The pugilist unleashed: Brooklyn's Tito Bracero prepares for bout against Felix Diaz
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gabriel "Tito" Bracero gets ready for one last sparring session before the Diaz fight, with his father and cornerman, Hilergio Bracero.(Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
Getting wrapped and tapped. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
Bracero displaying his orthodox stance in front of his locker at Brooklyn's Gleason Gym. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
A few rounds with the heavy bag to warm up. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
In front of his locker at Gleason's gym with his dad, relaxed about a week before the fight. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
All you need to win: grease, gloves and <i>agua</i>. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
Headgear and cup in place, Bracero is ready for his last sparring session before Barclays. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
Tito's father, Hilergio Bracero, fought in the Golden Gloves boxing tournament in the 1970s. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
Working the pads with Don Saxby. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
Sparring with undefeated super lightweight Mikkel LesPierre. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
LesPierre, a southpaw like Diaz, goes by the nickname "Slikk Mikk." (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
The photo trainer Tommy Gallagher sent to Bracero in prison to remind him of his "Black Tie Boxing" days with Paulie Malignaggi, Yuri Foreman and Luis Collazo. (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)
The gloves come off: "I feel amazing, I feel like a million bucks." (Photo: Jaime Lowe/Fox News Latino)