Boxing School Turns Lives Around In The Ring

CHAKAR, INDIA - JULY 18: Boxing gloves are left to air after a sparring bout at the Sher-E Punjab Sports Academy on July 18, 2024 in Chakar village, Punjab state, India. As India’s athletes prepare to take the ring in the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the Sher-E Punjab Sports Academy (SPSA) in Chakar village, primarily run using funds donated by the diaspora residing in Canada, is preparing a future generation of boxers by providing resources to children to train and compete in boxing and keep them away from drug use and violence. Chakar once notorious is now a model village with boxers from SPSA representing and winning medals in the Boxing World Championships at the senior and junior levels including Sukhdeep Singh Chakria the current IBA Intercontinental Middleweight title holder. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)