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At Confidence Boxing Club, the street becomes a gym, and each session a testament to discipline, resilience, and community. These photographs by Morgan Otgburuagu\u00a0a offer a glimpse into their rituals, where movement speaks louder than words.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Photo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganotagburuagu\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Obtagburuagu<\/a><br \/>Production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/boladebanjo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">256 Artists<\/a><br \/><span class=\"s3\">Welfare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/humbleorji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Humble Orji<\/span><\/a> <br \/><\/span>Photo assistant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/edgelitng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">@edgelitng<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be6afd3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be6afd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d9e173 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d9e173\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">\u00a0<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:buttons {\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"}} --><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"border\":{\"radius\":{\"topLeft\":\"0px\",\"topRight\":\"0px\",\"bottomLeft\":\"0px\",\"bottomRight\":\"0px\"}}},\"fontSize\":\"small\"} --><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\">Back<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath the concrete span of the Gbagada expressway bridge, young boxers, girls and boys alike, train with quiet determination. At Confidence Boxing Club, the street becomes a gym, and each session a testament to discipline, resilience, and community. These photographs by Morgan&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/under-the-bridge\/\">Read more\u2026<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UNDER THE BRIDGE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","iawp_total_views":14,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lagos","category-sport","ratio-3-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1246,"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/1246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citymagazine.city\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}