Ahmed El-Aloui, a coach at Armzhouse gym, said the sport gave bereaved young people a release.<\/p>\n
“Boxing just helps people not just come to terms with it, but it actually lets them let it all out,” he said. <\/p>\n
“They can hit something without actually hitting anyone. When you take a person on the pads, after about five minutes they stop hitting the pads and they just start blurting out how they feel and what’s going on. <\/p>\n
“That way you can connect with them and make sure they get that stuff out, because once they get it out, they can start healing.”<\/p>\n
The evening ended with the ten bells, the traditional farewell rung for boxers who have died, this time in memory of those killed at Grenfell.<\/p>\n
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