Some of the boxers have been training through Fresno's police activities league, and Police Chief Jerry Dyer and City Council Member Cynthia Sterling both cheered the kids on.
The idea is to give children something to do in order to keep them out of trouble and the youngsters say it works.
Isidro Ochoa, 12 years old boxer said, "It keeps me out of trouble. If I wasn't never into boxing I'd be getting in trouble, getting into street fights and everything. But boxing helps me."
12-year-old Isidro Ochoa won his match today, and he's 10 and 3 overall.
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