HOUSTON \u2013 For \u201c2 Helps You: Community Helping Community\u201d this Friday, an email to our inbox had us traveling to the east side of the city.<\/p>\n
More specifically, to a large warehouse shed at the corner of Darwin Road and the Eastex Freeway feeder road.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It\u2019s there that, within minutes, we heard a 22-year-old tell us, \u201cWe\u2019re just here to help people,\u201d said Manny DeAnda of DeAnda Brothers Boxing.<\/p>\n
The professional boxer, still in the early stages of his career, quickly pointed out, \u201cI think we are doing something great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manny is right.<\/p>\n
He and his brother, Maximus, run the gym where they help train up to 60 kids every Monday through Friday. Manny started the program when he was 17 years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here to set a foundation in the community, to give some of them something to go to. And, you know, I think we\u2019re doing something great.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve stepped into many boxing gyms in my day, and I am uniquely qualified to say the gym these two brothers operate is as raw, gritty, and ruggedly beautiful as the best of them.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a place where champions of the community are being made.<\/p>\n
Where children tell us they are being trained \u201cnot to be a bully,\u201d while also having a lot of fun. One little champion-in-the-making named Ethan told me, \u201cIt\u2019s something I love and something I\u2019m passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n
A passion project for two brothers in their twenties, that has become the heart of their community. <\/p>\n
In fact, even Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Officers have embraced program and have routinely stopped by to work with the kids. <\/p>\n
When 2 Helps You asked Manny if he truly comprehended what he was doing for the community, he admitted, \u201cNot really, man. Because I do it because I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for Maximus: \u201cI mean, I feel like we brought something to the neighborhood that is positive, that is good.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next for the two brothers? A professional fight for Manny on June 6 in Galveston.<\/p>\n
Maximus will be in his corner. <\/p>\n
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