Boxing champion survived where friends went astray (AP)

By on November 25th, 2009

Devon Alexander poses for a portrait at the Marquette Recreation Center where he works out Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in St. Louis. Alexander, a north St. Louis native, won the WBC welterweight title in August. He started boxing with 30 other kids when he was in grade school. Of those 30, at least eight are dead and another 10 are in prison or have spent time behind bars.

Devon Alexander was 7 when his mother gave in and let him join the new boxing program in his downtrodden neighborhood. He came home the first day crying, his nose bloodied from a sparring session with his friend Terrance Barker. Fifteen years later, Alexander is the WBC 140-pound (63 1/2 -kilogram) world champion.

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