My father was a boxer.
Some people come in with the attitude that they have to be tough or be in shape.
But we just try to get them to relax, and before you know it they are smiling. We try to take the smell and roughness out of boxing and make it a recreational activity. They have the same intensity level and work just as hard. Of the children he coaches, the ones who come in looking to learn a sport rather than as a way to be tough, do the best, he said. But he maintains that boxing does help build self- esteem.