Bonsante, a tough kid from the Iron Range, where Italians had settled in great number for mining jobs, beat Soto fairly handily that night, and went on, according to BoxRec, to a string of wins for the next year and a half before losing a series of bouts in big arenas, his main shot, after that. He retired in 2014.

I stopped training long ago, and never photographed much in gyms, which, for all their activity, can be very private places; everyone with their hands wrapped, working on a dream.

Bonsante vs. Soto, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Bonsante vs. Soto, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Bonsante vs. Soto, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Bonsante vs. Soto, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Bonsante vs. Soto, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

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Boxers, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Amy & Lisa, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

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Boxers, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Boxers, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Boxers, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Boxers, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

Boxers, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002

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Boxers, St. Paul, Jan. 31, 2002