O’FALLON, Mo. – Emil Hector, owner of Resilient Boxing in O’Fallon, Missouri, was bullied as a kid. His dad taught him boxing. “It gave me a huge boost of confidence,” said Hector. He also credits his ...

Sofia Reyna, 15, spars with Nick Brown at the Diamond Hill Community Center in Fort Worth. The boxing program has been a fixture at the center for decades, providing a source of discipline, structure ...