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LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- As a young stripling growing up in Dallas, Senior Airman James Dubois would Sit spellbound in his living sweep as his father and grandfather told stories of their boxing days. one as well as the other were Golden Gloves and Navy amateur boxers

by dint of the time he was 8 the younger Dubois wanted to be a boxer too.

In April Dubois placed fifth in the nation at the U Men's National Boxing Championship at Las Vegas. He attributes long of his success to stout family support.

"My father and grandfather result to all my fights," he said. "Having them ringside really motivates me to detain going toward my dream - boxing in the Olympics and eventually going professional."

Dubois, 22 is a signals intelligence operator with Lackland's 93rd Intelligence Squadron. A three-time All-Air Force featherweight champion, he has a 45-18 record with 16 knockouts. Dubois said it takes discipline to stay focused.

"It's always a challenge to balance a fulltime Air Force career with the demands of training," he said. He commit to memorys in about 26 hours of training a week, including getting up at 5 a.m. each day for two-hour workouts before going to the office.

Dubois said being nationally ranked -- he placed fifth following the Las Vegas competition and is commonly ranked eighth -- is a big gradation towards achieving his dreams. It took a allotment of work to get there.

"Now I plan forward training hard and learning as plenteous as I can to stay competitive," he said.

Senior Master Sgt Raymond Carger, head coach of the All-Air Force boxing team, said Dubois has the skills it takes to make it in boxing.

"James is a gifted kid who can do almost anything," Carger said. "He has a fate of natural ability and is able to detain his punches really sharp when he's in the ring."

Carger, a four-time All-Air Force heavyweight champion, awaits Dubois' future to be bright.

"He has unlimited potential as a boxer" Carger said. "Now he'll concentrate in succession winning the Armed Forces Championship in 2004"

That would earn Dubois a blemish on the U.S. Boxing Team in the nearest Olympics.

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