Kenyan boxers punch back against crime

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These youth living in an urban slum in Kenya are learning how to throw powerful hooks, jabs and punches. Their time in the boxing ring helps to keep them away from crime.

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00:00It's about the people.

00:04It's about the people.

00:06It's about the people.

00:14You can't have many crimes.

00:19Not only drugs.

00:20You see people from the lower classes first.

00:22You don't know if you're innocent or not.

00:25When I'm busy, I don't have time to meet my students.

00:45Idol Mind is a devil workshop.

00:47I can't let the students go.

00:49If I let them go, they'll go back to the field.

00:52It will be a very bad crime area.

01:04In boxing, I learned a lot of skills,

01:07such as self-defense,

01:10jabbing, uppercuts.

01:13So those skills help me a lot.

01:16I can only fight normally.

01:19It's not easy to find someone who can fight.

01:22But if you have those skills,

01:25you can defend yourself.

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