Meet Boxer Allan Tenenholtz

It all started on a cold, snowy winter day in Chicago on January 22, 1940 when a boxer was born. When I was eight years old, I started with the Chicago Park District after-school program boxing. Continuing my whole life, I’ve boxed, trained boxers, coached boxing to all ages, paid, and as a volunteer to youth programs. I became a Marine at eighteen and was assigned to Allied Forces, Southern Europe, Italy, boxing among my assigned duties. Family obligations from 1967-75 had me working in construction and trucking. As the children grew older, I resumed boxing, became a Navy Seabee Reservist and was a Physical Fitness instructor. As a reserve recruiter from Great Lakes, Illinois, I transferred to CBC Port Hueneme to help active-duty military personnel transition to civilian life. Coaching has continued to the Ventura Athletic Club, in July 2000, as a personal trainer and basic boxing instructor.