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A College Campus Doubled as ‘Summer Camp’ for Career-Focused DBG Students

More than half a dozen DBG students packed their belongings and headed off to camp this summer, but the backdrop was a college campus – ...
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NSF Awards $2 Million Grant to Purdue University and Downtown Boxing Gym for STEM-Based Research

Every weekday, elementary through high school students opt in to participate in a variety of classes in the DBG STEAM lab – studying everything from ...
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DBG Students Mentor, Earn and Learn with Grow Detroit’s Young Talent

Our Downtown Boxing Gym students are wrapping up a jam-packed summer of learning, fun, and growth filled with lessons they will carry with them for ...
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DBG Students Soak up Sun and Fun at Camp Tanuga

There’s something magical about overnight camp, especially at Camp Tanuga in Kalkaska (30 miles east of Traverse City.) The camp includes 220 acres of wooded trails, ...
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Meet the DBG Chicks! What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

At DBG, the egg(s) came first. Where did the eggs come from? The Belle Isle Nature Center. Now, all the peeps around DBG are chirping ...
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Celebrating the DBG Class of 2023 – Maliq Watkins

Hard work is the name of the game for Maliq Watkins. A graduate of  Detroit’s Southeastern High School, Maliq was a student athlete who played ...
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Celebrating the DBG Class of 2023 – Mackenzie Canty

The journey to graduation is filled with countless memories and experiences for Mackenzie Canty. The Martin Luther King High School graduate is grateful for opportunities ...
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Celebrating the DBG Class of 2023 – Chauncey Shaw

Chauncey Shaw spent his entire childhood at DBG. After 13 straight years attending the Downtown Boxing Gym, he calls it his “home away from home.” ...
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Celebrating the DBG Class of 2023 – DeShawn Beal

DeShawn Beal will never forget the first time he met our founder and CEO Khali Sweeney. “Sixth grade, I was into things – gangs, fighting, ...
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Celebrating the DBG Class of 2023 – Isaiah Chambers

It’s safe to say Isaiah Chambers has a way with words. The soon-to-be-graduate of University Preparatory Academy High School is a poet who got into ...
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