CHANDLER — Teens from Maricopa’s Be Awesome Youth Coalition worked up a sweat while getting some valuable life lessons over the weekend.

The group of teens and mentoring adults on Saturday afternoon learned some boxing basics at Knockout Fitness in Chandler for a community outing. Glennwilde resident Ron Angerame said he introduced the idea to the group.

“I thought this would be great for the Be Awesome team to have some fun while doing something different. There’s some great life lessons in boxing,” he told InMaricopa . “I think everyone had a really good time and took something positive from it.”

That means in addition to learning about the gear, they also went over how to maintain a proper stance and throwing jabs, the teens learned about how critical training and endurance are f

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