Gleason's Gym, Brooklyn. The gym was opened in the 1930s by an Italian - Peter Gagliardi, a taxi driver. At the entrance a large board displays a sentence from Eneide, about a boxing competition that Enea organises. The feeling is intense. One breathes Italianity. The interior looks like the set of a Rocky movie: 5 rings, lots of people training, vigorous boxers, men and women, some not so young - certainly not professional boxers - boys and girls. This is certainly the most famous gym in the United States: Jack la Motta, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson trained there. A true temple of boxing. I went there because I wanted to do a boxing workout. While I was training I saw a sign that said 'Boxing for Parkinson's tomorrow'. The next day I showed up to see what it was all about. A scene appeared which I will never forget and which moved me. About twenty patients (some elderly, but others not so elderly) around the ring: in the centre, a muscular boxer who performed typical boxing movements while all the patients followed him, although their movements were certainly slower and not well coordinated. The aspect that most moved me was to see this boxer, strong, muscular, with a typical flattened nose (and a face that I would not call reassuring), who very patiently and tenderly incited patients to follow him in his movements, gently encouraging them and giving them confidence and support. Back in Italy, I wanted to start this project here too. I looked for friends, dreamers like me and a bit crazy, who wanted to embark on this strange adventure. First of all, I found my long-time friend Paolo Pescini, an enlightened entrepreneur, full of energy and enthusiasm, who has become a reference figure in this project. We thus founded a non-profit association 'A hook to Parkinson's' that offers great help to this type of patient. We currently have more than a hundred people, both men and women, practising this activity, and the numbers are constantly increasing. We have all climbed into the ring together. The fight will be tough. The opponent is tough but, we are certain we will knock him out.