Tyler had wanted three rounds to show a teenager how powerful a champion could be. Instead, a few minutes of pad work reminded him that boxing was more than punches, records, and applause. And Eddie Navarro realized that Daniel Hale’s greatest achievement had never been the championships he might have won. It was the young man he had raised.
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