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CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Members of the Oasis Elite Boxing Club are intensifying their efforts to find a new home after the abrupt closure of Dohn Community High School in March left them without a training space. <\/p>\n

The club, which has served as a safe haven for young boxers, is struggling to maintain its community and discipline without a permanent location. <\/p>\n

Members of the Oasis Elite Boxing Club are intensifying their efforts to find a new home after the abrupt closure of Dohn Community High School in March left them without a training space. (WKRC)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“I got a lot of love for the kids. I do this because I love it,” said Daryll Jones, who has been training young boxers for 37 years, including the last five at Dohn. <\/p>\n

The closure forced Jones and club director Andrew Williams to quickly gather what they could from the gym. <\/p>\n

“When I hear we have 24 hours to get out of the building, I’m in shock,” said Williams.<\/p>\n

The gym is now padlocked, leaving their boxing ring and equipment inaccessible. The club has been moving from gym to gym, but the lack of a stable location is affecting the kids. <\/p>\n

\"Members<\/p>\n

Members of the Oasis Elite Boxing Club are intensifying their efforts to find a new home after the abrupt closure of Dohn Community High School in March left them without a training space. (WKRC)<\/p>\n

“That’s hard because you’re asking a kid that’s coming from this area, Avondale, Bond Hill, to go to Millville, or to go downtown, or Norwood,” said Williams.<\/p>\n

Williams and Jones are seeking funding to secure a permanent home, ideally back at the closed school, and have been in contact with State Rep. Cecil Thomas to explore options for retrieving their equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Members of the Oasis Elite Boxing Club are intensifying their efforts to find a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-283940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}