Great yahoo article from today on Devon's trainer, Kevin Cunningham:
http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-cunningham012511
http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-cunningham012511
“Of all the kids that have come through my program, I think I’ve met what, three, four of the fathers,” he said. “It ain’t many. Most of these kids are from single-parent homes and, even with that, nobody paid them any attention. Nobody cared where they were, at any time of the day or night.
“But when they got into the boxing program, they had someone who cared if they didn’t have proper shoes to wear to school. I’d take a kid who was going to school every day with holes in his shoes, with his toes sticking out, and I’d take him to the mall and buy him a pair of shoes. Or I’d get him a pair of pants. They were like, ‘Wow. Somebody cares about me.’ They needed someone who cared about them and told them ‘You can be somebody.’ ”
“But when they got into the boxing program, they had someone who cared if they didn’t have proper shoes to wear to school. I’d take a kid who was going to school every day with holes in his shoes, with his toes sticking out, and I’d take him to the mall and buy him a pair of shoes. Or I’d get him a pair of pants. They were like, ‘Wow. Somebody cares about me.’ They needed someone who cared about them and told them ‘You can be somebody.’ ”