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…the first steps would be boring. Correa was prohibited from using a punching bag and speed bag for months while working on body movement in the back yard. Still, the kid kept showing up at Nunez’s doorstep. Now Correa, 18, has a chance to become the first boxer from San Jose to make an Olympic team since Louis Molina in 1956. Correa must finish among the top 10 at the world championships that start Monday in Baku to earn a trip to the Lond… Continue reading →

When the International Olympic Committee approved women’s boxing for the 2012 London Olympics a few years ago, I never realized that its inclusion would exclude so many talented athletes.It’s a weighty subject. Andrecia Wasson has one last opportunity to qualify for the U.S. Olympic trials, at the National PALBoxing Championships in October in Toledo. Last year, she was the best female boxer in the world at 152 pounds. RASHAUN… Continue reading →