Inside a church in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, a boxing ring doubles as a place of discipline and hope. For the Rivera family, it’s where faith and family come together to build a legacy.
Every Sunday, The Rock Calvary Chapel fills with prayer and music. Just steps away, inside the same building, a boxing ring echoes with the sound of gloves hitting bags.
At the center of it all is Johnny Rivera, a man who says he was once “a drug dealer, gangster wannabe kid with a chip on my shoulder.”…