

Let me see. Whoo!

Destyne, I think
it's bigger than yours.

That ain't bigger than mine.

So how you been doing?

Yeah. We miss you tremendously.
You know that, don't you?

Yeah. Good, good.

I feel like I let him down
'cause, like, I know,

I know he expect,
I know he expect more from me.

I know he never thought
I was gonna be in jail.

I never thought
I was gonna be in jail.

So, that's,
that's the main thing.

And, you know, he probably,

I know he thought I was
gonna be somewhere farther

in my boxing career by now.

What happened was,
um, he went to high school,

and he wasn't dedicating
himself to boxing.

I guess he needed a break,
so I say, I'm not going to be

one of those dads that say,
"No, you've gotta do this,"

when you don't
really wanna do it.

Now, I feel like
I should've done that.

'Cause I asked him
one time, I said,

"Man, where'd you get
some money from?"

Said, "Man, what you doin'?"

He's like, "I ain't doing
nothing just get ou-- "

I said, "Man, what you doing?
You selling drugs?"

No, I ain't selling no drugs.
I got this money from gambling.

I said, Okay. I said,
All right, man.

I said, It's on you.
That's just all I said.

Hey, this is Destyne.
I'm downstairs again.

Sure.

They've charged him

with three burglaries

out of Cook County.

Then we're staring down one,
two, three, four, five

burglaries out of Lake County.

Residential burglary
is what we call in Illinois

a Class 1 Felony.

Class 1 Felony,

you are not eligible
for probation.

It's a minimum of
four years in prison,

a maximum of
15 years in prison.

But the kicker is,
is you are eligible

for something called Bootcamp.

It's called the
Impact Incarceration Program.

It's a six-month program.

It's in the Department of
Corrections.

You go to a camp,
it has a military-like...

training, good mentors.
It's a really good program.

It's actually, I've found it
to be very, very successful

for a lot of my guys.

He could be out of Bootcamp
by September, back training,

back with
your foot to his throat,

- Oh, yeah.
- to keep him out of trouble,

and I don't see why
he couldn't, you know,

be ready for
the Olympic trials,

and make the United
States Olympiad.

Right.

My dad got incarcerated.

Once he was locked up,
I was missing a father.

He was gone, and,
I really don't...

because honestly, when
I was 16, 17, I was working.

You know, I was
working, working.

I had a Burger King job,

and then I started working
at the Marriott hotel.

I was making pretty good money,
I don't know, 'cause I worked.

I believe in
making some money.

But, uh, I don't know what
happened or something,

I think the job
was over with,

and then and then some
of my, some associates

that I knew, or whatever,

went down
to this neighborhood,

and I seen what
they was doing,

they were selling the drugs.
And I'm like,

man, these guys
making money.

And I'm like,
why I can't make the money?

You know, I sold cocaine.
And then after the cocaine,

I went into the heroin trade.

A bad day was maybe
$5,000, $6,000.

A good day...

might've been nine or ten.

An FBI investigation,
a DEA investigation.

They got one of
my best friends,

and he told me
that they asked about me.

And I'm like,
you know what? I'm gone.

2103, right, Mike?

That money not worth it.

'Cause you can't buy freedom.

Can't buy freedom.

I've done
a lot of stupid stuff.

I tell my son all the time,

You could pick up my traits,
but you can't be shit like me.

That's how I tell it to him.

I ended up street
fighting a lot.

Those who know me will tell ya,
I probably had maybe

200 street fights.

For real.
I stayed into fights.

I didn't end up boxing
like I should have.

♪ Banner ♪

♪ Yet wave ♪

♪ O'er the land ♪

♪ Of the free ♪

♪ And the home ♪

♪ Of the ♪

♪ Brave ♪

Weighing 165
pounds, middleweight bout

in the winners' bracket.
In the red corner,

boxing at the Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania...

If it is thine will for us
to win, allow us to win.

But if it is thine
will for us to lose,

allow us to lose
with graciousness.

Lord God, we ask
for peace of mind,

in Jesus' name
we pray, Amen.

Lightweight challengers
bracket bouts. 132 pounds.

The winner will advance
in the tournament.

The runner-up will not.

Jab, boss!

Come on! Stick with him!

There you go.
Right back on him.

Keep it working.
Move your head.

Come on, champ!
Come on, champ!

Ladies and gentlemen,

the results from
ring number one,

with a score of 24-19,

the winner,
in the red corner,

Toka Kahn Clary.

Time to be a father now.

It was no longer time
to be the coach,

it was time to be
a father and protect him.

Well, first of all,
we're very proud of you.

We think you did outstanding.

You-- you represented
Chicago well,

you represented
the neighborhood, your family,

all of us, so we're
proud of you, man.

We can either go with
the Olympics one more time, '21,

where it's going to be
in Brazil. We don't mind.

Your uncles don't mind going
to Brazil, let me tell you that.

So, we got all kinds of
fallback plans. That's awesome.

So the tournaments next year...

He lost bad.

We sit down, his mother,
my best friend,

and my godbrother,
and we'll sit down and talk.

And then if he feels as though
he wants to continue, then,

he has our support.

We still learning how to win.
They-- they've been there,

and should already
know how to win.

We still learning how to win.
So, that's stuff we can correct

And our time will come.

I was living, like,
a double life or something.

When I was out in
the public eye, you know,

I was this, I was this good,
I was this good kid, you know?

I was boxing, I was playing
basketball, you know,

I was getting the girls
all this, nice smile, all that.

But then, behind,
behind the scenes,

I was doing what
I was doing.

I was doing
the other side of me.

...especially, they never had
crimes like that before.

They, they treatin'
this like a murder.

They treat it like it's
a triple murder or something.

Oh, we finally
caught him, you know?

Brian, the ring leader,
the grown man?

The ring leader right? He went
in all the stores, right,

to pawn shit and whatever?
So when, you know,

you pawn a Mac, man,
you got the serial.

I mean, whoever got a Mac
got their serial number.

You know what I'm saying,
just like iPhone. Get my iPhone,

police, get stolen? I take
my shit to the, to the, to the,

to the, uh, police station
and he stole this,

I got my serial number. Soon as
that shit hit the pawn shop,

the pawn shop write
serial numbers down too.

So they saying
that he was there.

But, it was, um...

robbery, home,
I mean armed robbery?

Look, look, look.
Brian said that Destyne was, um,

like in the car
while he was out there.

He ain't never get out,
but he was in the car.

- Right.
- He was like, man,

is everything okay,
everything all right?

And then Destyne's like,
"Yeah, everything okay."

I don't think that's
recorded, but this is

what the dude's sayin'
on the statement.

Like Destyne was the lookout.

Right, basically the lookout.

Well, we're in here, we gotta
do what we gotta do, ya know?

Brian was, he worked
for the high school

that Destyne was going to.
He worked there, you know, like,

in the administration department
or something like that.

He did something.

And also, he...

was working for
a not-for-profit organization

which they mentor kids.

And this guy
was a mentor to kids.

You know what I mean,
helping the kids

get college scholarships
and all this stuff.

But at the same time,
he was manipulating

the kids, and telling them,

"Hey, you know, I can show you
how to make some money.

All you gotta do is sit
in the car or this and that."

And the kid is like,
"Yeah, uh, oh, okay."

I mean, he,
he was a cool dude,

at least I thought. But...

I guess he just, well,
I ain't gonna blame it on him

'cause it was my fault
too 'cause I did it.

But, he just put
the wrong thing in my mind.

We always got up in the morning,
so, we got up early.

We went, and...

uh, we went in the house,
and the lady was there,

but we didn't know.

So we went in the house,

and we grabbed what
we grabbed or whatever,

and the lady, she came,
she came chasing after us.

We just left out,
we hurried up and left out.

Look at your back feet, Dee.
You see? That's your problem.

Where your back feet
supposed to be?

On that side!

I asked you a question, why you
running with your left hook?

Destyne.

Well, he's gonna try to
get you bootcamp, man.

You ain't getting no probation,
buddy. You can forget that.

That ain't gonna happen.
I'm gonna keep it 100 with you,

you're not getting
no probation, man.

Man, you gettin' into big boy
shit. This is big boy shit.

You didn't have to get
into no big boy shit.

What the fuck I've
been doing all my life?

Been doing big boy shit, man.

You didn't have
to do none of that.

So you, as a young man,
you gotta suffer

the fucking consequences.

'Cause all I'm
fucking telling you:

go to school, graduate,
get your ass in the gym, box.

That's your fucking
natural God-given talent.

Ain't no motherfuckers
offering you no scholarship.

Now you wanna get in
the fucking gym. That's crazy.

But now you gotta
battle this shit.

I ain't, I'm not saying
you can't make it,

you can't do shit,
'cause Nate, Nate been

in the motherfucking joint, and
when he got out of the joint,

he made it to
the fucking Olympics.

Doc Nicholson
did the same thing.

I've done spent five thousand,
five thousand, Destyne.

And still gotta spend more.

That's all right.

For what? What do you have
to show for it? Like me.

When I was out here
selling fucking drugs,

when I used to sell dope,
I, I had shit to show for it.

I had y'all a fucking house,
I had money, I had cars.

What the fuck you got
to show for it? A closet?

That you--
that you got a closet.

Some fucking TRUEs,

some fucking bullshit,
gym shoes, all that shit.

You can't get
no money for that.

You got four robberies
in Lake County,

just sitting
in a motherfucking car, man?

How many times have I told
you in life,

you two dudes
is in the car,

and this dude
shoot a motherfucker.

What I tell you always?
You might as well grab the gun

and shoot the motherfucker
yourself, 'cause you did it too.

How could you not listen
to me? I've done been

through the fucking, I've done
been rich, I've been broke,

I've been poor,
I've been through it all.

Kidnapped,
shot at, gangbanged.

I done did
all that type of shit.

How can you not listen
to the--

I'm the perfect
motherfucking role model!

I didn't make the Olympic team.

I cried like a big baby.

Since then, they had
the National PAL in October.

I won that.

I won the USA Nationals.

I just felt like
I wanted to do something...

bigger...

go to the next level.

A couple people contacted me,
they flew me in,

talked to me and stuff. 'Cause
they'd seen me, as an amateur.

They'd seen I was good,
so they were tryin'

to convince me to
turn pro sometimes.

Just to get me down
and listen to 'em,

give me some ideas and stuff.

It's not about me, it's about
people that matter to me,

like my dad, my mom.

...clocks out California.
My first time here,

and I already can tell you
my favorite venue for boxing.

An amazing crowd, an amazing
atmosphere, and amazing...

Where we live...

I want my own bedroom.

It's a one-bedroom apartment
for three of us.

How we pay bills,

that's what I want to change.

I want us to move.

A local
professional boxer

was shot to death
in the Chatham neighborhood

of the city's South Side.

It happened Thursday morning.

A man known by some
as a neighborhood angel,

who was just seen raking
leaves outside his apartment,

Walker was gunned down,
according to police,

in his gangway
behind his home...

Brothers and sisters,
please hear me

because I don't
have nothing prepared.

I'm speaking from the heart.

It may look like because
we ridin' around in nice rides

that things are going well.
But things aren't going well.

Millions of people
are in prison.

Brothers in prison sayin',
Man, how is it going outside?

I tell them, How many transfer
buses do you see coming in?

If they still coming
in by busloads, then no,

ain't nothin' changed out here.

Senseless murder.
Senseless killing.

It's when we live a life
to where we don't

have to worry
about bullets flying.

When we live a life where
we don't have to worry about

whether they're closing
the penitentiaries

because nobody's
doing anything to go.

That's when changes are made.

Wake up, get out of bed.
Count time.

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Get your sheets and your
blanket off your mattress.

Let's go, hurry it up.
Keep moving.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Foot lockers, let's go.
Louis!

- Louis!
- Yes, sir!

Blame his brain and heartbeat.
That's all he has goin' on.

Yes, sir.

Inmate Carter. N46390, sir.

Inmate Heal. N42902, sir.

Inmate Ruskella. N44359, sir.

Inmate Butler. N44730, sir.

What's your first name?

Inmate, sir.

- Say it again.
- Inmate, sir.

- Say it again.
- Inmate, sir.

- Say it again.
- Inmate, sir.

- Who are we?
- IIP, sir.

The Illinois taxpayer,
the American taxpayer,

is laying all their hopes
and dreams on every tax dollar,

and it is my responsibility to
train you, and train you I will.

- Do you understand that?
- Yes, sir.

If you want to graduate
this program in 120 days,

you better reach down inside
you, every freakin' morning,

and decide that you're going
to do this for yourself

and your family.
Do you understand me?

Yes, sir.
- Ooh-rah!

Ooh-rah!
- Ooh-rah!

Ooh-rah!
- Ooh-rah!

Ooh-rah!

Their motto
is "As fast as you can."

Don't slow drag,
don't be all lazy.

So, they just want
you to stay busy.

If you stayin' busy, like,
when I was staying busy,

I wasn't getting into trouble.

Once I stopped staying busy,

that's when the trouble
started.

So, I mean, it's basically
just to stay busy.

And, I, I can't do nothin'
but respect that 'cause I see,

I see it a whole
different way

than probably other
people will see it.

'Cause I know what stayin'
busy can get you.

If you stayin' busy, you can't
do nothin' but keep moving.

Keep moving forward.
But once you stop,

that's when you start
getting into trouble.

Next six times,
deep flutter kicks.

Sir, yes, sir.

Left, left, right,
right, left.

Left, left, right,

right, left, left, left,

right, right, left.

Down to the right.
Left. March.

Left, left, left, right.

Left, left, left,

right, right, left, left.

Right, left, right, right.

Hello, everyone!
How's everybody doing, man?

How you guys doin'?

Good, good. You ready
for the next transition?

Everyone, it is now
officially a business.

I talked to Gary Shaw,

um, yesterday.

I, you know, the best thing
that they said, really,

was what a nice
young man you were.

And how you and your dad,
they left you out, Mom.

I know, I always get
left out, but that's okay.

But they said how you and your
dad, you know, worked together

and came up through
the ranks together,

and just been very
honorable and nice.

So they were just incredible.

They probably don't
know his mom.

Well, his mom,
Mom is the anchor.

Look, look they'd
probably know me

if I'm out in there
shoutin' and hollerin'.

Yeah, the mom is the anchor,

so that makes sense.

The contract is five years,

and if he

becomes world champion
during that time,

it's extended automatically
for another two years.

They're just like announcing
who I'm signing with and stuff.

They announcing what?

Who I'm signing
with and stuff, and, like...

You're announcing
who you're signing with?

- Yeah.
- Oh.

You're fixin' to go pro
or something?

- Yeah.
- Yeah? What day?

Uhh... the first fight
is March 7th, I think.

- March what?
- Seven.

March 7th?

- Man! Y'all hear this?
- What's that?

He's having his first pro fight.
Let them know, Kenny!

We could take the shop
down there and support!

- It's uh, March 7th.
- Chicago's own!

...welcomes you to

New York's JFK
International airport.

What happened to the hair, man?
You cut it?

You better go work for George
Steinbrenner of the Yankees.

He realized
that you were ready.

That's why I love shoes.

Seriously, he loves shoes.

You wanna hand it to him?

Hope this is
one of many checks

that I have
to deliver to you.

- Many.
- Okay?

It's good to have
you on our team.

It's good for you
to be part of our family.

Thank you.

That's it. You guys
are now officially pros.

We'll see you
in California in the ring.

♪ I don't have to worry
about the things ahead ♪

♪ I don't have to worry
about the things ahead ♪

♪ All I have to do
is live right ♪

♪ All I have to
do is live right ♪

♪ All I have to
do is live right ♪

♪ All I have to
do is live right ♪

♪ All I have to
do is live right ♪

♪ All I have to
do is live right ♪

♪ All I have to
do is live right ♪

♪ And believe
in what He said ♪

♪ Jesus promised
He'll take care of me ♪

♪ Jesus promised
He'll take care of me ♪

God bless you all.
God bless you.

Amen and amen.

And I want to give another
shout-out to my boy, Kenny.

I am truly grateful

to God for you, man.

You have accomplished

things that millions
have failed at.

You, even being and coming
up out of Englewood...

where they think nothing good
can happen, is a blessing.

Amen.

It's not just you, bruh,
it's, you are us.

You gotta do it
'cause you represent us.

Not just your mother
and your father.

You represent us.

I want you to know whether
you win or whether you lose,

it's just the fact
that you made it.

It's a blessing, bruh.

You know,
I used to beat Kenny.

I was the poster child.

I was the one that
everybody was looking up to.

I was supposed to be the one

to be the next
Floyd Mayweather.

All right.

When I get in the ring, and
then we touch gloves and stuff,

I look him right in the eye.

And if he look away,
then I know I got 'em.

But, if he just lookin'
straight into my eye,

I know I got a war.

Now, answer back.
That's it. Downstairs.

Double it up. Inside.

Yeah, I'm makin'
something good

out of my fighting
on the streets.

From living in the projects.

Right, knock it down, right
back with that right. Pah! Pah!

I'm making, then,
a positive way

instead of a negative way.

That's it! That's what
I'm talking about.

My dream is to go
to the 2016 Olympics.

And just go
out there and win.

Honestly, I think that

I'm still one of
the best boxers.

In the future
I'm-a be a champion.

Good evening, Sonny Means
here with a premiere boxer

that's going to be
on the scene pretty soon.

And, the young man is Kenneth,
Kenneth Sims and his dad.

Number one, let's take this
first of all from the top.

Now, when you were in school,
and you were going around

and looking at what's
happening in Chicago

with a lot of young kids,
were you bothered by it?

I know your dad said
you were picked on a lot

and he wanted you to really
get yourself prepared--

- Wait, wait, wait.
- Okay.

I wasn't picked on.

- You were not picked on?
- No.

Okay, well, that's,
I heard something,

not necessarily
from your dad...

Nah, he just said
I was small, he didn't want

anybody to pick on me,
but I ain't ever, I ain't...

I ain't worried about it.

Talk to me about the
neighborhood that you live in

and the plight
that you see around.

A lot of folks are talking
about the fact that Chicago

and its ghetto areas, are murder
central for the most part.

Does it bother you,
and then you look on the street

and you see a lot of people,
young guys your age and younger,

are getting in trouble,
using drugs, and gangbanging

and what have you. You ever
have anybody come to you

and try to drag
you into that situation?

Nah. I don't put myself
in those situations

to have to deal with that.
I'm either at the gym, at home.

I hang out with friends,

but when we hang out
it's in the house,

so I'm never
anywhere to put myself

in that situation,

to have to deal
with things like that.

That's a good attitude
to have.

Thank you, Kenny.
All right.

See them reflexes?
It's God-given talent.

Two on that side, two on that
side. Pick it up and put it in.

Come on, man. They young.

We just moved
to a bigger apartment.

It's like two times bigger,
that's it.

I got my own room now.

Different neighborhood.

In Chicago, though.

Left, right, left,
right, left, right, left.

Up in the morning
for the rising sun!

Up in the morning
for the rising sun!

We'll run all day
till the run is done!

We'll run all day
till the run is done!

We eat our breakfast too soon!

We eat our
breakfast too soon!

Be hungry as heck
just before noon!

Be hungry as heck
just before noon!

Man, my life can't
get any stranger!

Man, my life
can't get any stranger!

Makin' my living as
a district range ranger.

Makin' my living
as a district range ranger.

I was doing
all right in bootcamp,

but after they found out
that I was a boxer,

I was supposed to be
in the 2016 Olympics,

that's when they really
started to write me up.

Ow, my foot locked
and I cut my finger!

You can hear me,
but I can't hear you!

You can hear me,
but I can't hear you!

We still got
a lot of PT to do!

On your mark, get set.

They put me through the hardest

that that bootcamp
got to offer.

But there's this thing
called motivation.

When you work out nonstop
from 5:30 to 3:30.

They were just trying
to get me to say I quit.

They felt like I had
something to achieve,

so they knew what
to take away from me.

Line up in front
of your foot lockers, go.

Yes, sir.

I was thirsty to go home.

I'm thinking, like,
I got this far,

they ain't fixin'
to terminate me now.

Put everything away.

Yes, sir.

But, man, that was their whole
plan. Gettin' my hopes up.

Butler, you have to live every
day of this program like you

- mean it. You understand?
- Yes, sir.

You have to sound off
every day like you mean it.

- Yes, sir.
- You have to convince me

you have desire to successfully
complete this program,

and that you're worth me
and all the rest of these staff

investing our freakin' interest
and our hard effort into,

that you're worth it 'cause
you're going to give us

the end result we want.

- Yes, sir.
- Do you understand me?

- Yes, sir.
- Then sound off then!

- Yes, sir!
- Louder!

- Yes, sir!
- Louder!

- Yes, sir!
- Like you freakin' mean it!

Yes, sir!

And that's when
they kicked me out.

When I was that close.

Ten days left.

So, I don't know how much
you've heard, or what you know,

but they have definitely
thrown him out

of bootcamp program, okay?

And, I think it's, um...

it's got me kind of mind-boggled
as to why they did it.

So, he started the program,
he was doing pretty good.

- Right.
- There were no issues,

he says he was doing fine.
I talked to him on the phone.

And then, he became the champ.
"What's up Ali?"

They started saying
things like that,

and, um, from that point on it
appears they did everything

they could for him to fail.

So, he has, like,

another 18 months,
which...

I know for
someone who is training,

these are his prime years.

Because what,
he's 19 now? So...

Yup, so he'll be 21,
I mean, he's missing...

he still has opportunities,
he still could, but you know,

you know... you've been around
boxing your whole life,

- you understand.
- Yeah, yeah, right, right.

He, he's not a bad kid. He's
never been in trouble before.

I mean, one, one bad month and
we're gonna destroy this guy?

Makes no sense to me.

You know, ever since talking--
calling him Hollywood

'cause he was
a boxer and all that,

so they was messing with him,
and they had...

somebody had put a letter in,

in like his personal space,

put it in his shoe
or something.

And the letter was for somebody

in the girls'
bootcamp next door.

And, uh, and they
kicked him out for that.

And they had witnesses
to say that it wasn't him,

he didn't write that,
and that wasn't his handwriting.

They know his handwriting.
And they said,

nah, we've been wanting to get
rid of your ass anyway.

And so they put him out.
Kicked him out.

Hey, sweetheart.
What a clusterfuck here.

Well, my main event fighter is
stuck at the border in Mexico.

How you feelin'?
Are you nervous?

Nah, nah, not at all.

All right, you wanna be
announced as,

uh, Kenneth Sims Jr.?

- Yes, sir.
- Out of Chicago?

Or you could put Bossman
in there, but that's cool.

- Bossman?
- Yeah.

- Kenneth "Bossman" Sims?
- Yeah.

- What's he gonna eat now?
- Lobster.

Lobster. Lobster? Seafood?

Lobster tonight, really?
All right, all right.

Here with Kenneth Sims Jr.

You're making your pro debut
on ESPN Friday Night's card.

If there was a fighter right
now, in the past or present,

that you, that
kind of fights like you,

who would that fighter be?

I don't think there's any.
I am different from everybody.

Okay, okay. So any last
words for your fans?

Uh, just be lookin' out.
I'm ready,

ready to take over boxing.
With Gary Shaw Promotions

and my team behind me,
I feel like I can do it

and I'm just ready for anything.

Sims, Samodre.

Step up on the scale, sir.

...right behind you.

Step up. Okay.

139.

All right!

Don't let,
hey, don't let them get...

Look this way, please.
Right here.

Proud of you, dude.

Good luck tonight.

Tonight, he makes
his professional debut,

from Chicago, Illinois,

the winner of 198
amateur contests,

the two-time PAL Champion 2014,

the 2013 U.S. National Champion

is Kenneth "Bossman"

Sims Jr.

Combinations, Kenny,
combinations! Two hits!

Good body shot,
good body shot!

That's it!

Up and down, up and down!

See if you run on five, six,

seven, eight, nine shots
downstairs, quick. Okay?

Take a little breather...

...the winner,
by unanimous decision,

Kenneth "Bossman" Sims Jr.!

Please say a command.

XM 45.

Did you say "dial 045"?
Please say yes or no.

No.

Tune XM 45.

Did you say "dial Pat"?
Please say yes or no.

No. iPod.

Did you say "phone"?
Please say yes or no.

Yes.

Goodbye.

♪ Higher than a blimp,
leaning like I'm pimp ♪

♪ 40 by my Fendi,
got me walking with a limp ♪

♪ I'm not signing no bitch
unless she nasty like Lil Kim ♪

♪ I got a lot of weight,
and I do not go to the gym ♪

♪ Swish, I'm balling
I'm so awesome ♪

♪ Old bitch keep calling
She think I'm awesome ♪

♪ Jackboys wanna rob me
I'm so awesome ♪

♪ Out here like a possum
I'm so, I'm so awesome ♪

♪ I'm so fucking awesome,
I'm so awesome ♪

♪ I'm so fucking awesome,
I'm so awesome ♪

♪ I'm so fucking awesome,
I'm so awesome ♪

♪ I'm so fucking awesome,
I'm so awesome ♪

♪ Make these niggas sick,
chicken noodle soup ♪

♪ Chickens in my coupe,
it's a fucking chicken coop ♪

♪ I'm so fucking awesome,
I'm so awesome ♪

♪ I'm so fucking awesome,
I'm so awesome ♪

What's up, pops?
Happy Father's Day.

How you and the
family been doin'?

I've been,
I've been all right.

Just trying to work out every
day and keep my mind focused.

And just tryin', just tryin'
to stay to myself.

I always wanted to tell
you that you're my role model

because you were the real
epitome of a man.

You did everything that
you said you was gonna do.

Like when you said you was
gonna get us out of the hood

and move us to
the suburbs, you did that.

And that's every man's dream.

That's every drug
dealer's goal.

I don't want y'all to think
that me coming to jail

was y'all's fault because

y'all did an excellent
job at raising me.

But when I got older, it just
seemed like I drifted off

into the,
into the badder things.

Because I feel like that
was my biggest downfall

in life, and I regret that.

I love y'all.

So write back soon
as you can. If you can.

Hey, guys, good evening.

I just went over the rules
with your opponents

so they have a pretty good
understanding of what

should happen tonight and what
shouldn't happen tonight.

You guys have an obligation
to the promoter and the fans.

Yeah! Yeah!

Kenneth Sims Jr.

Bossman!

Bow our heads. Father God,
we come before you

saying thank you, thank you for
all that you have done for us,

thank you for all that you
are going to do for us.

Lord God, we ask you...

Kenneth "Bossman"

Sims Jr.!

Kenneth "Bossman"

Sims Jr.!

Right, left.

Madison Square
Garden, ladies and gentlemen,

big night of fights,
we got a nice six-rounder here.

Two young charges,
and this is the first meeting

between Kenneth
"Bossman" Sims

and Luis Rodriguez.

Playing out of Chicago

in the blue corner,

Kenneth "The Bossman"

Sims Jr.!

Big moment
for both young fighters.

It's also their first time
appearing here at the mecca,

Madison Square Garden.

Sims comes into this fight
undefeated at 5-0.

Rodriguez, 3-2.

Sims answers.
Big right hand.

Rodriguez is lunging.

Pete Santiago breaks them up.

Very exciting fight
for both young fighters,

first time fighting
at the Garden.

Work the stick up. Work it.

Sims is trained by
his father, Kenneth Sims, Sr.

Work the stick up,
work it down!

And he wants that jab.

Here we go!

Sixth and final round.

Sims with
the nice combination.

Clearly landing
the cleaner punches.

Here we go, ten seconds left.

And there he lands
a big left hand.

The crowd loves it.

And he finishes strong,

and I see Sims staying
undefeated in this.

And there you have it.

Kenneth Sims Jr.
stays undefeated,

60-54 2x and 59-55
on one of the cards.

They gave Rodriguez...

59-55, Kenneth Sims.

Man, you know
that's coming off!

Say what?

Man, that's coming off.

Where my clothes at, man?

What you mean where
your clothes at?

What you got right there?

Huh?

- Where my clothes at?
- My fucking boy.

You got a coat?

Who is that down there?

Huh?

Who is that?

That's the police. Who is these
young savages you got with you?

I don't know
neither one of them.

What's up, man?

What's going on, man?

- My man.
- What's up, little bro?

Yeah, man, I'm Gucci, man.
What's up, man?

Boy, you need to...

Boy, that's what
they got you in?

Yeah, man. What's up?

Nothing much.
How you feeling, man?

Y'all looking good out here.

I got to take this off
right now. Look.

No, these somebody
else's, dog.

Hold on that, that's the police
right there, right?

Yeah, we good.
We off their property.

Mm-hmm.
You straight, my boy?

Yes, sir.

I know you ready.

Yeah, I'm ready.

Oh, you ain't that tall, boy.

Man, please, man, you little,
man. You little, man.

You little, man. You ain't, no,
you can't be no 165, boy.

Yes, I am.

Well, you gonna have
to drop that then.

You little.
You ain't that big.

We fixin' to go to
the gym right now!

So what you got
a taste for? You know, I know,

like, when I was in jail,

I was like I need to
eat me some pizza.

What you got a taste for?

Some steak.

I said that too.
That's what I said, too,

I'm like he's
gonna want some steak.

And, uh, some shrimp.

Some French toast,
whipped cream and strawberries.

What's up, man?

What's up, man?

What's up?

What's up, man?

Look who's here!

What's up with y'all, man?

Man, same old, same old.
Working, man.

So, it didn't work.

Hey, it's a tradition.

You have to box
when you come home.

That's the tradition.

Come on. Go to him, go to him,
go to him. Here he come.

Give me something, champ.

Two five, two five,
two five, two five.

You gotta grab
the hands down. Two five!

I just felt like

I wasn't the same boxer.

My timing was off.

My speed wasn't there.
My foot movement wasn't there.

I just felt awkward.

Dig, dig! Dig deep!
Let's go dig deep!

Let's go!
Let's go, dig!

Good work, good work.

Good work.

Get up, get up. Come on.

Good work, man.

You gave it all that
you could, man.

It's all right.

I'm scared to get back up.

Here, get some water.

Hey. You did good.

It ain't nothing to be
mad at yourself about.

You been in jail
four years, son.

Four years.

It's okay.
J, tell him, man.

Four years!

Four years.

Okay, you all right.

You gonna get back.

In four years. Come on, man.
You did exceptionally well, man.

You already knew,
we already knew, man.

You was gonna get tired.
It's okay.

It's just hard work,
you gonna get back there.

Get the fuck outta here!

I just randomly woke up

at like 4:30
in the morning.

And I had, like,
four or five text messages.

People telling me.

They told me how bad it was.

Another homicide
over the weekend

took the life of one of
Chicago's best boxers,

25-year-old Ed Brown
and a female relative

were shot early
Saturday morning

near his home
in West Garfield Park.

Brown was shot in the head

and his relative
was shot in the leg.

His managers say
they were heading home

after working out
at a nearby gym when someone

pulled up next to them
in a car and opened fire.

We've been together since I was

eight or nine.

I wouldn't call him my friend.

I call him my big brother.

His coach, George,
used to tell him

to go over our house
to keep him out of trouble.

He called my mom his mom.
He called my dad his dad.

Me and him talked about
being world champions,

winning titles together,
since we was small.

Now I got to do it
for the both of us

'cause he
can't do it himself now.

And make him proud.
To do what we talked about.

All right, ladies and gentlemen

in Atlantic City, New Jersey!

We are just about
two minutes away

from going live

on the Showtime Network.
Standby.

...and still undefeated:

Kenneth "Bossman"

Sims Jr.!

I messed it up.
I hit the button,

and I couldn't get back
on for some reason.

What happened
when you started relaxing?

Which was the eighth round.

You hit 'em with the C.

And bad boy's smiling.
He's smiling down.

- He's looking down on you.
- Yeah.

You're tired. That's okay.

Come on. Come on. Come on.
Come on, baby. Come on.

You ain't gonna
let his spirit die,

and the gym not gonna
let his spirit die.

We not gonna let
his spirit die.

He was right there
in that ring with you.

He's supposed to be here!

Destyne Butler Jr.
is making a name for himself

inside the boxing ring.
The 13-year-old has been boxing

since the age of six
and is already

a Junior Golden
Gloves Champion...

I gotta be real with myself.

I have been off six years.

He's working his
way to the Olympics,

and the young hopeful says

that he has big plans
for the future.

The moment of
truth for me is winning.

'Cause when I win
the Golden Gloves

then I'll finally feel like,
all right, I accomplished

what I wanted to accomplish.

...he'll be
the right age to compete.

That's when I'll
finally feel like I'm back.

All I know is,
the great, funny, laughable,

happy person, Ed Brown.

People die.

I've been to a coup--
like, funerals, but...

that's not the way
it should be.

But when you're accustomed
to living around here...

I pretty much got all
my cryin' stuff out.

Stuff can happen
to everybody, but...

that's why everything
happens for a reason.

I've gotta
get my timing back right.

I gotta get back
in boxing shape.

Reclaim my spot.

Same thing.

Again.

Two-three. Two-three. One.

One. One-two. One.

I can't really say

what's gonna happen
with Destyne.

You know,
I'm just being honest.

Because you don't know
where his skill set is.

When you take as
much time off as he has,

and your body goes through
what we call growth changes,

where when you were little,
combinations came out...

and you got--
'cause you had short arms.

As you getting older,
your arms getting longer,

your body's getting longer,
your feet are getting bigger.

Your skill set is not the same,
and what happens is,

if you haven't been continuing
training your skill set

during the time of growth,

you don't know how much
you're gonna pick up.

See, it's a little different if
you're the type of boxer that,

you gonna brawl anyway, but
Destyne was never a brawler.

He had skill sets.

He wasn't a banger.
He had skill sets.

What's one of the things
that go on boxers first?

Their skill set.
What doesn't go? Their power.

He wasn't a power puncher.
He was a skill set boxer,

and with that being said,
I don't know.

Hopefully he gets it all back,
but I don't know.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the final night of
Chicago's 2018 Golden Gloves.

This is the world's largest

and oldest amateur
boxing tournament.

Hundreds of fighters have
been narrowed down

to four rounds of fights
leading to this final.

Tonight is
the night of champions.

I see it in his eyes.

I see the will
and determination.

He can taste it.
I can taste it.

The whole team can taste it.

Hello, all you boxing fans,

and welcome to the 2018
Chicago Golden Gloves!

That has to be his dream.

You know,
it can't be my dream.

Put your arms up.

But I'm, I'm with him.
A hundred percent.

That's that next step.

You done beat his ass
in sparing.

You done beat his ass
every time y'all sparred.

Every single fucking time.

This is just like
a sparring match,

'bout to beat the dog shit
out of him again.

Start it all over.

Since you was a kid
we been doing this.

You been doing this.

They ain't used to this.
They ain't built for this

kind of pressure.
It's too much pressure.

He done already
psyched himself out.

It's too much pressure.

Too much fucking pressure.

Too much fucking pressure.

Yeah, I was gonna tell y'all

to bring some of
the guys down here.

Boxing is my get-out ticket.

It's, it's not even
just my ticket.

It's the people around me,
like, the people around me

is looking for me to
make it out, you know?

Looking for me to keep boxing.
Looking for me to

get all of us out, all of us
out of the situation that we in,

you know? So, they always tell
me that, so it's bigger than me.

I just got to win.

Come on!

Hands up there!
Quit playing, Destyne!

Keep my hands up!
Keep my hands up!

Keep my hands up!

No southpaw! No southpaw!

Stop going Southpaw!

Fight him, Destyne! Fight him,
Destyne! Fight him back!

Fight him back like you want to!
Fight him back like you want to!

Fight, Destyne! Fight!

Shoeshine! Shoeshine!

Hand speed, Destyne! Hand speed!
Hand speed! Hand speed!

Let's go! Let's go!
Let's go!

What you think?
He won that round?

Destyne, beautiful round.
That was beautiful ownership.

Beautiful round, champ.
You're doing good.

We got that first round,
I think. We should get it.

Speed combinations.
Keep it going. Let's go.

Keep jabbing, Destyne.
Keep jabbing! Keep jabbing!

Keep my hands up!
Keep my hands up, champ!

Keep my hands up!
Keep my hands up, Destyne!

Good shot, Destyne!
Come on, Destyne!

He's frustrated!

Hey, hands up!
Don't pull out like that.

Put your speed behind it,
Destyne!

Put your speed behind it,
Destyne! Where my jab at?

Hit the jab! Hit the jab!

Jab! Bob and weave!
Bob and weave! Bob and weave!

Why keep his hands down?

Come on, let's go, champ.
Let's go. Combination.

Finish strong, son!
Let's take this shit home!

Oh! Oh!

He trying to fight dirty!
Quick jabs!

All jabs!
Finish strong, son!

Yes! Yes!

Yes! Yes!
He's strong on the arm!

We got this shit, man!

Fuck it up!

We got this shit, man!
Six motherfucking years!

Six motherfucking years, man!

Six motherfucking years, man!

I love you, too, baby.

Ain't no motherfucking way.
On our way to the nationals.

Let's go! Let's go, boy. We did
it! We did it! Hard work pays!

... these two warriors,
one more big round of applause!

In this 165-pound
elite division.

Our winner tonight, the 2018
Chicago Golden Gloves champion,

by unanimous decision,

out of the red corner,
Destyne Butler!

All this, all this fighting,
hard work we did.

I love you, son.

I love you, boy. All this
hard work and fighting.

Been a long time.
Four whole years.

You did it. You did it.

You did it.
Four whole years.

Four whole years.
It's cool, man.

Six months. Six months.
You back.

I wish him the best.

To have a family home, and
I think we're reaching for it.

It's almost there.

It's there.

Step to the side.
There you go!

- Go!
- Good jab.

I've pretty much
sheltered him from everything,

and his mom pretty much
has sheltered him.

He has a system
that's set around him

for him not to fail.

Good jab! One, two, three!

One, two, three, Chris!
One, two, three.

God forbid if I die tomorrow,

Kenny would succeed.

One, two! One, two!

More! Come on!

Punch! Go!

But, being like me, no.

Go, he's tired!

I don't want him to be like me.

If he has a child, I don't want
my grandson to be like me...

- There it go. Go, go, go!
- Go.

...because we're
supposed to evolve.

Straight!

One-two!
Go! One-two!

He's supposed to
be better than me.

- KO, go, One-two! Go! One-two!
- Go! One-two!

♪ I was born ♪

♪ In a city of arms ♪

♪ A velvet teen sign ♪

♪ Doing the running man ♪

♪ From there ♪

♪ I evolved ♪

♪ As anyone does ♪

♪ Who knows the other hand ♪

♪ And we're one
of the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check
wish I did lie ♪

♪ End with the privilege
of speaking to you ♪

♪ Under the pretense
of which I have came ♪

♪ We're one of
the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check
then she held my A ♪

♪ And still had the privilege
of speaking to you ♪

♪ Shouts to the ones that
hope that she get paid, oh ♪

♪ We're one of the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check
put it in my name ♪

♪ Might fuck around
and put that shit on you ♪

♪ Under the circumstances
of today ♪

♪ We're one of the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check
and the good lie, ayy ♪

♪ That being nothing
I already said ♪

♪ That being something we feel
every day, oh, oh oh ♪

♪ I heard tales
of the motherland ♪

♪ I heard tales
of the motherland ♪

♪ Earth to the mothership
We're one of the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check,
where you be, IA ♪

♪ How would they look
at you differently, you ♪

♪ Seven cobblestone flights
to the street, yeah ♪

♪ We're one of
the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check
and a good night ay ♪

♪ Start with a step
then a jump then a uh ♪

♪ Under the circumstances
of today, ah ♪

♪ We're one of the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check,
wish you went that way ♪

♪ Might fuck around
and bang that shit on ooh ♪

♪ Given the shit that
happen every day, yeah ♪

♪ We're one of the lucky ones ♪

♪ Start with a check,
can't take no loses ♪

♪ Not with the way
things are going now ♪

♪ Fuck what brought
me here to you ♪

♪ Fuck what brought
you here to me ♪

♪ Fuck what brought
me here to you ♪

♪ Fuck what brought
you here to me ♪

♪ Fuck what brought
me here to you ♪

♪ Fuck what brought
me here to you ♪

♪ Fuck what brought
you here to me ♪

♪ Fk atroht
u reo ♪