Monday, February 9, 2009
A Fighting Chance
I watched a News Video on The New York Times Website about a young Native American girl, Cheryl, who overcame many struggles to follow her dream of boxing. Her community was very poor and her parents were both imprisoned for selling drugs. In 2007 she did time in juvenile detention and alcohol rehab. Before she was sent off she found out she was 2 months pregnant. After she had her kid she decided to turn her life around and box. Cheryl's goal is to become a pro, and her coach, Remus, was glad to help and knew she had what it would take to go pro. Her inspiration to fight comes from her daughter, Brooklyn, and she hopes to continue fighting and train to fight at the pro level.
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I think that this is a good article. It is good to see that people do learn from their consequenses. She went to juvenile detention and realized she needed to do something with her life when she got out. Hopefully she can do good in training and fighting at the pro level.
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