When Dalis Gures arrived as a teenager in Vancouver with his single mother and four siblings in 2016 — via a refugee camp in Kenya — the Canadian-Ethiopian athlete had played soccer but never considered boxing.
His life changed after he got into trouble for a fistfight in high school.
“I was getting picked on by kids older than me,” Gures told CBC News in an interview. “One kid was saying racism and the N-word … and one day, I’d just had enough and snapped.”
Both students involved were suspended, Gures serving his suspension in school. Later, a physical education teacher suggested he try a free youth drop-in program at Eastside Boxing Club.
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