WELL, IT'S 2016 -- AS 2016
COMES TO A CLOSE, YOU MAY BE
REFLECTING ON MEMORIES OF THE
PAST YEAR.
IN ST. PAUL, MEMBER ARE
REMEMBERS A BAN THAT WAS A
BOXING COACH.
EMMITT WAS A GUY THAT WOULD
CLIMB IN THE RIPPING WITH YOU.
HE'D HOLD THE PADS FOR YOU AND
GIVE YOU DIRECTION.
EMMITT SPENT NEARLY 70 YEARS
COACHING KIDS THAT WENT ONTO BE
CAME MUCHONS.
THE LESSONS HE TAUGHT EXTENT
FAR BEYOND BOXING.
PHOTOS CAPTURE THE MANY
MOMENTS OVER MANY YEARS THAT
EMMITT YANEZ GUIDED YOUNG
BOXERS 234 THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HE TEACHES YOU HOW TO SHADOW
BOX, JUMP ROPE, HOLD YOUR
HANDS, MOVE YOUR FEET.
BOB ZAMORA WAS 11 YEARS OLD
WHEN YANEZ STARTED COACHING HIM
IN THE 196 0S.
HE REMEMBERED A FATHER FIGURE
WHO OFFERED GUIDANCE IN AND OUT
OF THE RING.
HE'S TEACHING BOXING AND THE
WIFE.
HE'S TEACHING YOU HOW TO BE
A 3457B AND RESPECTFUL.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVED ABOUT
EMMITT.
YANEZ STARTED THE MEXICAN
AMERICAN BOXINGS CLUB IN ST.
PAUL.
HE HELPED MANY MEN WIN STATE
AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SOME MOVED ONTO PROFESSIONAL
BOXING CAREERS.
THESE ARE A COLLECTION OF
MEMORABILIA IN HIS BASEMENT.
HE SAYS IT'S THE IMPRESSION OF
HIS WAY OF THINKING HE VALUES
THE MOST.
HE TELLS ME YOU TREAT PEOPLE
THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED
. YOU BE MEAN TO THEM, THEY'LL
BE MEAN TO YOU.
YOU WANT RESPECT, YOU GOT TO
EARN IT.
YANEZ LEARN TODAY BOX IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED
IN AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II
AND RETURNED TO ST. PAUL TO
RAISE A FAMILY AND RETURN TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUCK LICK
WORKS.
WHEN HE WAS 90 YEARS OLD, HIS
DEVOTION TO THE COMMUNITY WAS
RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR.
HE WAS A ROLE MODEL.
HE MADE ME BE A SUCCESSFUL MAN.
HE'S PART OF YOU.
HE'S MORE THAN PART OF ME.
LIKE I SAY, IF IT WASN'T FOR
HIM, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
HERE TODAY.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO 4 NEWS.
EMMITT YANEZ WAS 96 WHEN HE
DIED ON DECEMBER 3. DONATIONS
IN HIS HONOR CAN BE MADE TO THE
WHITE BEAR LAKE BOXING CLUB.
IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR
