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    Commentary: A white cane and 12-ounce gloves. How I learned to box as a legally blind man

    by Keith Rosson, Los Angeles Times May 02, 2023 3 minutes
    The people Keith Rosson trains with have consciously made room for him in a sport that he never thought would be accessible to him, he writes.

    I walked into a boxing gym for the first time at 46 years old. Walked in with 20 pounds I’ve added on since COVID and kids. Walked in with little stamina, marginal coordination and bucketloads of fear. I’d halfway convinced myself before ever stepping through the doors that I probably couldn’t do this after all.

    Walked in with all that and a white cane tapping on the floor.

    Yeah. A legally blind man trying to learn how to box.

    There’s no way this will ever work out, I

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