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Camden boxing gym still awaits repairs

A few days before Camden's Vidal Rivera is to take off for the Golden Gloves National Championship in Salt Lake City, youth boxing's premier event, he jumped out of a worn-down brown Plymouth minivan and ran into a Pennsauken gym.

The new, yet-to-be-used boxing ring at the North Camden Community Center and a closetfull of new equipment; while Chris Williams and his Camden Boxing Academy kids, who used to use the North Camden location, have been traveling to Pennsauken's R & B gym since 201. Here, in this 2012 photo, an all-day event tournament sponsored by the Camden Boxing Academy to promote peace in the city. ( APRIL SAUL / Staff )
The new, yet-to-be-used boxing ring at the North Camden Community Center and a closetfull of new equipment; while Chris Williams and his Camden Boxing Academy kids, who used to use the North Camden location, have been traveling to Pennsauken's R & B gym since 201. Here, in this 2012 photo, an all-day event tournament sponsored by the Camden Boxing Academy to promote peace in the city. ( APRIL SAUL / Staff )Read more
    by Claudia Vargas, Inquirer Staff Writer
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