In the fall of 1949, the Blue Grass Athletic Club gymnasium on West Short Street was converted into a boys’ club by a Lexington police officer who wanted to keep kids out of trouble. One of the club’s first initiatives was to start a free boxing class. The program and its organizers, including a former Southern Golden Gloves boxing champion, won awards for curbing juvenile delinquency. But, over …
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