Fighting poverty in the boxing ring

Children in our poorer communities see fighting around them often.

Worse still, many times it's the kind of fighting that gets them hurt or sees them losing family members.

One boxing gym is engaging in another kind of fight.

Kings Boxing Gym is providing free training in these communities for children between the ages of 6 and 18.

The emphasis is not only on physical contact, but guiding the youth in the right direction using sporting disciplines.

To tell us more, we had a chat to Ryan Mokoena, a personal trainer at the gym.

He says the sport has whole range of benefits.