The fight begins and quickly becomes heated. Alone, Emile wrestles with his sense of manhood and self. Howie pulls him away, but when Emile begins to explain why the insult hit so close to home, Howie refuses to have the conversation, telling him that the boxing world is not a place where he can be open about his sexuality. Emile is furious, and they nearly come to blows right there. When they face off at weigh-in, Paret taunts Emile, calling him “maricon,” a Spanish slur for homosexuals. In 1962, Emile is set to fight Benny “Kid” Paret in a high-profile match. Emile opens up to Kathy about his childhood and the cruelty he experienced from a fundamentalist relative. He goes to a queer bar in Times Square and meets Kathy, the owner, who welcomes him into an exciting but scary new community. But Emile is lonely and struggles with his identity. He offers to train him as a welterweight, and Emile quickly develops his natural talent and physique, as Emelda urges him to give up his other dreams. Howie sizes up Emile and immediately recognizes his potential as a boxer. She brings him to meet Howie Albert, a hat manufacturer, hoping to find Emile work.

He moves to New York City and finds her, and though she doesn’t recognize him, she is overjoyed to reunite with one of the children she left behind.

Thomas, Emile is a young man who dreams of reuniting with his mother, Emelda, and becoming a hat maker, singer, and baseball player. Luis, his adopted son, partner, and caretaker, helps him get ready for an important meeting, as Emile’s memories intensify… In his apartment on Long Island in the present day, Emile Griffith struggles to dress himself, confused.

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