Photos: Chris Valdez trains young boxers
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Chris Valdez, ex-military and ex-cop, trains and mentors young people at Tucson Southwest Boxing Academy.
Chris Valdez
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Boxing coach Chris Valdez at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
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Boxing coach Chris Valdez, right, watches Gavin Davis work the bag at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Boxing coach Chris Valdez, right, catches punches for Levi Escobar at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Boxing coach Chris Valdez helps Gavin Davis fit his glove at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Boxing coach Chris Valdez gets some love from Jax, a 6 week-old full blue nose pit bull belonging to Tenishia Reynolds, left, and one of Valdez' boxers at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Boxing coach Chris Valdez watches as his students warm up at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Boxing coach Chris Valdez, right, watches Levi Escobar work the bag at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs. One of his students nominated him for the national Red Bandanna Hero Award in memory of a 9/11 hero.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Boxing coach Chris Valdez, right, watches Gavin Davis work the bag at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Boxing coach Chris Valdez, right, catches punches for Levi Escobar at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Boxing coach Chris Valdez helps Gavin Davis fit his glove at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Boxing coach Chris Valdez gets some love from Jax, a 6 week-old full blue nose pit bull belonging to Tenishia Reynolds, left, and one of Valdez' boxers at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Boxing coach Chris Valdez watches as his students warm up at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs.
Chris Valdez
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Boxing coach Chris Valdez, right, watches Levi Escobar work the bag at Southwest Boxing Gym in Tucson, AZ on Sept. 6, 2016. Valdez runs Youth Corps of America, a one-man effort to steer at-risk youth away from gangs and drugs. One of his students nominated him for the national Red Bandanna Hero Award in memory of a 9/11 hero.
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Chris Valdez was one of five finalists — out of 1,200 submissions — for the American Heroes Channel's 2016 Red Bandanna Hero Award.
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