The best way out is always through.
The last thing I remember from my father, he called me on the phone, he asks me, he goes
"Do you wanna go to Six Flags again, or do you wanna go to Disney World?"
And I was like, I wanna go to Disney World, you know, it was something I wanned to do again.
And uhm, yeah, I think a few months after that he passed away.
Dedication
First right hand, to set...
Seven, eight, nine, that's it, that's it, that's it.
Still undefeated and Junior Middle Weight Champion, Frank,
The notorious Brooklyn Rocky
Galorza!
My mother was a drug addict, my father was a drug addict.
My mother died cause she OD'd, my father died when I was seven.
You know he was into drugs. He did clean up, but, you know, he had a gunshot wound complication,
when he was younger, dealing drugs and doing all that stuf. And the scar tissue built up,
and the hospital just, kind of, let him pass away.
Great, getting older, you know I was confused, I was hurt.
You know I dealt, and I chose to deal my pain through the street.
So by the time eighteen hit, I realized "Ok, I need to make some money.""
I wanted to be successful one, so I was trying to go about it the wrong way.
I sold everything, you know what I'm saying, whatever it is, I sold it.
I did robberies, I did numbers, I got locked up several times
I wanted attention and I used the street as a way to get attention, you know,
I wanted to be that big, tough guy, I wanted to play that role model,
that role, where it's like, you know, I'm on the streets I'm doing that, you know.
Plus I was confused and hurt, and I didn't care about life, so, at the end of the day, it was, like, "Ok, I die - I die".
I did not care about anything, it was like, you know, I'm ready to go.
I went to the grand jury, I was looking at three to five years for situation that happened,
I, really, I don't wanna get into detail with that one, that's a little in depth,
and then, you know, I ended up just really losing it, completely stopped caring.
Seeing my brother get killed, was just like the end of it rest,
and I wasn't even there.
I was locked up at the time in rec asylum.
Frank's brother was murdered at their shared apartment.
Jogging over there, running through to go see and then looking at the building itself was just tough.
You know, I felt the pain, I felt everything that went on that day.
You know, going through to see my old apartment, seeing everything just, just... was not easy
You know, I had to, kinda, really suck it up and just kinda...
You know, just, I miss him, man, I miss my brother a lot, a lot, with all my heart I miss my brother.
So just, I don't know, he was one of those, you know, I was close to
But, just having that image there, just being reliving that whole moment,
it was just, it was, it was rough, just to get it, you know, feel it.
Honestly, I wanted to break down, it was one of those moments, where I felt like I needed a breakdown,
it was... heart-breaking, man.
When I got released, I realised, "Ok, now is the time to change my life".
And I just took boxing, and I was like no one, no money, but I ended up in the gym, spoke to my old trainer.
and he didn't believe me at first, he was like "Yeah, whatever".
You know, you're going throught a phase, this time and the third.
And I was like "No, I'm here to box" and then I just never looked back.
And it's really the same life, at the end of the day, cause it's both hard,
except, I have a lot more to lose in the streets than I do in boxing. If I lose, I could come back and win again.
My opponent in front of me is like, there's nothing you can do to me
that hasn't been done to me already.
I'm Frank Galarza and I never quit.
Frank Galarza remains undefeated.