These are just my views and observations from the Junior Olympics in Lubbock, Texas, and by no means are they the end-all, be-all in terms of what occurred, but this is what stood-out to me, to help give further exposure to young-and-deserving fighters fighting in the USA Boxing system. Stand-Out

Boxing fans may not know the name Paul Fratus, boxing coach/boxing strength & Conditioning coach from Hawaii, but he is one of the unsung heroes in boxing helping young people at the gym with little media attention. Sadly his son, Kai, has suffered severe seizures and is in need of medical help.

Boxing is the hurt business yet so sublimely beautiful that as spectators we often forget what is happening in the ring, a slow decay of a person’s bodily functions. From the outside looking in, it is so easy to forget about what is actually occurring inside the ropes on fight