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Project Fighting Chance blends boxing, tutoring and mental-health partnerships to support Inland Empire youth
Summary
Project Fighting Chance, led by executive director Terry Boykins, pairs a boxing-centered after-school program with tutoring, trauma-informed care and community partnerships. The nonprofit says it has grown since about 2015 to serve youth year-round and relies on volunteers and an annual 12-hour Jabathon fundraiser.
Wallace Allen interviewed Terry Boykins, executive director of Project Fighting Chance, about the nonprofit’s decade of work supporting young people in the Inland Empire.
Boykins said Project Fighting Chance began around 2015 and has grown from “three or four” staff to more than 30 people to expand services beyond boxing to include tutoring, mentoring and mental-health support. "You don't walk into that gym to become a boxer. You become a person who's responsible for a community," Boykins said, describing the program’s emphasis on life skills as well as athletic discipline.
The program mixes supervised boxing training with an academic requirement: staff members monitor school…
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