Spokane, Wash. — Spokane’s boxing community rallied around longtime coach Rick Welliver after an attack on a staircase leading to Peaceful Valley left him seriously hurt.
Welliver has taught boxing in Spokane for years. He was not ready to speak on camera, but he shared his account on social media.
He said in a Facebook post that a group of men attacked him on the staircase to Peaceful Valley in Spokane. He said the attack left him with a cracked skull, a traumatic brain injury, a sprained ankle and without his cell phone…