KNOCKING OUT CRIME

The boxing gym that’s helping kids and halting drug deals

Story by ELISSA CHUDWIN | Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

Glen Delgado is exhausted after three minutes in the ring. Joshua Jenkins, a 17-yearold Olympic hopeful, won’t let him slack. Wearing a body protector, Jenkins is Delgado’s target. His twin brother Jordan, also nationally ranked, leans against the ropes to watch them practice.

Completely out of breath, Delgado kneels over at the end of the round. Those few minutes in the ring feel like he just sprinted to the finish line of a 5k.

“I got him in the corner,” Joshua says.

A chorus of “uh-ohs” echo through the gym. Delgado can’t help but laugh. He and officer Allison Brockford coach at the North Lake Highlands Youth Boxing Gym, a public-private endeavor to give area youth recreational activities.

“I love it,” Brockford says. “This has turned into the best assignment I’ve ever

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The facility is tucked inside a shopping center at the northwest corner of Forest and Audelia. The neighborhood was ranked Dallas’ fifth most dangerous in

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