Stunning Comedown

Alabama State University student charged in classmate's death

Ivry Hall, a 20-year-old Golden Gloves boxer originally from Chicago, was arrested Friday.

“He was back in Chicago for a couple days,” Father Michael Pfleger, a priest and his mentor, told the newspaper. “I spoke with him and sought to pastor him and counsel him, and we contacted the police and set up his return to Montgomery.”

Hall has previously credited Pfleger’s guidance and a Chicago boxing group, the Crushers Club, with helping him turn away from gang life. The young pugilist began running with gangs as early as 8 years old and started selling drugs a year later, according to the report.

Hall was also featured in a short documentary film called “Ivry” in which he’s seen working with younger boxers while using his story to compel them to better their life as he did, the Chicago Tribune reported.