MY STORY

 

I made some bad decisions in the streets. I gave my parents problems as well as myself. Then I made a crossroad decision that I had to make about my life. I needed to stay active in something until I could make a better decision for myself. I started going to the boxing gym every day. My decision and dedication to boxing lead me to accomplish:

 

​(2) Junior Olympic silver medalist

(5) City Golden Glove championships

(2) National Tournament championships

In 1987, I received a national invitation letter from the USA Boxing committee to try-out for the 1988 USA Olympic boxing team.

 

Afterwards, I fought professionally for one year, which ended due to health reasons.

 

However, I did not stop! I choose to give back to the community utilizing my boxing skills to coach and mentor youth. The coaches and mentors that were there for me during my childhood helped me stay focused on positive achievements. I want to give back to the youth what saved me from the streets. My coaches and mentors gave up some of their family time to sacrifice for me. I want the youth to experience having an extended family like I had. We need more caring adults, men, women, and young adults to mentor our youth. As I have experienced, this is one of the best ways to save our youth and help them become successful.

 

Bevo Boys mentoring program offers straightforward mentoring and life-skills training that will help youth make sound judgement decisions.