Get the hankies ready!! A really inspirational boxing story...

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

What a great kid. I wish him the best of luck to him. And also that was nice of Oliver to spar with him like that.

Oliver also did an exhibition with him a few months ago at a Hartford Colonials semi-pro football game...

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

that one Ian and this news story both appeared on our local TV broadcasts within the last week...anyone who doesn't believe amateur boxing can be a great tool...is about to be proven wrong...

http://www.wfsb.com/local-video/inde...deo_id=4558782

It's amazing what boxing can do for people, the story you showed is amazing and I have a kid in my life that has really inspired me.

I train nothing but amateurs and they are mostly kids from the inner city here in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.

There's this kid, I won't say his name but he started out not knowing anything about boxing and walked into the gym one day. He's a young Haitian kid and had no mother and a father that was basically absent in his life. The neighborhood he's from is known for having the most murder investigations in the county.

I have been training him for a little over a year now, he's 7-0 in his amateur career and is the best 118lb kid in Florida now. He plans to go pro in another year.

The crazy thing is, I do feel a lot of pressure with him because he looks at me like a father figure. He calls me every night, I have bought him all his equipment and made sure he doesn't pay a dime at the gym.

He comes over now to watch the fights at my house, my wife cooks and he's become part of the family.

[Mayweather41-0]

It's amazing what boxing can do for people, the story you showed is amazing and I have a kid in my life that has really inspired me.

I train nothing but amateurs and they are mostly kids from the inner city here in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.

There's this kid, I won't say his name but he started out not knowing anything about boxing and walked into the gym one day. He's a young Haitian kid and had no mother and a father that was basically absent in his life. The neighborhood he's from is known for having the most murder investigations in the county.

I have been training him for a little over a year now, he's 7-0 in his amateur career and is the best 118lb kid in Florida now. He plans to go pro in another year.

The crazy thing is, I do feel a lot of pressure with him because he looks at me like a father figure. He calls me every night, I have bought him all his equipment and made sure he doesn't pay a dime at the gym.

He comes over now to watch the fights at my house, my wife cooks and he's become part of the family.

Man that is awesome good luck with that kid going pro. How old is he? Does he go to school?

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Man that is awesome good luck with that kid going pro. How old is he? Does he go to school?

He's 17 and graduating this year. He's a good kid but comes from a ***ed up family life.

[TaurusJ27]

I can see right now his life being made into a movie.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

He's 17 and graduating this year. He's a good kid but comes from a ***ed up family life.

yea, man, thats what amateur boxing is all about!! I love the relationships between coaches and boxers like this...for MANY kids, their boxing coaches ARE their fathers!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!

[MindBat]

That was a great story. It's amazing what the mind will allow the body to do when it is steeled and focused on a good goal.

[JAB5239]

I have a cousin about his age with CP, but is in much worse shape than that young man. Im gonna send this to my aunt as inspiration. Great story!

[MindBat]

It's amazing what boxing can do for people, the story you showed is amazing and I have a kid in my life that has really inspired me.

I train nothing but amateurs and they are mostly kids from the inner city here in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.

There's this kid, I won't say his name but he started out not knowing anything about boxing and walked into the gym one day. He's a young Haitian kid and had no mother and a father that was basically absent in his life. The neighborhood he's from is known for having the most murder investigations in the county.

I have been training him for a little over a year now, he's 7-0 in his amateur career and is the best 118lb kid in Florida now. He plans to go pro in another year.

The crazy thing is, I do feel a lot of pressure with him because he looks at me like a father figure. He calls me every night, I have bought him all his equipment and made sure he doesn't pay a dime at the gym.

He comes over now to watch the fights at my house, my wife cooks and he's become part of the family.

Good on you, man. My brother works with juvenile delinquents in a detention center and deals with kids from a screwed up background every day. Many with no dads or moms or any family to hug on their birthdays or Christmas.

Some kids just need a good mentor to guide them. The streets will only guide them for so long, then they're headed for trouble.

[KILLA RIGHT]

Strong kid man i wish the best for that guy