All language subtitles for The.Fire.Inside.2024

Uppercut, go!

Left hook, go!

Uppercut, go!

-Right hand, go!

And hook, go! That's it.

Jab, go!

Right hand, go!

Jab, go!

Jab, jab, go!

That's it. Jab, go!

Jab, jab, go!

Right hand, go!

Ain't no cheerleading practice up in here.

- Cheerleading. - Aye, aye, aye.

-Cool it with all that. - You tell her, Zay.

Claressa. How many times I gotta tell you, huh?

You wanna hang around the gym, that's fine.

You wanna do drills with Bean, that's fine.

But we don't train no girls here at Berston Field House.

You hear me?

Aight.

Aight.

Hey, arms up! What are we doin'?

Right hand, go!

Uppercut, go!

Uppercut, go!

Uppercut, go!

Right hand, go!

Jab, go!

Jab, jab, go!

Right hand, go.

Okay, hold on, hold on.

Okay.

Okay, you got the headgear on.

What you think you gonna do with that?

Oh. Okay.

Ain't no use, Coach.

She on that short bus.

Gotta use sign language talkin' to her.

Sign language, right?

You've been trainin' for two weeks.

You think you're Floyd Mayweather or somebody?

Dang!

You heard that, right? What you gonna do?

Aight. Aight, come on in here.

-Aight, one round

and then we gettin' back to work, okay?

One round is all I need, Coach.

What you need is a ass whoopin', but that's okay.

That's okay. We gonna get there soon enough.

Aight. Here we go. Go!

Yeah, get her, Zay!

Come on, get in there, Claressa!

That's it, come on!

All right, hold up, hold up.

-Zay, get over there! - Dang, Coach.

-Get in that corner, man. -Zay undefeated!

Hey, come here. Come here. Look here, look here.

-All right.

Hey, don't you hang your head, you hear?

You can lose a fight,

but you can't let nobody take your heart.

There's a difference, okay?

All right, stand right there.

Show me the jab.

Okay. Show me the cross.

What she doin'?

-Okay. Bean? Bean? - Mmm?

What you been teachin' this girl?

Don't put that on me.

You the only one here workin' with her.

You said ain't no girl fighters at Berston.

Shut up, Bean.

Come over here, all right?

All right, look at me.

Jab.

Cross.

Hey! Okay, come on, now.

Keep your front foot planted. This ain't ballet.

There. All right?

Jab.

Cross. There you go. There you go.

She don't want no more, Coach.

- Hey, look, look. -She don't want no more Zay.

Watch his shoulders, not his hands, okay?

When he come at you with all that mess,

you slip left, and you blast him.

Show me the slip.

Blast it. There we go! There we go. Aight!

-Round two.

Let's go!

Get in there. She don't want no more.

- Come on. - Come on, Zay.

Claressa, remember what I told you, now.

-Yeah! There you go.

That's it, that's good.

-Okay, all right. - She hit him!

-All right. Hey, hey, hey. - Let me go!

-Let me go! Come on, man. -Hey, hey, hey.

Hey.

That was good, girl.

Okay. Okay.

Okay, easy now.

Okay, easy now.

Come here. I'm just gonna...

take your headgear off for you, okay?

You can come here. All right.

You all right?

Hey.

You done real good.

Okay? Yeah.

All right. All right.

Hey, baby.

What?

You act like you ain't never seen me clean before.

Bri, Peanut.

Mmm-hmm.

Y'all think y'all know my tricks

but y'all don't know.

It's even the real kind.

Of course it's the real kind.

Only the best for my baby.

Shit.

I forgot the milk.

Water tastes like milk, anyway.

- Show me a roar.

Oh, that's good, but you can do better than that.

Show me your growl!

I tell you what,

these kids better growl their way over to this table

and eat this food.

Oh, you heard Mama.

We gotta growl to the table.

Yeah!

Yeah! Bacon time.

-Yeah, it's bacon time.

Baby, can I ask you a question?

Mmm-hmm.

What you think about girls boxin'?

Nuh-uh. You ain't finna have my baby up in no gym.

I can fight. See?

Watch my hands. Pow, pow, pow...

No, you can't!

All right. Corey, Keisha, shut.

Hey, look, I'm not talkin' about our kids.

I'm talkin' about this little girl named Claressa.

Yeah, she comin' out to the gym.

She from over there in Frogtown.

-Jackie's little girl? -Uh-huh.

What's she doin' all the way over at Berston?

She wanna fight, I guess.

She run all the way there most days.

Hmm. Probably tryin' to get away

from that messed up house.

Don't see no reason why she can't.

She got hands.

Yeah.

Yeah, she do. She do.

I don't know, I just...

I just never...

You ain't never what?

I just ain't never thought about no girls boxin'.

Mmm.

And why is that?

There you go!

That's it! Jab on the outside!

Jab on the outside!

She ain't got no defense!

She ain't got no defense!

She ain't never seen nothin' like you!

She ain't never seen nothin' like you!

That's it! There you go! There you go!

Let her come to you! Let her come to you!

That's it! There you go!

-That's how we do! - Yeah!

-That's how we do! - Yeah!

- One! Two! -Yeah! Yeah!

- Three! Four! -Come on!

- Five! Six! -Let's go, Ressa!

Seven!

Eight!

That's how we do!

That's how we do! That's how we do!

-Yeah, Coach! -That's right! That's right!

-They don't want none! -Yeah!

Come on, that's right!

T-Rex! T-Rex! T-Rex!

We got two months till nationals,

so I need you training every day.

All right, Coach.

You want me to walk you in?

Nah, I'm good.

-Thanks, Coach. -Mm-hmm.

Hey, Ressa.

I'm proud of you.

I'm damn proud of you.

- Mmm-hmm.

Oh.

There go my baby.

There go the champ.

Hey, Mama.

Ressa, you remember Mama friend, Johnny, right?

Where Bri and Peanut at?

-They in the back. -They?

What you think?

Don't be askin' me no question about my damn kids.

I got y'all orange.

Thanks, Ress.

We ain't eat all day.

Work her, Zay.

Oh, come on, now. You can't give her nothin'.

You gotta make her earn it!

Come on, Zay!

That's it, press her.

Time!

Hey, Ressa. Hey, look, I gotta leave a little early.

I have Bean gonna make sure you get home safe, okay?

-All right, Coach. -All right, good work.

I can take you.

Bruh! What you doin'?

-Aye. You crazy.

Yo! Nah, nah, nah.

Stop! Don't do that!

It was funny!

It was cool to give you a ride home, Ressa.

I mean, we walked most of the way here, so...

Ain't my fault your butt got sore.

Besides,

Jason would kill me if I laid you up before the big fight.

True.

Ayo, you represent out there.

Show 'em how we do it in Flint.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are experiencing some turbulence.

Here's your badge.

Good luck.

That's who we got first round.

Time to teach these babies

to stay out of grown folks' business.

Hey, don't pay her no mind.

Don't pay her no mind.

You know, this ain't just messin' around no more.

You win tomorrow,

we goin' to the Olympic Trials.

You don't get many opportunities like this,

so when you do,

you go all the way.

You've seen more in your 16 years...

than most people seen in their entire lifetime.

You a survivor, Ressa.

You got this fire inside of you.

I want you to take all that pain

and turn it into somethin' good.

In the ring now, a study in opposites.

On one side, 16-year-old

Claressa "T-Rex" Shields from Flint, Michigan,

and on the other,

Kira Fitzgerald, 31-year-old,

-reigning US champion. -I kinda like her.

And here we go, folks. Winner takes all.

- Box!

-All them baby games is done. -Let me go, bro!

-You with a real one now! - Get off me!

Keep your balance, Ressa. Come on, keep your balance.

Get in there! Come on.

There we go.

There we go. Come on, Ress.

Don't let her get in your head! Come on.

Get your balance!

Come on, Ressa.

- Stop!

Now, first year for women's

boxing at the Olympics

and kind of an awkward system at play.

The winner at these trials will move on to...

Come here.

It's all right.

Hey, Ressa.

Ressa, wake up.

Wake up!

-You good? -I'm good!

-Is you good? - I'm good, Coach!

All right, come on, now. When she move,

you move with her, not against her, okay?

'Cause when y'all move the same, she can't hang.

-Uh-huh. -She can't hang, all right?

Have her ass on the ground in one second,

all right? There you go.

You ready? Aight, let's go!

Yeah, there we go!

Stick and cut!

There we go!

That's how we do! Come on, T-Rex!

Oh! There we go! There we go! Come on!

Who the real one now, huh?

You gotta let them hands go!

T-Rex!

Let them hands go, Ressa! Let them hands go!

Come on, baby girl!

We havin' too much fun to stop now!

Let's go!

-Yeah!

Mmm...

I didn't like the score.

What's the matter with it?

15-23?

I could've sworn I was in a corner.

What'd he say, 29-9? Somethin' like that?

You thought you were in the lead more?

I ain't never score a 23 in my life.

The score was fine.

23 to 15, that's all right.

We still won.

You goin' to China, to the Olympic Trials.

What?

You see that? You see that?

See, I know her like a book.

Cheers.

Hi, Jason.

I'm Nicole Thompson.

Head of marketing and media relations for USA Boxing.

Oh, hey, Nicole. Good to meet you.

Congratulations.

Where is Claressa?

Oh, you know, she up in her room.

She's 16.

Any party I go to, she don't want no part of.

I know what you thinkin'. Where'd she come from, right?

Well, look, none of that matter 'cause that's the past.

She the future now.

And you know we gonna take home that gold medal too.

Jason, USA Boxing hasn't won a gold medal since 2004.

We've only won three in the last 20 years.

Yeah, well, none of them boxers was Claressa, was it?

Yeah, and none of them were 16.

Look, she's a strong fighter, I'll give you that.

But I just want you to manage expectations.

The Olympics isn't just boxing,

it's the weight of the world.

Could you have handled that at her age?

Look, Ressa, who we is?

Ah!

It ain't even like that, fool.

You didn't knock her out?

Nah, you get points and shit.

You gotta land the most hits.

Like this. Brah, brah.

That's two. Brah, brah, brah.

That's three right there.

Best part is, we goin' to China for the qualifiers.

Then after that, it's London.

And a gold medal.

I'mma get paid, watch.

Move us up outta that house.

For real, Ress?

Hell yeah.

You heard Jason. Can't nobody beat me.

Yes, T-Rex!

Hell yeah, Ressa! Hell yeah!

What's up?

-So. -So.

You miss me?

I've only been gone for, like, four days.

Boy, you lame as hell.

-Ressa, you did it!

What's this?

Your coach came by.

Said you need that good protein.

Me and the girls made this for you, special.

Can I at least have some fries?

Coach Jason say,

"No french fries, no fried chicken."

Tsk.

And lay off them Red Vines.

One more.

All right, take over, Zay.

-All right, Coach. -Work her.

Just like I told you.

You look tired.

No, no, again.

Yeah, that's it. That's it right there.

That's it right there. Ressa, you gotta take that now.

Yeah!

What was that?

- Hey, look here! -What are you doin'?

Hey, look here!

Your job is to work her. You understand me?

If you don't work her over here,

they gonna work her over there.

All right, Coach.

Look, I'mma tell it to you straight.

No datin' at the gym.

All right?

You cannot mix business with pleasure. You hear me?

-Ressa? -I hear you! Dang.

Look out there. Hey.

Come on, now, look out there.

See, you on a path right now.

And everything you see out there

is just one more thing to get in your way.

All these boys.

Coach.

What?

What, you think I don't know?

You think I don't know about what it's like to be 16?

Hormones all everywhere?

Bruh, don't nobody wanna hear about your nasty hormones.

Oh, you don't? I'mma tell you, though.

-Nah. Not at all! -I'mma tell you, though.

Aye, aye. When I was your age, I had all these girls.

-Please.

-Nah, man. Stop! -No!

-Stop. Please stop.

Aye, I was a player. I was a player.

Look, you win that gold medal, you can date who you want,

when you want, how you want.

You ain't got nothin' to prove.

'Cause you up here.

You hear me? You up here.

But until then, no datin' in my gym.

You got too much at stake.

These boys, they just...

You know, they leave you high and dry.

I done it, so I know.

Wearing the chrome gold,

weighing 139 pounds,

he is undefeated.

Three wins, all by knockout.

From Flint, Michigan,

I give you Jason Crutchfield!

Zay.

Zay, wait.

Zay!

Look, if this is why I'm here,

this the only reason you with me...

No, it's not the only reason...

Listen to me.

All right.

Aye, I gotta tell you somethin'.

And you might not wanna hear it but, um...

I gotta tell you.

Look, when I was little...

When I was a little girl...

My mama friend, he, um...

He used to touch me.

He used to touch me like that.

I mean, he locked up now.

I'm good, I just...

I just need to take it extra slow.

It's okay.

I ain't scared to be touched.

Not by you.

I'm sorry that happened to you.

But it don't change nothin' for me.

Where you comin' from?

-Nowhere. -Nowhere?

Talk to your mama.

I'm goin' to bed. I got training in the mornin'.

Oh, you too good for your mama now?

Come on, dance with me, Ressa.

You lookin' fine here tonight!

Leave her alone, Alfred.

She too high and mighty for us.

She a big shot now.

-She the champ! -Yeah!

She got trainin' in the mornin'.

I'm just playin' with you, girl!

Why you can't have some fun with us?

Come on, just a little dance.

God damn it, Ressa!

- Yo, you see that? - Think he bleedin'.

-Get your ass outta here. -Mama.

This is my house, you hear? Mine!

I said, get the fuck outta my house!

Jason.

-Jason. -Hmm?

-Ressa!

Ressa!

Ress!

Ressa! Ressa!

Hey, Ressa.

Ressa, come on, now.

Ressa, it's me. It's me. Ressa, hey.

Come on, now, it's me.

Hey.

Hey, okay.

Okay.

-It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay, okay?

It's okay.

All right, come on.

It's okay.

Let's get you off the street, okay? Come on.

Corey, wake Ressa up before she late for school.

Come on, Ressa, wake up.

Boo!

I got you!

What you scared for, huh?

What you scared for?

You all right?

I'm good.

You can stay in Keisha's room while she away at school.

-Thanks, Coach. -Mmm-hmm.

Now, look, this don't change a thing.

I'm still your coach, you still my fighter.

I ain't gonna treat you different

just 'cause you here.

Yes, Coach.

Ressa, you hungry?

Nah. I'm good, Mick.

So, you, uh...

-You tell my mama? - Mmm-hmm.

She thinks it's probably best.

Hey.

Road to the Olympics, that's through China,

so get your mind right, you hear?

All right.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah.

Uh-huh. We went down there and got it.

They had her name

in the system already and everything.

That's great, Jason. Thank you.

All her flights have been taken care of as well.

Mmm-hmm.

All she has to do is check in at the counter.

Claressa, you must be excited to go to China.

Yeah.

Yeah, she good. She ready.

What about Jason?

I'm sorry, Claressa.

Jason's not sanctioned with AIBA,

let alone USA Boxing.

What, you ain't comin'?

Hey, look, Ressa, now, you know, China, that's...

It's a long ways away.

I'm so sorry, Claressa.

We can only travel in officially-sanctioned coaches.

Jason would have to

fly himself there, and even then

it would only be to support from the sidelines.

Coach.

Our coaching staff is excellent.

Hey, Ressa.

Nicole, I'mma call you back. Aye, Ressa!

Ressa!

Ressa, I know you mad. Aye!

Ressa! Come on, now. Ressa, aye. Aye, come on...

Ressa, now.

Hey, look, gettin' to China, that ain't cheap.

Aight?

My cable job the only one that pay, aight?

I can't afford to miss no more shifts.

Oh, no. Come on. Don't start cryin' on me.

Don't go cryin' on me now.

Aye, the only tears we cryin' is tears of joy, right?

I tell you what, you go over there,

you get that gold medal

and I'mma be the one cryin' like a little bitch.

Right?

Right.

Hey, even when I ain't there...

I'm there, okay?

You hear me? I'm there.

All right.

And that looks to be

another point for Shields

who is riddling Rani with body blows.

Aight.

Some sensational combinations here.

Yeah, there you go, Ressa. That's it, that's it.

There you see, again with the left hand.

There you go.

Jab to the head, hook to the body.

There you go, Ressa! Come on!

That's it, that's how we do. That's how we do.

Here comes Shields again!

Right there! Right there, that's it!

Rani, nowhere to go, flailing.

She can't escape that thrashing from Shields.

Come on! Aye! Aye.

Ressa over there destroyin' her. You hear me?

Aye, it ain't even close!

Shields, undoubtedly the aggressor

from the start of this match

-is not backing down.

That's it!

27-10.

That's quite a debut out there. Really impressive.

Pooja Rani didn't stand a chance.

Is that why they call you T-Rex?

No, that's account of my short arms, actually.

I ain't got reach,

but I'm as fierce as they come.

Well, that's clearly the truth.

So, Claressa, tell me. Why boxing?

I like to beat people up.

-You like to beat people up?

That's right.

Excuse me. I'm just gonna borrow Claressa for a moment.

You might wanna rethink your strategy.

What you mean?

People expect female athletes to behave a certain way,

look a certain way.

Boxing's no exception.

-That's bullshit. -It sucks, I know.

But the reality is,

if you wanna succeed outside the ring,

you gotta play the game.

Let me show you something.

- What's this?

Ain't she got a fight today?

Photo shoot.

CoverGirl picked up Marlen right after the trials.

Man, I can beat that girl ass.

I'm a way better boxer than her.

Well, that remains to be seen,

but that is exactly my point.

It's not fair, but for women,

it's not just about how skilled you are.

Beautiful!

Good mornin'.

I figured I'd watch it out here so I didn't wake you.

You want some coffee?

Oh, yeah. Thank you.

Dang, that girl tall.

Yeah, but we ain't worried about her, though.

-Thank you. -Yeah.

Welcome back.

-We ain't worried about her. -We're coming to you live

from the Women's World Boxing Championships

in Shanghai, China.

The top eight finishers here at Worlds

will qualify to move on to the Summer Olympics in London.

That's right.

And Flint, Michigan's 17-year-old Claressa Shields

can punch her ticket to London right now

with a victory in this semifinal match

against England's Savannah Marshall.

Shields cruised through

her opening bout here yesterday

with India's Pooja Rani.

But Marshall is a much more seasoned fighter.

All right. Now, she has a reach advantage

so you let her come at you, and you counter, okay?

Wait, huh?

When she punches, I need you to counter

and then give her the slip.

-Let's go, Ress! -Come on!

Box!

This sure is unexpected.

Savannah Marshall holding Claressa Shields at bay.

See, she need to get in there if she want the points, right?

- Mmm-hmm. -That girl got them long arms.

Now that was an astonishing blow!

Claressa Shields

not on her usual game tonight.

-What's goin' on, little man? -She can't seem

to find her way in.

Come on, now.

What's wrong with Ressa?

Savannah Marshall, three inches taller.

Nothin', baby.

Dominating with her long reach.

She just need a minute to figure it out, that's all.

They gonna get her right when she get back

-to her corner. -In the first round,

we're tied at two points apiece.

Calm down.

-You listen to me now. -Bruh, she keep runnin'!

- I know! -She ain't even comin' at me!

Calm down, Claressa. I need you to listen to me, now.

-What I need to do? -Look!

When she step to throw,

and I know she way out there, Claressa,

-but when she step...

I need you to give her the slip to the left

-like we talked about.

All right?

Close her down! Don't give her the reach.

Move with her. Close that space.

Throw it to the body, Ressa!

You gotta get those points!

I've been lookin' all over for you.

It's Jason.

I don't wanna talk to him.

Uh, Jason, I'm not sure if you're aware

from the coverage over there,

but Claressa's not out just yet.

If Savannah Marshall wins the tournament tomorrow

it'll weigh Claressa's strength of competition.

And that, along with

her impressive score from round one,

should be enough for the final seed into the Olympics.

Think of it like a wild-card spot in football.

Yeah, that's good.

That's good. That gives us somethin' to hope for.

Ressa. Aye, Ressa?

I know it's a loss,

but that's your first loss.

You know, it happened already. That loss is done.

But this a new day.

Yeah? This a new day.

It's time for you to get back up.

See, this ain't no physical thing.

About what's in your head,

what's in your soul, what's in your spirit.

Now, if you stay down, then you down,

that's your character, but you get back up...

you know, you the truth.

So it's gonna be up to you

to show who Claressa Shields really is.

Yes! Claressa, that's you!

You made it!

You're going to the freakin' Olympics!

Good luck, Savannah!

I want your papers to focus on one of three

Native American peoples from the Northern Woodlands.

The Ojibwe, the Odawa, or the Potawatomi tribes.

-Hey, baby. -Hey, baby.

How many times you gonna watch that?

How many times? Hmm?

-You okay? -I'm fine.

You fine? Aight.

You sure about that?

I don't feel like talkin'.

Well, you need to.

You can't keep watchin' that fight over and over again,

hatin' on everything.

You need to let it out.

Ressa.

-I hear you, man! Dang! - Don't ignore me then.

Jason, why you bothering her?

I don't like when people ignore me.

-She don't feel like talkin'. -You just keep flyin' at me!

You keep flyin' at me and I keep tellin' you,

I don't feel like talkin' about the stupid fight.

I lost.

I lost, and I'mma try to do better next time

and it's just like, it's not enough.

Even when I win, it's not enough.

You told me you was gonna be there, and you weren't there.

Oh, okay, so now she blamin' me, right? Okay.

-Can't blame nobody else. -Oh, you can't, huh?

-Jason.

If it's a girl, I'mma name her Miracle.

And we could dress her all cute

in one of them bow headband things.

You sure?

Of course I'm sure.

What kinda question that is?

Ain't like I'm some dude that can claim it ain't mine.

You talk to baby daddy yet?

Shit, Bri.

Where you gonna stay? You can't stay at Mama's.

Well, when you win that prize money,

we could get our own place.

Just us.

Yeah, well...

Don't get it twisted.

All right? No matter how cute that baby is,

I ain't changin' no stinky diapers.

That's all you.

You wanna come over later?

Come on.

How about tomorrow?

-Come on! -Zay, focus, man.

In a minute.

I am focused.

Are you comin' over?

Ressa, come on.

I'm just messin' with you.

Ressa!

Yo, Ressa.

Yo. I was just playin'.

Aye, I think we need to chill on us.

Jason wasn't even lookin'.

It ain't about Jason.

Huh?

Look, I ain't got time to mess around.

I've been workin' my whole life for this right now, man.

I don't need a boyfriend.

I need a sparring partner, all right?

I need workouts and reps, that's it.

You breakin' up with me?

No, I...

Nah, I mean...

Until these Olympics...

kinda.

"Kinda."

I seeded last, Zay.

These girls I'm fightin' over there are, like, 30.

They ain't got school or homework.

They got people workin' 'em out all day

feedin' 'em green smoothies and shit.

I don't need any distractions right now.

That's what I am?

I ain't even mean it like that.

Nah. We good.

We good.

Oh, Zay, she don't like that.

She don't like that. Oh!

Ooh!

All right, Zay, come on.

That's it. That's it.

That's it. Get in there.

There you go, there you go, there you go.

-Whoo! -Ressa?

- There you go! -Ressa!

Lookin' good up there, baby.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Jason Crutchfield, long time no see.

Come to pick my daughter up.

We're havin' a little get-together.

Yeah, well, she trainin'.

Come on. Come on, let's go.

Come on, man. I just got out the joint.

There you go. That's it.

She can skip out a little early tonight.

Ressa! Ressa, what you say?

Hey, Ressa, don't you pay him no mind, you hear me?

Say, man, who the hell

you think you talkin' to like that, though?

I'm talkin' to my fighter.

You talkin' to my daughter.

Oh, your daughter? She your daughter now?

Yeah, that's right. She my daughter.

-She always been my daughter. -Oh, that's right.

She always will be my daughter.

You do need to think about that.

That's right? Okay. Okay.

I'mma change real quick.

Wait for you outside, baby.

Say, look here, man.

Look here, man. I...

I appreciate everything you done for her.

But some things you gotta recognize, you feel me?

Donte, what you waitin' on? Come on, get in here.

London, England.

Damn!

You did good. You did real good.

I didn't even win yet, though.

You gonna.

Don't matter.

This a real proud papa here.

Hey, y'all.

My baby girl goin' to the Olympics!

- There we go! Yeah! - Okay!

And I'm the one done told her she a boxer.

-It was me. -So embarrassing.

Dad, all right, all right, all right.

-Chill! - Stop it.

Goin' to the Olympics, man!

Hey, there.

Aye, come sit down a minute.

Come on.

So, uh...

Daddy home again, huh?

That's good. That's real good.

We all need family, you know.

-Yeah. -Mmm-hmm.

He ask you about London?

He on parole,

so it might just be Mama, Bri, and Peanut, but...

Bri pregnant and...

I don't really know if she gonna go.

So, I mean...

Aye, you want my opinion?

I'mma tell you.

You might not want mine,

but I'mma tell it to you straight.

When you leave all of 'em right here,

ain't no bullshit around you.

Mmm-mmm.

Hey, look.

This is the highlight of your life, right now.

And the only person you gotta look out for is you.

Yeah, but they my family.

They all I got.

I know,

I know it feel like that, but you all you got.

You got more heart, more discipline,

more fight than any of them ever had.

So you gotta drown out all that noise,

and you got to stay focused.

Huh? You wanna take care of your family,

you gotta get that gold first.

And then the endorsements gonna come.

Nike, Visa.

Look, just you wait.

They come lookin' already.

And when you win... ooh-wee.

You can buy your mama a new house

with space for Bri baby.

You can get you a new car.

There's somethin' else, too.

I apologize

for not bein' with you in China.

That's on me.

You been sacrificin'.

So...

I gotta sacrifice, too.

I'mma be with you in London, Ress.

I'mma be right there with you.

Yeah.

But the question is,

is you ready?

You want that gold medal, let me see it!

Let me see it, Ressa!

-Let's go!

That's it! That's it!

That's it. Run for the gold, Ressa, run for the gold!

-T-Rex!

Claressa!

Get it, get it, get it!

Go!

Soak it in.

We in the lion's den now.

Okay, Claressa, fool me twice, shame on me.

Keep your distance now.

No, no, no, you gotta pivot!

Keep those feet movin'!

Close that gap!

There you go!

There you go! Now you in your range!

-Excuse me?

Excuse me? Sir? I'm sorry,

but you can't do that here.

This area is restricted to the public.

Oh, come on, Ress!

-Come on! -Sir.

I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

All right. All right, man.

I heard you. All right.

Stay on the outside.

Right in there. Nice!

I want you to parry. Parry, then cross.

Hands up. Watch your defense.

Hands up.

Phelps is all the way down

-in seventh. -Let's go!

And Deibler was in the second spot,

but Phelps has that great finishing speed...

Another strong finish by Phelps!

I recommend the green ones.

Take, uh, two Heinekens, please,

and a pack of vinegar crisps.

Cheers. That'll be £20.

-You can get the next round.

Thank you, Nicole. I appreciate that.

All right, thanks, man.

-Cheers. All right. -Cheers.

Mmm.

There's Laurell.

Hey, look, there's Ressa.

She look good!

She all fired up, too!

Go, Ressa!

Shouldn't you be in a box suite or somethin'?

Need to win a few more gold medals

before we can talk box suites.

And besides, I've seen you at Claressa's fights.

This is where the action is.

Even brought my earplugs.

Okay.

Okay, you got jokes.

The woman wearing red,

representing Sweden, Anna Laurell,

is one of the most decorated women amateur boxers

of all time.

Her opponent, representing the United States of America,

it is the teenage phenom from Flint, Michigan,

17 years old, Claressa Shields!

All right. All right.

I know you still focused on Savannah Marshall,

but you gotta get through these next two girls

if you gonna get to her, all right?

This one, she wiry, all right?

So I need you to keep your feet movin' and your hands up.

Locate where them punches be comin' from.

Boxers?

-Box!

Stay right there, Ressa! Hold your ground!

Yeah! That's beautiful. That's beautiful.

There you go. There you go.

Ressa, finish what you started!

This all you!

Hey, hey!

-How you feel? -I feel good!

Oh, yeah? Two down, one to go.

I'm ready, Coach.

Yeah, damn straight, you is.

Hey, Savannah!

In a surprising turn,

England's Savannah Marshall is looking outmatched.

And what a staggering blow

from Russia's Torlopova.

She got those heavy hands, you see?

Yeah, you ain't lyin'.

It's like she's swingin' sledgehammers out there.

Torlopova is the slower puncher,

but she has the experience and better technical ability.

-Coach. -No, it's okay.

It's okay.

Marshall was heavily favored

to advance to the gold medal match

with US boxer Claressa Shields,

but it's looking like

Russia's Torlopova will be fighting Shields instead.

-You scared? -No.

It's okay to be scared.

I'd be worried about you if you wasn't.

Say it.

Go on, say it out loud.

I ain't scared of her.

But it wasn't supposed to go down like this.

I've been trainin' and

studyin' the reach advantage,

and now it's like it don't even matter.

It ain't about Savannah Marshall. It never was.

You ready physically.

You better than that new girl.

You better than all of them girls.

Mentally, that's all the trainin'

you gotta worry about.

You made it to the final.

And maybe there's a part of you

that thinks that's enough.

You already done better than anybody expected.

And if you don't win that gold, then what?

You can go back home, and things go back to normal.

And then you wouldn't have to live up to

the challenge of what everybody think you can do.

But I'mma tell you somethin', Ressa.

That's bullshit!

That's bullshit.

It's way bigger than boxin', Ress.

'Cause everybody lookin' at Flint

like we some damn ghost town.

Like we don't even exist.

You ever wonder why they name it Flint?

'Cause of the Indians.

They used to go down to the river

and they find these rocks, all this flint.

It's a hard stone.

Dark.

It's kinda glassy-lookin'.

Before metal came around,

the Indians, they

would make tools, arrows, from flint.

It's a tough stone, flint.

And it's strong as hell.

That remind you of anybody?

T-Rex!

T-Rex, we go all the way!

We go all the way! Come on, Ressa!

Claressa Shields has been on a mission.

Just 17 years old she starts

her senior year of high school this fall.

Will she show up to high school

-with a gold medal... -Look, look!

...or a silver medal?

It's hard to believe she's only 17.

Yeah, come on, girl!

Come on, Flint!

Nadezda Torlopova,

33 years of age, representing Russia.

Torlopova, the 2010 AIBA World Champion

and bronze medalist at the Worlds earlier this year

where Shields seeded last.

Box!

Ressa, don't let her push you around! You gotta work!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Come on, Ressa. Come on, Ressa.

Come on, Ressa! You better than her!

Aye! Don't let her out on the right-hand side!

How you feelin'?

-I'm okay. -You all right?

Keep your head now. Keep your head.

Come on, Ress. Come on, now.

You're throwin' wild right now.

We still got a long way to go.

What I gotta do?

I need you to just breathe. Okay, just breathe.

-But what I gotta do, man? -Listen, listen.

Don't let her out on the right, Ressa!

The right-hand side!

It is tied at three points

apiece at the end of round one.

Going into round two,

US boxer Claressa Shields

needs to get back on the offensive.

- Box!

You gotta cut her off!

You gotta cut her off!

Watch that hook!

She don't hear me.

She don't hear me.

We worked too hard, Ressa! We worked too hard!

You better than her!

Come on.

Come on, Claressa.

Hands up! Protect yourself!

Welcome back.

We're about to start round three.

Still everything to box for

to see who will go home with the first-ever gold medal for

-women's middleweight boxing. -Come on, baby.

-Come on, baby! -Let's go, Ressa!

She outpacin' you, Claressa.

I need you to slow her down, okay? Use some jabs.

Hey, Ressa! Ressa! Excuse me.

Ressa! Ressa, aye, Ressa!

Stay with her! Stay with her!

Aye, don't let her out on the right!

Don't forget your combinations.

Work the counters.

Your defense too, all right? Keep your hands up.

Protect yourself.

Aye, get out your head, now!

We worked too damn hard! You better than her!

She ain't seen nothin' like you!

She ain't never seen nothin' like you!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go, T-Rex!

T-Rex!

Let's go!

- Ressa! -Come on, Ressa!

Let's go, Ressa!

Come on!

Let's go!

-Box!

There you go!

There you go! Get in there!

Ressa, stay with her! Stay with her!

Don't let her out on the right!

Oh! Oh!

That's it! Yeah!

Yeah! Ressa!

Come on.

Gold medalist and Olympic champion, representing

the United States of America,

-Claressa Shields!

Yeah! Yeah!

Oh, my God!

I'm here to pay my ma's bill.

Account number 206-8602.

Okay.

I'll, uh, write a receipt for you

and then you'll take this letter down

to City of Flint Water and Power.

Okay.

So, you're her, right? You're the boxer?

This Claressa Shields right here.

-It's her. -Good for you.

She our golden girl.

Yeah, for sure.

I watched it, so congratulations.

-Thank you. -I'm her mother.

Wow. You must be so proud.

Oh, I'm proud.

Overwhelmed.

So, what's next for you?

Take over the world.

Right, baby?

Hi, hello.

Yes, is this Excel Sports Marketing?

Yeah, this is Jason Crutchfield calling again.

I just wanted to, uh, see if Danny Turner was available.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Claressa Shields.

Women's boxing.

Yeah, it's a female sport now.

You know what, I'll take a fax number.

I didn't know we were still doing that, but I'll take it.

Yeah, it's just that LA is a long ways away, so...

There's no little schedule book for you

to look through to tell me?

It's been a long day. You know, I'm just...

Jason Crutchfield.

Hey, T-Rex. Let me hold the G for you real quick.

When you gonna rep for Nike?

Soon, bruh, soon.

Hook a girl up with some kicks, size nine.

Hey, you trippin', Dee.

Does what I did even count?

You really asking me that?

This just ain't what I thought it would be.

Maybe it'll just take more time.

Jason Crutchfield.

The man, the myth,

the legend.

Hey, hey, hey. What's the rush?

Drink your drink, man. Ain't no rush here.

No, man, I'm good. I was just leaving.

Nah, nah, nah.

You gonna listen to me first, okay?

I've been locked up more years than I've been free

as far as Claressa goes.

So, every time you give me that look,

I can't feel no kinda way about it.

But here, the thing is though,

you say you wanna be her boss, her daddy, her coach...

What the hell is it you actually doing, huh?

We in February already

and ain't got a pot to piss in.

"We." I'm trying to...

I'm trying to figure out who this "we" is

that you talkin' about 'cause, uh,

Ressa won that medal.

Ain't none of us got shit.

You tellin' me she ain't got a single endorsement yet?

That's on you, man.

That's on you.

That's on me, too.

20, 40, 60.

All right, $860.

That's not bad.

-What's this? -That's your share. 430.

What?

Nah, man, you my agent.

10% is what you get.

10%? Okay.

Yeah, everybody know that.

Oh, yeah? You know I'm more

than just your agent, right, Hollywood?

Your publicist, lawyer.

Hell, I'm your life coach.

Start actin' like it, then.

-"Start actin' like it"? -Yeah, start actin' like it.

You know how much I had to pay them printers?

I'm losing money on your ass.

Hey, listen, $430 is all you get,

period, point blank, you hear me?

All right, then, take your ass to court.

"Take my ass to court"? Okay.

-For $400? -Yep.

Better go on somewhere with that.

Talkin' 10%, what's wrong with you?

Come on, bruh, not today.

There we go. Look at that!

That's it. Don't get tired!

I know you ain't tired!

That's it. That's it. Come on.

Yeah! You 40 minutes late!

All right, crunches, crunches.

-One!

Two! All the way up.

Bean, take over.

Three!

Four!

Five!

What you doing?

Waiting on you.

You know what to do. Work the bag.

We need to get you back on your routine,

start eating right, putting in that work.

What's the point?

Excuse me?

What's the point?

We already won the gold medal. What are we working for now?

When I tell you to do something,

you do it.

Work the bag, Ress.

What, you forget how to count?

13!

14!

- Fast feet, let's go.

Uh, Claressa's only the second American

to win a gold medal in boxing since 1988.

And she's the first woman in America

to win a gold medal in boxing... period.

And she's only 17 years old.

And look, I did a little research and, uh,

you don't have that many women in your portfolio, so...

Now, you put her in some of your commercials and your ads.

I mean, people are gonna love her.

People are gonna love her.

You don't have to sell me on any of this.

I've watched Claressa in London.

Watched every fight.

- All right. -You have a fan right here.

All right! All right.

What Claressa has accomplished is phenomenal.

Hey, and kudos to you, man.

For finding her, for training her,

you deserve a lot of credit.

No, you do. You do.

Thank you, thank you. I appreciate that.

I appreciate that.

I would love to represent Claressa.

I genuinely would.

All right! Man! All right.

I do have to level with you, though.

It's just much harder with women athletes.

Then you amplify that when they excel in a sport

that people don't expect to see women in.

Like boxing.

Like boxing.

Look, it's difficult enough with soccer

and basketball, but...

It's just, people don't like seeing

their sisters or daughters,

or hell, even some moms get punched in the face.

You know, people wanna see beach volleyball,

women in bikinis diving in the sand.

Hey, I want Claressa front and center

just as much as you do.

It's just that this industry, for women in boxing,

there's no money.

Look, I'm really sorry, Jason.

Before Jason gets here,

there's something we wanna discuss with you.

How would you feel about coming out

to Colorado after graduation?

You could work with USA Boxing team to train for 2016.

Full access to all the facilities, our staff.

We could talk about getting you your own apartment.

It seems like a change might do you good.

I mean, can my family come, too?

Bri just had a baby, and my ma on disability.

I'm sorry, no, the facilities

are for our Olympic athletes only.

I can't leave them.

Peanut been getting in trouble in school lately, and,

Fat Daddy, my nephew, he like mine.

We can offer you a $1,000-a-month stipend.

That would help, right?

I can't leave Flint.

My family need me.

Well, at least take some time, think it over.

-Aye! -Hey, Jason!

Hey! Hey.

Nicole, you good?

-Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah.

I appreciate you driving up.

Hey, Jason, Bob Coleman. It's good to see you again.

Hey, Bob, I know you, yeah.

-Bob, all right. - Yeah.

So, I understand that, uh,

you two have hit a few roadblocks.

You could, yeah, you could say that.

Well, the thing is, we, uh...

Well, I don't have the connections,

the contacts, you feel me?

I mean, at first, it was a...

Look, all these other people

getting these endorsements and sponsorships.

Meanwhile, I can barely pay my mama rent.

Well, when it comes to someone getting behind Claressa,

for someone to say,

"You know, I want this girl to represent my brand..."

I've been wearing the lip gloss

and them girly clothes just like y'all said.

And that is helpful, Claressa, it really is, but...

For example, we would love you to stop saying

that you like hitting people and making them cry.

Why?

It makes you seem like a bully.

I box.

I am a bully.

Floyd a bully, Ward a bully.

Hell, even Ali was a bully.

Yeah, we understand that.

So, I can't be a bully 'cause I'm a girl.

I get what y'all saying. I get what you saying.

It's a perception thing, right?

- Exactly. -Right.

-Oh, so it's my fault now? -Ressa.

Come on, now. They trying to help us, okay?

What happened to staying true to who you are?

I won that gold medal by being me.

And now, to get endorsements and shit

y'all saying I gotta be somebody else?

I know that you're disappointed. So are we.

You deserve so much more recognition.

Nah, I don't deserve it, I earned it.

All right? I earned that gold medal.

It's a big difference.

She just wound up right now, y'all.

I'm just keeping it real! What?

What is it, Claressa?

Is it the money, is it the recognition?

Money is recognition!

And no offense, Mr. Coleman,

but that $1,000,

it ain't shit.

Not when a man get three times as much

and ain't none of them won a gold medal!

Hell, or any medal.

-Ressa, come on and sit down. -Nah, man!

Hey, baby.

Hey, baby.

Where you get off talking like that? Huh?

-Jason. What... -What?

What, baby? I'm just talking.

I can't talk in my own damn house now?

You embarrassed me today, you know that?

You embarrassed me!

It's embarrassing.

I'm done asking for shit that should be mine.

So, what, you just gonna give up now? That's how we do it?

Give up what?

It ain't no money in pros for women.

And there ain't no money staying amateur.

So what you gonna do?

What you gonna do? You gonna get you a job

bagging groceries, flipping burgers?

-Maybe. -And then what?

You gonna move in with Zay?

You gonna move in with Zay 'cause y'all grown now, right?

Help watch Fat Daddy and Pea

or maybe have some babies of your own.

Here go Ressa, with all them damn babies.

What's so wrong with that, huh?

Better than busting my ass

when it don't mean shit anyhow.

See, y'all think y'all know what it is,

but I'mma tell it to you straight.

That ain't enough for you. That ain't enough for you

'cause you different than the rest of them.

Maybe I'm done being different!

Man, that's weak. You weak.

-That's weak! Yeah! -Jason, come on, man.

- I'm weak? - Yeah.

-I'm weak? -Yeah!

I've been training since I was 11 years old.

And now I got this damn gold medal, and you...

I don't give a damn about that gold medal!

-Oh, really? -Gold medal shit, all right?

'Cause before in London that's all you wanted to talk about.

I don't give a damn about no gold medal!

Gold medal this, gold medal that.

I did my part,

-you didn't do yours! -Oh, I ain't do my part?

I ain't do my part? Who taught your ass how to box?

Claressa, please, come on. Go to your room.

Who taught you how to box?

-I'm out, man. -Aye, aye, remember this,

without me, there'd be no Claressa Shields!

Without me, there wouldn't be no Jason Crutchfield!

You said you had this, Jason.

You said you had it all figured out.

Mom?

Hey. Hey, baby, I'm... Come on.

Maybe if I was still undefeated things would be

-a little different, right? -Okay. Okay.

We gonna take it all the way back to China, then, huh?

You wasn't there! You wasn't in the fight!

And why wasn't I there? Huh? You know why.

'Cause we broke!

'Cause we broke.

I don't make one damn penny being your coach.

I'm a volunteer. I do this shit for free.

Matter of fact,

I'm losing money and losing shifts

to coach your ungrateful ass!

You got a gold medal, well, good for you, little girl,

'cause we got bills around here.

And I got all y'all mouths to feed, remember that.

You know what, I'm done here.

I'mma pack my shit and get the hell up outta here.

Be one less mouth to feed.

Okay, then. Okay, then, Big Time.

-You know the way out. -Yep, I do.

No. Come on, Ressa. You don't need to leave.

No, no, no, it's okay, Mickey.

I ain't mad at you. But I'm gone, though.

Aye, and leave my keys on the table.

Yeah, no problem.

What is that?

My secret recipe.

Uh-huh. Salt and garlic.

You the first who think of that.

-Go ahead and make jokes.

This is how it's done, right here.

I'm gonna go to school for cooking

starting next month.

Yeah, you need to go to cooking school

'cause you can't cook.

You heard it.

-Shut up.

Straight punches, go!

Turn 'em into uppercuts, go!

Yeah.

Is that yours?

Ress?

What?

Watch Fat Daddy for me tonight?

I gotta go grab something from Ray and them.

All right. What time he go down?

8:00? 9:00?

When he tired, fool.

-No!

No, Mommy coming back.

She coming back.

She coming back! She coming back!

Dawg, no. He still ain't home!

Bri didn't come home last night.

I got Fat Daddy.

Bruh, if you see her, tell her I'm pissed!

Damn!

No, no, no. It's okay, baby.

It ain't you I'm mad at, it's your mama.

Yeah, all right. All right. I'mma call you back. Okay.

I'm gonna get you some diapers, okay?

Yeah, yeah, I know.

I know, I know, I know.

I know, I know, I know.

It's okay.

How can I help you?

I wanna pawn something.

All right, you come to the right place.

See what you got.

That's pretty darn rare what you got here.

I don't have many gold medals

comin' through that door.

I gotta look it up on the Internet.

Yes, sir.

It'll take a minute.

Feel free to poke around.

There was a girl that came into the gym tonight

saying she wanted to be the next Claressa Shields.

And she wasn't that much older than Ressa was

when she first came by there.

Actually, she looked a lot like her.

She fight like her?

I wish.

Call her.

You two peas in a pod.

Only difference is, you the adult here.

Jason, she on her own.

She don't wanna hear from me.

Hey, baby.

I apologize for the betrayal.

Weren't no way I was gonna let you pawn this medal.

Thanks, honey.

AJ and I go back a ways.

I just wanted to help, Ma.

I know, baby.

I know.

But there's certain things we just can't be giving away.

Fuck this thing.

I'm sick of looking at it.

What good did it do?

It ain't special.

No, it ain't special.

But you is.

You having this medal,

lets folks around here know

that if Claressa Shields can do it,

they can, too.

So it ain't about a medal.

It about you.

Come here, baby.

You ain't slick.

I was worried you wouldn't have enough fabric

for them big ol' thighs.

Ain't you mean.

You made me. These your thighs.

Mmm.

The apple don't fall far from the tree.

You got that right.

I bet I could have won the gold medal

if they had boxing back then.

What the hell are you laughing at?

Don't act like y'all ain't never seen me throw hands.

All right, that's my work done.

So, how much all this cost?

For you, baby girl?

It's on the house.

You out there reppin' for us, so we gotta rep for you.

Mmm-hmm.

All right.

Come on, let me see.

Mmm-hmm.

You look incredible.

Thank you, Mickey.

I know it ain't turned out how you wanted,

but I'm happy you here with me now, though.

Yeah, me too.

You know, I've been thinking.

We should get a spot together.

You could bring Fat Daddy.

Peanut, too, if you want.

Okay.

I like that.

Maybe this just how it's supposed to be.

I love you.

Hey, Bob.

So, I've been thinking a lot about your offer.

If I'mma stay amateur

and train for the second gold medal,

I'mma need $3,000 a month.

Exactly what the men get.

And one more thing...

Look, this ain't just about me.

Y'all need to boost the stipend for all the women.

Same as the men's.

Thanks.

Why it gonna be different this time?

It might not be.

Then why you gotta leave?

I can't explain it.

Boxing just make me feel something

I can't feel with nothing else.

It's just something I gotta do right now, all right?

As long as I'm boxing,

I'm gonna be okay.

So, why you taking a bus?

You know it take two hours to fly there.

I won a gold medal for this country.

I figure, I might as well see some of it.

Yeah.

You sure about all this?

Yeah.

Drown out all the noise,

like you be sayin'.

-Oh, my God. -Mmm-hmm.

Oh, my God, I'mma have a heart attack.

I can't believe it. Claressa Shields is finally listenin'.

-I was listenin'.

How you think I won in the first place?

All right.

You was trying to protect me.

You remind me so damn much of myself, you know that?

You do.

To be somebody from where we from,

to be where I was...

You know, I had it all in front of me and I...

I let it all go.

I just ended up being back here with everybody else.

I couldn't have that happen to you, Ressa.

You understand?

It's just that, the thing is

I thought that winning was enough, you know?

I don't know.

I was way out of my league with all that other stuff.

Boxing's what I know.

And, uh, the rest of it...

Nah, man.

Nah, you don't gotta apologize.

You ain't gotta apologize for a damn thing,

Jason.

Hmm.

You go over there...

You go over there and you show 'em

that you are too damn good to be ignored, you hear me?

Because that first gold medal,

that was for Flint.

But your next one...

That one's for you, Ressa.

You hear me?

'Cause you deserve that.

You do.

Come here. Come on.

All right.

What you waiting for?

Get on outta here,

before you miss your bus.

You stupid!

Claressa Shields, Flint, Michigan, in the red,

trying to become the first US boxer

to ever win back-to-back Olympic golds.

Quick combinations again

as Shields firing it in there.

The word for Claressa Shields

throughout this Olympic tournament,

"Dominating."

Shields, 15 seconds away

from being the back-to-back gold medal winner.

And she's saying, "Bring it on. I'm the champ.

Can anyone dethrone me?

Not in these Olympic games."

Claressa Shields closing out strong.

On her way to gold again.