Peter Dobson is Building Himself into a Champion

By: Hans Themistode
Sell dugs or become a pro athlete? Those are typically the choices for a young kid growing up in the Bronx section of New York. This is particularly true if you are a young man of color.
For professional boxer Peter Dobson, he has heard this narrative his entire life.
“When I was coming up I actually wanted to be a drug dealer,” said Dobson. “I used to think that was the coolest thing ever. A lot of older people used to tell me negative things all the time