New Community Center Gets Youths Off Streets and in the Ring2007-06-22 · The New York Times (via NewsStand.com)
NEWARK June 21 — The fight was brief. The mayor of Newark Cory A. Booker floated like a butterfly bouncing around a bit in oversized gloves. But it was 14-year-old Shakor Jackson who stung like a bee. “When I hit him with the hook he just fell ” Shakor said. “But I knew he was joking.” In the audience were three of boxing’s biggest names: Joe Frazier Larry Holmes and Don King. The setting wa…