Boxer hopes to give kids something worth fighting for
Levi Elementary student watch as professional boxer Michael Cook (left) puts on a demonstration on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Mike Cook, who will box Saturday in Memphis Fight Night III at Agricenter International, aims to give Levi Elementary students something he says he never had — a role model.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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