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These are current and historically great boxers that are identified in the community

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Muhammad Ali Is Found Guilty of Refusing the Draft | PBS

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Boxing has been used as a platform for activists such as Muhammad Ali. They used their platform as a vehicle to push for change within the culture.

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Local communities use boxing to tackle relevant issues within those communities.

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Can a Boxing Gym Help Solve Detroit Poverty?

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Boxing is embedded with various communities such as America and Mexico.

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Boxing: Embedded in the heart of the Mexican culture

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Religion is a platform that many boxers use to drive them or in the cases of pivotal boxers such as Muhammad Ali religion was directly what was used as his moral compass in his activism such as when he dodged the draft because he and his religion is anti-war.

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Muhammad Ali Refuses Induction, Opposing Vietnam War - April 28, 1967

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Boxing is a sport of empowering. It is a platform for people to grow and protect. Some consider it a performance art and the popularity over the years have given voices to people who've experienced poverty and want to make change. The communities in boxing are diverse and unified in one common interest and goal. With these platforms from the biggest world champion to a typical boxing gym the community strives to fight poverty which is a common enemy.

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A young boxer is using the sport to change her country's gender norms.

Aliya Soomro was not yet 10 years old when she heard that a boxing coach near her home was training young girls. Soomro lives in Lyari, a densely populated neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, known for gang violence and dangerous streets. When she heard about this gym, where she could learn to box, Soomro jumped at the chance. And while her conservative family and community were concerned at first, boxing soon proved to be a path out of poverty for Soomro. Now, other young girls in Lyari are getting the chance to follow their athletic dreams.

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Boxing Provides a Path Out of Poverty for Girls in Pakistan

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A young boxer is using the sport to change her country's gender norms.

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The boxing community has produced icons known and unknown who have paved the way to fight social issues historically and to this day. Many figures have paved the way risking careers and their freedom so that peoples conditions can be better. Social change is gradual but it happens as a unified groups off of catalysts that the movements capitalize on.