WELL, ABC BOXING GYM IN
NORTH FILL GAVE BIRTH TO
LEGEND IN THE WORLD OF BOXING.
IT IS ALSO PLACE THAT HAS
ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF
CHILDREN AND IT THE IS
CHANGING THEIR LIVES FOR THE
BETTER.
CHERRI GREGG FROM OUR SISTER
STATION KYW NEWS RADIO CAUGHT
UP WITH THE MAN AT CENTER OF
IT ALL.
JUST DOING A GREAT LIFE.
REPORTER: JENKINS SENIOR
HAS COME HERE TO THE ABC
BOXING GYM NEARLY EVERY SINGLE
DAY, FOR 45 YEARS, AND DURING
THAT TIME, HE HAS SEEN QUITE A
BIT.
A LOT OF LESSONS, UPS AND
DOWN, LOT OF COMING THROUGHS.
REPORTER: FORMER BOXERS
JENKINS AKA FREDDIE J COACHED
SOME OF THE BEST IN THIS RING.
WE HAD REPUTATION OF REAL
TOUGH GYM.
REPORTER: TRAINING BOXERS
LIKE GOLD MEDALIST DAVID READ
AND IFB CHEW CHEW CHARLIE
BROWN WHO TOOK JENKINS AROUND
THE WORLD.
THAT IS ME RIGHT THERE.
REPORTER: NO MATTER WHERE
HE WENT THIS PLACE WAS HOME TO
HIS BIG OLD HEART.
YOU HAVE TO BE A
PSYCHOLOGIST, YOU HAVE TO BE A
DOCTOR, YOU HAVE TO BE A
LAWYER.
REPORTER: IT WAS HERE
JENKINS MENTORED MORE THAN
2,000 KIDS IN THIS RING.
WE BUILD A FOUNDATION WITH
THE INDIVIDUAL, AND THEN THAT
IS ALWAYS BOXING.
REPORTER: RESTLESS OPPOSITE
ON PERSEVERANCE, COMMITMENT
AND DEIRE TO WIN ARE VISIBLE
ON HIS WALL OF CHAMPIONS AND
LIVING AND BREATHING IN THE
RING.
GROWING UP I USED TO HEAR
THOSE STORIES.
REPORTER: FRANK JUNIOR IS
ONE OF THE HIS NINE CHILDREN
WITH TEN WINS AND THREE LOSSES
, HE IS ONLY ONE TO TURN
PRO.
MY FATHER WAS A FIGHTER,
TRAINER, AND FIGHTER, TRAINER.
REPORTER: WALKING IN HIS
DAD'S FOOTSTEPS, IT IS JUST
ONE PART OF JENKINS LARGE
LEGACY, FAMILY, AND THIS LAY
THAT WILL KEEP GOING.
GOD WILLING I WILL GET TO
DO MORE.
REPORTER: IN NORTH
