Kids find their footing in youth boxing
By Zac Tubbs
As I was driving home from my first boxing class at Mount Tabor Park, I called my grandfather’s cell phone. I wanted to tell him about the excitement on the kids’ faces and their hard work on the different punching bags set up across the gym. My eagerness to share the success of that first day was muted when I was notified that his cell phone number had been disconnected. My paternal grandfather, Darold Tubbs—a retired Sergeant in the U.S. Marines, who served during the Korean War—passed away earlier this year. He was his ship’s boxing champion, the first person to introduce me to a punching bag, and the inspiration for my boxing program—the Uppercut Crew.