Local boxers chase national dreams as Junior Olympics return to Wichita

The dream started with a simple problem: the Torres family was spending more time at the boxing gym than at home.

For nearly five years, Alvin Torres Sr. watched his son, Alvin Jr., pour himself into the sport. His daughter, Liliana, followed. Practices became part of the family schedule. Training became part of the family rhythm. Eventually, the gym felt less like a place they visited and more like the center of their lives.

So Torres and his wife, Sandy, decided to build their own…

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