Outside of Manhattan's sweaty "Jacobs Beach," shrine of U.S. fisticuffs, the boxingest place in the U.S. is probably Camp Butner, near Durham, N.C. There every soldier boxes as a regular part of his physical training.
Promoters of this huge program are Major General Edwin P. Parker Jr., 52, who makes his staff desk-warmers go through a cross-country run and obstacle race once a week, and one of his battalion commanders, Lieut. Colonel James L. Grier. A onetime West Point boxer, Colonel Grier started the program by rounding up 800 pairs of boxing gloves, showing...
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