Anti-Bully Wednesday

Owner (Ivan) first started training his son, Ashton, at the gym that would eventually become the Jackrabbit, he began to notice a large number of youths in the neighborhood who had nothing to do. As he held the mits for his son, they would hang out and watch.

He began to land amateur boxing fights for Ashton and Sylve said others began to take notice. Soon, the gym started its metamorphosis from a hangout spot to something more serious.

However, for some kids, including the ones thad had become Ashton’s audience, the cost of membership was a huge barrier, one that Sylve refused to allow to block them out.

“I told them have your parents fill out that form and I’ll pay for it,” Sylve said. “It kept them out of trouble. They were known as bad kids; they’ve been in here for about two and a half years now…