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UNITED IN GRIEF: Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors stands for a moment of silence for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. 

I was back at Gleason's Gym in the DUMBO district of Brooklyn on Wednesday, almost ten years since the first time I got to visit the storied parish hall of New York boxing.

I visited in 2012 to interview legendary local boxer, Heather Hardy, who was embarking on a professional career that is, to this day, ongoing and undefeated. She was also training out of Gleason's, an entire borough away from her home in Gerritsen Beach.