Debt no deterrent to female Golden Gloves director (AP)

 
It's Saturday morning and Bonnie Canino is strapping on her black 14-ounce boxing gloves. She puts her headgear and mouthpiece on and waits for her first opponent. For the next hour, Canino spars with about a dozen of her boxing students. Men and women, all of them younger than her 46 years, most of them larger than her 5-foot-6, 126-pound frame. [link]

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