The Young Boxer Fighting To Live

Growing up in a dangerous neighborhood, boxing is more than just a sport for this teenage girl.

Transcript

00:00The boxing is not only for men, right? That's a lie.

00:17Boys can also train. This sport can be very rough, but this is the most beautiful sport there is, boxing.

00:35One more victory, I won with a knockout.

00:47This is the most beautiful sport there is, boxing.

00:51This is the most beautiful sport there is, boxing.

01:07This sector was very dangerous. There were always gunmen, thugs against thugs, and there were dead people.

01:15It was very dangerous. When people say, Petare, José Félix, I don't want to go there because it's very dangerous.

01:23You couldn't go out at night because you were afraid of being robbed, you couldn't kill anyone.

01:28I'm very grateful because it has helped me a lot. This foundation has helped more than one child.

01:34It has helped children get rid of drugs, bad habits, more than anything.

01:39This neighbourhood was very dangerous. Thanks to this sport, this foundation has helped us a lot.

01:45This is the most beautiful sport there is, boxing.

02:01They always tell us that we never give up, that we are the future of this country.

02:05Because the older people are not going to do anything.

02:08We are going to grow, we are going to advance and we are going to raise our country so that it can be like it was before.

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