- In New York City, over-the-hill boxer Bolie Jackson examines his scars in a mirror as he prepares for his comeback fight against Consiglio. The neighbor, ten-year-old Henry, is avidly watching him and says that he'll be watching Bolie's fight on TV. Bolie talks of all the scars he's earned over the years from his fights, and admits that he's an old man always running behind him. Henry tells him that he's going to make a "big tall wish" so that Bolie won't be hurt. As Bolie leaves for the game, henry's mother Frances greets him downstairs. She thanks him for looking after her son and tells Bolie to take care of himself. As Henry comes down after Bolie, he promises the fighter that he's going to make a wish. France sends him to bed and tells Bolie that Henry believes in wishes. One time she needed $15 for rent and Henry made a wish, and a customer sent Frances $15. Bolie admits that he doesn't believe in magic, and that someday Henry is going to get that lesson drilled into him. As Bolie walks down the street to his fight, all of his neighbors wish him well. The fighter looks up at Henry's window, and the boy waves to him. At the arena locker room, Bolie's manager Joe wraps the fighter's hands. Thomas, Bolie's hired agent, lights up a cigar and a disgusted Bolie tells him to put it out. He tells Bolie that he's just a washed-up fighter, and he has a stable of similar fighters that he uses for preliminary bouts. Thomas offers Bolie a job with them, but Bolie refuses. He then asks Thomas what he knows about Consiglio. When the agent claims that he hasn't seen Consiglio fight, Bolie realizes that Thomas bet against him in the fight. He slams Thomas into the wall and throws a punch, but the agent slips out of the way and runs out. Bolie realizes that he's busted four knuckles on his right hand, and Joe warns him that there's no way he can fight. The fighter refuses to give up
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