LANSDALE, Pa -- "I'll take every single punch for these guys," said Maliq Harris. "Boxing is more about teaching discipline, self-awareness, encouragement. It's totally different than what people see ...

Maddison Van Der Mark, U.S. Army Veteran and student at Rutgers University, poses for a photograph inside a boxing ring at New Jersey Give a Kid a Dream at Gleason's Gym Jersey Shore in Long Branch on ...

A free boxing academy in the Bronx trains 400 youth with discipline, mentorship, and academic support; stressing confidence and hard work ...

"This is not about putting kids in a ring and letting them hit up on each other. These kids are being coached. They're being trained. These kids have discipline," said director of the Cincinnati ...

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Legendary boxing referee Richard Steele always put the well-being of fighters first when he served as arbiter of some of the most famous boxing matches in history. “Safety,” Steele said. “A lot of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — There will be shiny new treadmills, bicycles and weight-training equipment, but when the new NYC Cops & Kids Fitness Center opens next week at the Berry Homes in Dongan Hills, ...

On most Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, you can find 10-year-old Joshua Anderson in a gym in Columbia, punching a heavy boxing bag that’s at least half again as tall is he is and nearly twice as ...