ector ▁uses ▁to ▁much ▁anger ▁in ▁a ▁fight ▁dis abling ▁him ▁from ▁thinking ▁clearly ▁and ▁leaving ▁himself ▁vulner able . ▁H ector ▁trains ▁in ▁all ▁sorts ▁of ▁un orth odox ▁methods ▁of ▁box ing ▁and ▁becomes ▁better ▁with ▁each ▁session . ▁However , ▁T ito ▁comes ▁to ▁get ▁H ector ▁as ▁his ▁mother ▁is ▁dying . ▁H ector ▁arriv es ▁in ▁time ▁to ▁comfort ▁his ▁mother ▁as ▁she ▁dies ▁and ▁takes ▁her ▁coff in ▁back ▁to ▁Mexico ▁to ▁b ury ▁her . ▁After wards , ▁Maria ▁comes ▁to ▁the ▁g ym ▁to ▁talk ▁to ▁H ector ▁and ▁tells ▁him ▁that ▁she ▁understand s ▁now ▁what ▁he ▁meant ▁earlier ▁about ▁being ▁played ▁for ▁a ▁game . ▁She ▁ple ads ▁with ▁H ector ▁not ▁to ▁fight ▁Robert ▁but ▁he ▁remains ▁committed . ▁T ito ▁comes ▁to ▁Billy ▁and ▁offers ▁a ▁proposition ▁where ▁he ▁bet s ▁heavy ▁on ▁H ector ▁and ▁getting ▁every ▁worker ▁to ▁put ▁money ▁on ▁him ▁for ▁the ▁fight ▁against ▁Robert ▁and ▁goes ▁and ▁does ▁the ▁same ▁with ▁Al ▁who ▁readily ▁agre es ▁to ▁the ▁fight ▁and ▁the ▁terms ▁as ▁he ▁needs ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁farm ▁from ▁failing ▁( in sect ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁cro ps ). ▁ ▁On ▁fight ▁day , ▁T ito ▁needs ▁to ▁sm ug gle ▁H ector , ▁Maria , ▁and ▁a ▁friend ▁across ▁the ▁border ▁but ▁are ▁nearly ▁caught . ▁T ito ▁w ards ▁away ▁the ▁border ▁pat rol ▁by ▁com ically ▁telling ▁them ▁an ▁embar rass ing ▁story ▁about ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁agents ▁who ▁forget