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Transcript
Welterweight boxing champ Curtis Cokes serves youth in a dramatic way from his well-equipped Dallas gymnasium.
For the past six years, Cokes has operated a personally financed, integrated youth program whose accent is on physical fitness.
At the last headcount, some 750 boys took advantage of this unique opportunity to understudy the champ.
Cokes' youngsters, well drilled in track, won four out of six divisions at the state meet and represent Texas in the junior Olympics.
Despite financial red tape postponing his title defense, Cokes' main concern is kids.
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About the video Texas Locations Keywords Before Dallas could boast being home to the championship winning Cowboys or Mavericks, it claimed World welterweight boxing champion Curtis Cokes. This newsreel features the life long Oak Cliff resident running his personally financed, racially integrated youth fitness program at his Dallas gym. Did you participate in this program or know more about this Curtis Cokes Gym location? Please let us know!
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