BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Boxing is a tough sport. It takes dedication and grit.

Those are a couple characteristics some adults don't even have.

Well, don't complain to this kid. He's got it.

He didn't need the fancy gyms and equipment a lot of others need.

Instead, he learned it in a small house settled in southwest Bakersfield.

Weights clutter the small garage...a space shared with the washer and dryer. In the backyard, the patio is littered with heavy bags.

A boxing ring occupies the space where the grass should be. All around the spot, kids practice 1-2 combos and shadow boxing in the ring.

It's an unassuming, amateur set up, one you wouldn't expect...to birth an international champion.

One "Tremendous" boxer formed by this backyard boxing camp did just that.

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