DC Boxing Community Mourns Long-time Coach

Tributes poured in on Sunday from D.C.’s boxing neighborhood for a boxing mentor who died in a taking pictures in Southeast, D.C. on Saturday.

Arthur “Buddy” Harrison, Jr., 62, was discovered at round 11:40 a.m. on thirtieth Road SE, close to Erie Road SE and the Hillcrest Recreation Heart. He was pronounced lifeless at a hospital, D.C. police mentioned. 

A supply near the household informed News4 Harrison was recognized for mentoring younger youngsters and working a boxing health club within the District.

Harrison was the daddy {of professional} boxer Dusty Hernandez-Harrison.

Outdated Faculty Boxing in Maryland, the place Harrison was a boxing coach, shared his passing with their neighborhood in an Instagram submit.

“I believe if Buddy have been right here, he would say to be sure to’re at your health club Monday, pray for these misplaced ones on the market who don’t know the Lord, and to like everybody,” Outdated Faculty Boxing wrote.

Beltway Battles, which hosts boxing exhibits within the D.C. space, shared a tribute to Harrison in an announcement on Sunday.

“Earlier right now we realized of the tragic dying of Buddy Harrison, father of Dusty Hernandez-Harrison, a well known and revered member of the DC boxing household and a beneficiant particular person who always was serving to others in his neighborhood,” Beltway Battles wrote.

Harrison’s final posts on Fb and Instagram have obtained a whole bunch of feedback from folks mourning his loss. In an Instagram posted on Friday, he shared a photograph of him together with his son at a boxing health club.

“I laced his gloves at two years outdated… I’m nonetheless lacing his gloves at 28 years outdated. I thank Jesus for the chance to take action,” Harrison wrote.

Police are looking for three suspects and a white Kia Optima sedan final seen with an Ohio license plate JAU 3816 in connection to Harrison’s taking pictures.

Anybody with data is requested to contact D.C. police at 202-727-9099 or ship an nameless textual content to 50411.