Academy boxing coach teaches valuable lessons

U.S. Air Force Academy boxing coach Ed Weichers Jr. talks to cadets about their upcoming fights March 2. Coach Weichers has spent more than 30 years training academy cadets the skills needed to step into the ring. His teams have never finished lower than second in the nation in the past 27 years. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. John Ross)

Academy boxer donates life saving bone marrow

Cadet 1st Class Colin LaFavor squares off with a sparring partner at the U.S Air Force Academy's boxing gym in Colorado Springs, Colo. The boxer Cadet LaFavor recently answered to the call to be a bone marrow donor. Current procedures do not allow those who donate bone marrow to know who the recipient is, unless both parties authorize it in writing. LaFavor went on to win his next fight. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. John Ross)