Boxing coach goes from East Side Boys and Girls Club to 2021 Olympics
Amateur boxing champ, 21-year US Army vet taking his talents to Tokyo
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SAN ANTONIO – Jeffery Mays was a name once well-known in the amateur boxing world.
Then, he joined the U.S. Army for 21 years with two deployments to Iraq. Mays retired in 2014 and took his talents to a place he felt they were most needed the Boys and Girls Club on San Antonio’s East Side.
TO SEE A GALLERY OF MAYS’ THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
“I wanted to do my part to give back and help the kids on that side of town,” he said. “I’m still in touch with just about every one of them.”