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Soul City Boxing and Wrestling gym is above a barbershop located at 801 Junction Ave.

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Roshawn Jones, owner of Soul City Boxing and Wrestling gym, stands in his boxing ring.

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Ortha Jones, 12, who is second in the nation in his age group, works out at his brother's gym.

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Otha Jones, left, and Davon Lewis, right, challenge each other to a jump rope contest in the ring.

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Devon Lewis, 13, jumps rope while his brother does push ups. Their mother Marvita Mason-Holmes send Devon and his twin Davon Lewis, to Soul City Boxing and Wrestling gym to keep them occupied in a productive activity so that they will not get into trouble in the streets.

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Roshawn Jones, center, trains one of his pupils during a Monday night session.

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Otha Jones, left, and his father also named Otha Jones, wait to get a haircut in the barbershop downstairs from Soul City Boxing.

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Davon Lewis, 13, jumps rope.

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Marvita Mason-Holmes, watches as her twin boys work out.

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