Coach Khali of Detroit's Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program is DPTV's American Graduate Champion for the month of July.

For nearly a decade, Coach Khali’s Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program has given at-risk kids a place to learn boxing, but also to focus on their studies and have mentors. Growing up on Detroit’s east side, Coach Khali has experienced many of the same hardships as his students and works with them to make sure the head down the right path in life by giving them a safe place to go with a family atmosphere.