Khali Sweeney


Khali Sweeney, known as Coach Khali, is the founder and CEO of the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program, a nonprofit organization he started in 2007 to provide academic support and boxing lessons to empower Detroit students. Sweeney established the organization to provide an education-focused safe haven with tutoring, mentorship, and boxing lessons for boys and girls, ages 8–18. Over 150 Detroit students currently attend for free, with a large waiting list to get in.

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