When Kevin Cunningham started the Hyde Park Boxing Club in 1995, he was trying his hand at knocking out youth violence and hopelessness. There he led a neighborhood kid named Cory Spinks out of the ...

As a sophomore in high school, professional boxer Danny O’Connor won a Division I state championship in wrestling. Nearly six months later, his plans to wrestle in college ended when he failed out of ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A boxing ring sits in the middle of the Pajama Factory in Williamsport. The Dream Big Boxing Foundation, a nonprofit, is offering affordable boxing classes for kids. "Sometimes in ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Marcelino Lugo is a former gang member who came from a broken home. He now teaches several Oklahoma City kids with similar backgrounds how to box, free of charge. “Coach Marce,” ...

Randy Lopez spent his childhood in and out of juvenile hall, he said. A troubled kid without a father figure, Lopez eventually found stability through boxing, and is bringing that insight to Loveland.

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. A former Trenton, New Jersey, gang member turned his life around ...

Sofia Reyna, 15, spars with Nick Brown at the Diamond Hill Community Center in Fort Worth. The boxing program has been a fixture at the center for decades, providing a source of discipline, structure ...