you never got to see we never got to tell

BY EMILY CHARRIER PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANNY FULGENCIO

WE SPENT 2016 like we spend every year in Preston Hollow: Collecting the stories and photos that paint the picture of what makes this neighborhood great. But our readers only get to see a fraction of what we do, because we are limited by how much we can put in print — which is yet another reason to follow us online at prestonhollow.advocatemag.com to see enriched magazine content and daily community news blog posts. Here, we’ll share the very best that you didn’t get to see in our pages, along with updates about the people and issues we covered. Before you fully start 2017, hit rewind on the wild, wet and often weird year that was 2016.

HIGH OVER THE HOLLOW P. 17

Boxing With A Boxer

SOMETIMES, cute is better than interesting, and thus we bring you a boxer holding a boxer.

We first met Jesús Chávez in the ring at Maple Avenue Boxing Gym, owned by Preston Hollow neighbor Arnie Verbeek. He’s been a fighter his whole life, both in and out of the ring, who told us about how the sport has changed him. Boxing helped him get out of Mexico to launch a professional career, but his punches once proved fatal when his opponent, Leavander Johnson, died after a fight with Chávez. We saw his softer side as he lovingly carried his new puppy, fittingly a boxer named Rocky, to the ring for his photo shoot.