· THE PREMISE ·
FATHERHOOD DOES NOT END WITH INCARCERATION.
Duke spent 16 years, 6 months, and 21 days in maximum security. He was a father the entire time. The system did not cut that line — but it tried.
Round By Round takes the boxing arc that carried Duke through — identity, discipline, accountability, redemption — and turns it into a 12-week curriculum any father in any facility can run. Built directly from his memoir. Boxing metaphors. Real assignments. Real letters home.
· THE FIGHT CARD ·
13 ROUNDS, ONE ARC
Each round maps to a chapter of Duke Got Life. Rounds 8–10 form a single mental-strength arc — the long middle of the fight where most men quit. Round 13 is the bell.
· WHAT EVERY MAN LEAVES WITH ·
FIVE OUTCOMES
Weekly written reflections + accountability exercises.
Each participant writes letters to their children or family members — restoring the line that incarceration tries to cut.
Every man leaves with a structured, written reentry plan — housing, employment, accountability.
Improved discipline and behavior measured inside the facility for the duration of the program.
Strengthened identity, purpose, and fatherhood mindset — the foundation everything else gets built on.
· FATHER'S DAY INITIATIVE ·
DUKE BRINGS HIS SON.
For select Father's Day events through the Jack Brewer Foundation, Duke shows up — and when appropriate, he brings his son. Two generations in the same room. Living proof that restoration is possible.
The men inside see what they're fighting for. The men outside — the ones who get the message a year later, after release — see what they're fighting back to.
· LIVING PROOF ·
"I did 16 years.
My son got me back.
So can yours."
— DUKE
· THE PARTNERSHIP ·
THE JACK BREWER FOUNDATION
· MISSION ·
"Turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers."
Founded by Jack Brewer — three-time NFL team captain, White House Presidential appointee, and ordained minister. JBF has spent two decades running prison ministry, fatherhood programming, disaster relief, and orphan care across Florida, the U.S., and abroad.
Duke serves as National Spokesman for JBF's Faith & Fatherhood program. Round By Round is the curriculum he carries into every facility.
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"TRANSFORMATION IS POSSIBLE.
THIS PROGRAM IS THE PROOF AND THE PATH."
— DUKE TANNER, NATIONAL SPOKESMAN · JBF FAITH & FATHERHOOD