‘When you’re doing it for something that you feel is bigger than yourself, then you’re willing to push yourself further.’
Circle of Discipline
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Local boxing champ talks upcoming fight, launch of new COD gym and charity concert
The new Circle of Discipline (COD) gym will open its doors this Saturday on October 23 from 12-2pm.
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Circle of Discipline fighter advances
De Shawn Owens knocked out Michael Ogundo in the fourth round, his 12th KO.
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Hometown boxing champion Jamal ‘Shango’ James gives back to youth
Hometown boxing champ Jamal ‘Shango’ James is reaching back to youth people in the neighborhood.
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Circle of Discipline leader honored for Lifetime Achievement
The concept of Circle of Discipline came to Sankara Frazier in a dream that he turned into a reality.
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A boxer’s quest for a championship belt
Third-ranked Jamal ‘Shango’ James took another step last Saturday toward a chance at a world welterweight belt.
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Circle of Discipline celebrates 25 years of training, fitness, service
For the past 25 years, South Minneapolis’ Circle of Discipline (COD) has built an enviable rep for using its boxing ring to go the distance for the community. Last Saturday, more than one hundred supporters streamed through the organization’s doors at its Lake Street location to celebrate its silver anniversary.
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Let’s get ready to rumble — boxing returns to the Armory
Boxing, for the first time since 1973, returns to the Minneapolis Armory this Friday. The building in its heyday was the regular home for pro and amateur boxing — Sugar Ray Robinson among others once fought there and it once housed the five-time NBA champions Minneapolis Lakers before they “caught the last train for the […]
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Fire and ice: Sierra Leone Samuels referees with a cool hand
The boxing ring has a way of revealing character and teaching lessons. Those who enter unprepared or unfocused are often exposed. For amateur boxing referee Sierra Leone Samuels, the boxing ring has provided a test of nerves, judgment and reason. So far she’s passing with flying colors.