The narrative takes the form of an intimate confession to the eldest daughter, who, at a certain point, began asking questions about a past that Alessandro kept buried. It is a story that softens the most brutal moments, favoring almost fairy-tale-like episodes. Life forced him to struggle for much more ordinary things, a story distant from the limelight and the dreamy metaphors of sports glory.

The story unfolds in the world of boxing the most cinematic of sports a realm of redemption, possibilities, and heroic adventures. Yet the reality that emerges is far from the limousines of American champions; instead, it is made up of half-empty gymnasiums in small towns that embrace sporting events as if they were folk festivals.

For Alessandro, boxing is a form of nirvana, an escape from the complexities of life, a space where he can remove the mask he was forced to wear. The sport is depicted in its less predictable aspects not through the usual heroic dynamism of the ring, but as an ecstatic experience that opens the door to deeper reflections and reminiscences of the past.