A South Florida boxing coach is showing young fighters the ropes — both in the ring and in life. And his no-nonsense, tough love approach — is now the focus of a new documentary. Courtney Allen has this 7Spotlight.

The punches were flying on a Thursday evening inside Flaco’s Community Gym in Hollywood.

Jose “Flaco” Perez: “I used to be skinny and ‘flaco’ means skinny in Spanish. So coach gave me the nickname Flaco and it just stuck.”

Owner Jose “Flaco” Perez opened the gritty, graffiti-filled gym in 2014.

It’s where the Brooklyn-born, former boxer has guided the next generation of fighters for the past decade.

Jose “Flaco” Perez: “The type of kids you’ll see in the program come from all different walks, all different financial demographics, all different cultural backgrounds.”

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