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December 28, 2002	Susana Vera	[/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Antoine Alston, 14, focuses all his energy into punching a bag his coach Willie Massey holds as part of his five-day-a-week evening training at the Triangle Developmental Boxing Association in Durham. "I fought with a lot of kids at school and on the streets," Alston said. "It was fun. I think that has helped me be a better boxer. I knocked out my first guy a few weeks ago. It felt good. I wasn't ready to knock him out, though. I threw a hook and he fell, that was it. Maybe someday someone will knock me out, I don't know. You never know who you might face." Alston hopes to become a champion within the next five years. "I can go places with boxing. That's what I love about it," he said.