Between the rounds. Between the ropes. Hector Bermudez — renowned American head coach — and his fighter Antoine Vanackère. A friendship as much as a partnership. I have followed Antoine's career the way I follow Ryad Merhy's — ringside, close, year after year. This is the moment no camera usually catches. The words only one man hears. The instruction, the reassurance, the trust exchanged in seconds before the bell rings again. Layered moments of the same truth: a coach and his fighter, bound by something words can barely describe.