>> work on your form! >> tucked away in the basement of the ymca, for him, the ring was an escape. >> i was going through a lot of difficult times. i was homeless. >> when he came in here, it was obvious that he need someday guidance. >> the relationship between jj and alfonso took several rounds. >> i'll never forget. i don't know why. it was just that time and i opened up to him. i said this is what i'm going through. basically, help me. it became that place for me. for those two or three hours that i was here, i was actually happy. >> that's a feeling alfonso didn't expect. >> sometimes, you run. i didn't know. why he was the first person that made me see beyond the uniform. beyond the blue.