OF LET'S TALK CINCY. THE BOXING PROGRAM BUILDING CHARACTER AND CHAMPIONS IN THE LATE 80S, MY GRANDFATHER DECIDED HE WANTED TO FOCUS ON YOUTH, AMATEUR BOXING, AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE CINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVES REGIONAL FRANCHISE. THE INSPIRING STORY OF CINCINNATI'S GOLDEN GLOVES FOR YOUTH PROGRAM, AND THE CHANGES COMING IN THE NEW YEAR FROM 바카라게임. THIS IS THE EMMY AWARD WINNING SHOW. LET'S TALK CINCY PRESENTED BY WESTERN AND SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP. PUT OUR FINANCIAL STRENGTH BEHIND YOU. HELLO EVERYONE, I'M COURTIS FULLER AND WELCOME TO LET'S TALK CINCY. TODAY, A SPECIAL PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO CHRISTINA LAROSA, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVE BOXING CLUB. AND FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, GIVE THE BACKGROUND ABOUT GOLDEN GLOVES. IN THE LATE 80S, MY GRANDFATHER DECIDED HE WANTED TO FOCUS ON YOUTH, AMATEUR BOXING, AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE CINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVES REGIONAL FRANCHISE. AND SO HE WENT DOWN TO LOUISVILLE AND NEGOTIATED TO CARVE CINCINNATI INTO ITS OWN GOLDEN GLOVES FRANCHISE. AND SO THEN IN 1989, THAT WAS WHEN HE REALLY GOT THIS PROGRAM GOING. AND FROM THERE, IT HAS CONSISTENTLY PRODUCED OLYMPIANS AND CHAMPIONS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF KIDS HAVE COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM. THE SPECIFIC SKILL SETS THAT BOXING CREATES IN YOUNG PEOPLE IS, I THINK, WHAT REALLY CEMENTED HIS INTEREST IN IT, BECAUSE HE'S VERY BIG ON SELF-DISCIPLINE AND FOCUS AND TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME OUT THROUGH BOXING, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY LINK THE LAROSA NAME WITH, OBVIOUSLY THE BUSINESS, THE THE PIZZA FRANCHISE, WHICH IS NOW, IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, 77 YEARS, THEY JUST CELEBRATED 70 YEARS. YEAH, BUT BUT HE HAS HAD A BUDDY. LAROSA HAS HAD A REAL LOVE FOR BOXING. HE'S TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD. I, I REMEMBER TALKING WITH HIM AFTER MUHAMMAD ALI PASSED AWAY. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON I CALLED TO TALK ABOUT. OH, WOW. YEAH, TO TALK ABOUT MUHAMMAD ALI. AND HE. BECAUSE HE ATTENDED ONE OF THE BOXING MATCHES, SEVERAL OF THE BOXING MATCHES. BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DISCIPLINE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT. NOT ONLY THE SPORT BUT REALLY AN OUTLET FOR FOR YOUTH. YES, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT BOXING IS A SPORT WHERE IT'S JUST YOU IN THE RING AGAINST YOUR OPPONENT. ALL OF THE PRESSURE IS ON YOU TO PERFORM. SO THE TRAINING REQUIRES TREMENDOUS DISCIPLINE. IT'S A LOT OF MUSCLE MEMORY. THEY HAVE TO REPEAT THE SAME ACTION HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TIMES SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE IN THE RING UNDER PRESSURE, THAT'S WHAT COMES OUT OF THEM. AND SO IT'S TO BE GOOD AT BOXING. YOU HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED. AND THE KIDS LEARN THAT PRETTY QUICKLY. IN FACT. AND THEY STARTED. WHAT AGE? YOU HAVE TO BE EIGHT YEARS OLD. USA BOXING RULES. YOU HAVE TO BE EIGHT TO COMPETE WILL ALLOW 6 OR 7 YEAR OLDS TO GET STARTED. IF THEY'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND TRAIN SAFELY, BUT EIGHT IS THE MINIMUM AGE. SO. YOU'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE DIFFERENCE IT HAS MADE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. YES, YES, I AM. THIS IS NOW MY SIXTH YEAR BEING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO THERE ARE KIDS IN THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT I MET THEM WHEN THEY WERE 6 OR 7. AND NOW, SIX YEARS LATER, THEY'RE TEENAGERS. AND IT'S FASCINATING. AND ALSO IT'S A BLESSING TO SEE THE GOOD THAT STARTS HAPPENING IN THEIR LIFE WHEN THEY HAVE A POSITIVE THING TO FOCUS ON, LIKE THE BOXING. AND ALTHOUGH YOU'RE LOCATED IN OVER-THE-RHINE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE COME FROM LITERALLY ALL OVER THE AREA. YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS FROM THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN, SOME FROM THE EAST SIDE. THE MAJORITY OF THE KIDS ARE COMING FROM NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMING FROM DIRECTLY DOWNTOWN AS MUCH AS THEY USED TO. AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE HOW LONG? AT THIS LOCATION? THIS LOCATION? IT'S BEEN ABOUT TEN YEARS. I ASKED THAT BECAUSE IT'S COMING TO AN END HERE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT JOURNEY, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS DECIDED TO TEAR DOWN THIS LOCATION THAT WE SIT IN NOW IN OTR. I KNOW THAT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO HEAR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT TAKE ME THROUGH THAT AND THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. SURE. I GUESS THE CITY IS PLANNING ON. THEY DID A THEY DID A COUPLE YEAR LONG STUDY SURVEYS AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BUILD A RECREATION CENTER IN FINDLAY PARK. AND SO PART OF THAT PROJECT WILL REQUIRE THEM TEAR THIS BUILDING DOWN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE LOVE THIS BUILDING. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO NOT BE HERE ANYMORE, BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT, A LOT OF POSITIVES IN MOVING TO A NEW SPACE THAT WILL BE ALL OUR OWN, AND WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT THE BUDDY LAROSA CENTER FOR YOUTH. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES, BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A SPACE THAT DOES HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES AND A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENED HERE. YOU HAVE A LOCATION PICKED OUT, MOST LIKELY A BUILDING THAT USED TO BE THE ELMWOOD PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY BUILT A NEW SAINT BERNARD ELMWOOD PLACE SCHOOL IN SAINT BERNARD THAT THE SCHOOL RELOCATED TO. LEAVING THAT BUILDING AVAILABLE FOR A NONPROFIT TO TAKE OVER. AND WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THAT NONPROFIT. UP NEXT, REMEMBERING LEGENDARY BOXING COACH MIKE STAFFORD AND HIS IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE ALL ACROSS CINCINNATI. WHEN LET'S TALK CINCY CONTINUES. THEY TRUSTED HIM BECAUSE THEY THEY TRUSTED HIM BECAUSE THEY KNEW HE LOVED THEM. HE HAD A GENUINE LOVE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND HE WAS. EVERYBODY KNEW COACH MIKE. WHY? BECAUSE HE'S A COACH. HE'S A COACH FOR LIFE, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. HE'S A COACH IN THE RING. MICHAEL STAFFORD'S LOVE FOR BOXING GAVE HIM THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A LITTLE HOPE TO KIDS WHOSE DREAMS ARE OFTEN IN SHORT SUPPLY. THAT HERE'S A GUY WHO GAVE HIS LIFE, WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AND USING THE SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE BUT IN A POSITIVE WAY. HE'S BEEN ABLE TO TAKE KIDS WHO EVERYBODY HAD GIVEN UP ON, LIKE A MELTING POT FOR THEM. IF THEY STAY IN THE GYM, YOU KNOW, BE SUCCESSFUL. BUT ONCE THEY LEAVE OUT THE DOORS, IT'S JUST SO HARD AND IT'S HARD TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, SAY, I'LL SEE HIM AND SAY, COACH, CAN YOU COACH, I'LL BE BACK, I'LL BE BACK, I'LL BE BACK. I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS SAY, OKAY, I'M HERE FOR YOU. YOU GOT TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN. I TELL EVERY COACH, EVERY NEW YOUNG COACH, IF THEY CAN GET THEIR GYM STARTED. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR DOORS OPEN. I TELL THEM THAT'S MY MAIN THING. KEEP THE DOORS OPEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS. ONE OF THE MEMORIES OF THAT COMES FROM THIS BUILDING, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER. BUT COACH MIKE, WHO WE LOST RECENTLY, YES, TALK ABOUT HIS SIGNIFICANCE TO WHEN COACH MIKE WAS ALIVE. I USED TO SAY TO HIM ALL THE TIME, I COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT YOU. I WHEN I WOULD SAY THAT TO HIM, I DID NOT REALIZE HOW SOON IT WOULD BE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO RUN THE PROGRAM WITHOUT HIM. HE PASSED AWAY ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, AND HE WAS. HE WAS JUST ONE OF A KIND COACH, MENTOR, FATHER FIGURE, AND HIS SPIRIT IS VERY MUCH STILL ALIVE IN THIS SPACE. I THINK. I KNOW RASHEED, OUR HEAD COACH, AND A LOT OF THE BOXERS COMING IN HERE HELPS WITH GRIEVING BECAUSE WE FEEL CLOSE TO HIM. WE FEEL THAT ENERGY STILL HERE, AND THE ONE THING HE ALWAYS SAID WHEN HE WAS GETTING CLOSE TO PASSING AWAY WAS TAKE CARE OF MY BABIES. AND SO THAT'S THE MISSION EVERY DAY TO COME BACK IN HERE AND TAKE CARE OF MIKE. COACH MIKE'S BABIES, WHO ARE NOW TURNING INTO YOUNG MEN. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE SHE WAS ONE OF HIS MENTEES. YEP. HE REALLY TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING. ALMOST BECAME LIKE A FATHER, VERY MUCH A FATHER FIGURE FOR HIM. YES. YEAH, THAT THAT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. TO WATCH RASHEED COACH AND KNOW THAT HE'S CONTINUING THE COACHING TRADITION THAT WAS DIRECTLY TAUGHT TO HIM BY COACH MIKE. SO IT'S IT'S SPECIAL TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN JUST A MOMENT, BACK IN A MOMENT. COMING UP FROM BOXING CHAMPION TO BOXING COACH, I HAD A GIFT. I WENT TO THE OLYMPICS WHEN I WAS 16, 17 YEARS OLD, BUT I HAD MY TWO FEET IN. I KNEW WHAT I WANTED TO DO. Y'ALL PLAYING AROUND. IT'S A DIFFERENCE HOW OLYMPIAN RAU'SHEE WARREN IS GIVING BACK WHEN LET'S TALK CINCY RETURNS. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. WITH ME NOW IS THREE TIME OLYMPIAN RAU'SHEE WARREN AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU ARE NOW A COACH DOWN HERE. YES, SIR. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. IT'S FINE. THE KIDS ARE DOWN HERE THAT I'M WORKING WITH. I AIN'T GONNA LIE. I WAS JUST TALKING TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS ABOUT THE SITUATION. ABOUT ME WORKING WITH THE KIDS, AND THEY WAS LIKE, THAT'S YOUR CALLING. NOT KNOWING IT WAS MY CALLING. I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME, BUT I WAS REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS NEXT FOR ME. AFTER BOXING, BECAUSE I'M GETTING UP TO THAT AGE NOW, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO RELAX NOW. I WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH MY FEET UP. AND I DID A LOT OF SACRIFICES OVER THE YEARS, AND REALLY PUT MY IN A BOXING GAME, ESPECIALLY THE AMATEURS. SO BY ME GOING TO THE OLYMPICS THREE TIMES AND THEN GOING PROFESSIONAL, BECOMING A WORLD CHAMPION, NOW A COACH THAT SAYS A LOT AND I'M JUST GETTING STARTED AS A COACH. SO BUT LIKE I SAY, ME START WORKING WITH THE KIDS, THEY BRING THE EXCITEMENT BACK TO ME AGAIN BECAUSE IT CAN KIND OF GET A LITTLE BORING SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO PROFESSIONAL AND WHEN YOU GO PROFESSIONAL, THE FUN OUT THE DOOR STRAIGHT BUSINESS. NOW. SO THE KIDS, THEY BRING A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO ME. AND WHEN I'M WATCHING THE KIDS, I DON'T JUST SEE LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE. I SEE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 6 OR 7, MAYBE EIGHT. FUTURE WORLD CHAMPIONS WILL BE COMING OUT OF THIS PROGRAM, JUST LIKE I DID, JUST LIKE DUDE REAGAN DID, JUST LIKE RICARDO WILLIAMS DID. AND A FEW OTHER FIGHTERS. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY IT'S A IT'S A JOURNEY FOR ME NOW, AND I'M ENJOYING IT EVERY DAY. I'M DOWN HERE. DOES IT FEEL LIKE THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WENT TO THE FIRST OLYMPICS, RIGHT? YEAH, THE FIRST OLYMPICS NOW. SO IT IS WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, I'M LIKE, DANG, I WANT 20 YEARS AGO, BUT I'M 37. WHEN I SAY I'M 37, YOU KNOW, TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP WITH NOW, THEY AT A CERTAIN AGE, THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'RE STILL YOUNG, YOU'RE STILL LIVING. AND I'M LIKE, MY KNEES HURT. AS SOON AS I TURN 37. I AIN'T USED TO THAT, I AIN'T. I GOT TO WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE KIDS I GOT DOWN HERE NOW I GOT TO KEEP UP WITH THEM. BUT I'M ALSO LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, COACH STILL GOT TO FIGHT THEM. YOU KNOW, COME ON. COME ON, COME ON. THERE YOU GO. I'LL WAIT THROUGH IT. COME ON. JUST TAKE THAT SPOT. AFTER COACH MIKE DIED, DOES SOME. HE. THAT'S LIKE A BIG ACHIEVEMENT RIGHT THERE. IT'S A TOUGH SPORT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO BECOME A GREAT FIGHTER. BUT IT'LL IT'LL GET, YOU'LL GET, IT'LL GET THERE. IT'LL GET THERE. YEAH. I JUST I JUST LOVE THIS SPORT. LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING I COULD SEE MYSELF DOING FOR YEARS AND YEARS. LIKE I'M DEALING WITH KIDS THAT'S COMING FROM WHERE I COME FROM NOW. LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE. AND WE AIN'T DEALING WITH BAD KIDS. LIKE HOW WE WAS LIKE. BECAUSE I WAS A BAD KID AT ONE POINT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I SWITCHED UP ONCE. I STARTED WINNING AND BOXING AND GETTING ALL HIS ATTENTION. BUT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH BAD KIDS NOW. WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF SPOILED KIDS THAT THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL. LIKE, AND THE INTERNET, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BATTLE THAT I'M DEALING WITH THE KIDS. SO I DON'T REALLY BE ON THEM AS MUCH. BUT I JUST TRY TO, YOU KNOW, TURN BOYS INTO MEN, YOU KNOW, I AIN'T SAYING EVERYBODY GOING TO BE A RAU'SHEE WARREN OR A ADRIEN BRONER OR A FLOYD MAYWEATHER, BUT THEY CAN BE A MAN OUT OF LIFE. WHEN YOU BECOME A MAN OUT OF LIFE, YOU BECOME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE IN THIS WORLD. WE WISH YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU. ALWAYS. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU MAKE ME FEEL OLD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAN. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT. FOR MANY, IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. IT'S THEIR SAFE HAVEN. I GUESS THE ONLY WAY WE'VE COME UP WITH TO COPE WITH IT IS TO JUST PUT ALL OF OUR ENERGY INTO KEEPING THIS PLACE AVAILABLE AND SAFE, SO THAT EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T SAVE EVERYONE, THE HANDFUL THAT WE SAVE HAS TO MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE. WHEN LET'S TALK CINCY CONTINUES. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. I'M COURTIS FULLER HERE WITH ME NOW. CHRISTINA LAROSA. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS GREAT BOXING PROGRAM THAT YOU HAD. IT MUST TROUBLE YOU, THOUGH, BECAUSE ALL THE EFFORT AND WORK THAT GOES INTO TRYING TO CREATE A SAFE HAVEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. BUT THE VIOLENCE IS STILL OUT THERE ON THE STREET. WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE MAKING AN IMPACT, BUT I KNOW IT MUST BE TROUBLING TO YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERY CHILD ISN'T BEING SAVED. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? YOU HAVE TO BE VERY VIGILANT ABOUT KEEPING THE KIDS IN THE GYM AND KEEPING AN EYE ON WHETHER THEY'RE STARTING TO SLIP INTO BAD THINGS. I, I IT'S SO PAINFUL WHEN WE LOSE A KID FROM THE GYM. IT'S PAINFUL JUST TO HEAR THAT A SHOOTING HAPPENS, JUST TO KNOW THAT A YOUNG PERSON WAS INJURED OR KILLED IS PAINFUL. BUT WHEN IT'S A KID THAT MAYBE USED TO BE A BOXER, OR THAT'S A FAMILY MEMBER OF ONE OF OUR BOXERS, IT BECOMES MORE PERSONAL BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU SOMEHOW MISSED SOMETHING AND LET SOMETHING FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. AND THAT LED TO A TRAGEDY. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I DON'T KNOW HOW SOCIETY SOLVES THE PROBLEM, BUT I GUESS THE ONLY WAY WE'VE COME UP WITH TO COPE WITH IT IS TO JUST PUT ALL OF OUR ENERGY INTO KEEPING THIS PLACE AVAILABLE AND SAFE, SO THAT EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T SAVE EVERYONE, THE HANDFUL THAT WE SAVE HAS TO MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE. TALK ABOUT THE TRADITION OF FAMILY AND HOW. AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT HOLDS THIS TOGETHER. YOU COULD EASILY SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT BUDDY LAROSA HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO MAKE THIS A REALITY AND KEEP IT A REALITY. AND THEN YOU'VE TRANSITIONED INTO YOUR ROLE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. TALK ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU ASKED EARLIER ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER'S LOVE FOR BOXING, THE FAMILY CONCEPT IS PART OF IT. HE ALWAYS FELT VERY MUCH LIKE THE BOXING GYMS HE WAS IN AS A CHILD WERE A SECOND FAMILY, AND SO WHEN HE CREATED CINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVES AND STARTED FUNDING THE DIFFERENT REC CENTER GYMS, THE FAMILY MENTALITY WAS SOMETHING THAT HE NATURALLY BROUGHT TO IT. AND HE CHOSE COACHES THAT FIT WITH THAT VISION. AND SO HERE WE ARE NOW, ALMOST 50 YEARS LATER, AND THIS IS A FAMILY. LAST NIGHT WE HAD ALL OF OUR KIDS TRAINING HERE. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE SIX YEARS OLD, ALL THE WAY UP TO KIDS IN THEIR EARLY 20S. A FORMER BOXER WAS HERE GETTING IN SHAPE. HE HAD HIS BABIES WITH HIM. THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND. I MEAN IT, YOU ARE IN A FAMILY SPACE WHEN YOU ARE HERE, FOR SURE, AND PEOPLE FEEL SAFE HERE AND THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S A FAMILY. YES, YES, I KNOW JUST FROM TALKING TO THE KIDS, LISTENING TO THE KIDS, ALL THE KIDS SAY, WHEN I STARTED BOXING, EVERYTHING CHANGED. I STARTED MAKING BETTER CHOICES BECAUSE THE ENERGY AND THE SPIRIT IN HERE IS WHAT THEY'RE DRAWN TO. AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT FAMILY FEELING IN HERE, TO CONTINUE. AND NOW TAKING IT SOMEPLACE ELSE. YES, THAT WILL BE A LITTLE HARD BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE NEW. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE. BUT THEN CREATING A NEW FAMILY ENVIRONMENT IS GOING TO THAT WILL BE THE FIRST SORT OF FIRST. IT'S OUR IT'S OUR FIRST HOME. THIS GENERATION. WE'RE CREATING A HOME. THIS WAS THE THE HOME THAT WAS CREATED BY THE LAST GENERATION. AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC TO TO CONTINUE HERE. BUT NOW WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITH THE NEW CENTER THAT WE'LL BE AT. YES. AND IS AND I ASSUME BOXING IS STILL VERY POPULAR AMONG, YOU KNOW, WE THINK OF, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, YOU KNOW, SOCCER. NOW, BOXING STILL GENERATES A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. YEAH. IN CINCINNATI IT DOES. AND IN OTHER CITIES IT DOES AS WELL. THE BEST WAY TO SEE IT WHEN USA BOXING THEY HAVE ABOUT FOUR NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS EVERY YEAR. WHEN YOU GO TO THESE TOURNAMENTS, THERE'S AT LEAST A COUPLE THOUSAND KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY COMPETING. AND THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON TV, A LOT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONVERSATIONALLY, LIKE FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL, IT IS VERY MUCH AN ALIVE THING. USA BOXING RELEASES THEIR NUMBERS EVERY YEAR, AND I DON'T WANT TO MISSTATE IT, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A COUPLE THOUSAND GRASSROOTS YOUTH PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY LIKE OURS. NOT EXACTLY LIKE OURS. OURS IS PRETTY ROBUST, EVEN NATIONWIDE, BUT IT IS VERY MUCH A HUGE THING. AND IT BEING AN OLYMPIC SPORT, I THINK IS PART OF WHAT KEEPS IT GOING LIKE THAT. THERE HAS BEEN A CINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVES BOXER IN EIGHT OF THE LAST NINE OLYMPICS, MOST RECENTLY WAS DUKE RAGAN, WHO WON A SILVER MEDAL IN TOKYO AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW THE COUNT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I JUST KNOW OUR STATISTIC THAT EIGHT OF THE LAST NINE OLYMPICS HAS HAD A CINCINNATI GOLDEN GLOVES BOXER IN IT. THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. YES. VERY IMPRESSIVE. YES. WELL, KRISTINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A FASCINATING PLACE. AND GOOD LUCK IN THE NEW FACILITY. WELL, THAT DOES IT FOR THE PROGRAM TODAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M CURTIS FULLER. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF LET'S TALK CINCY. ONE, TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO.