10-year-old N.O. kid going for gold at national boxing championship

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Posted on July 23, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Updated Monday, Jul 23 at 11:02 PM

Juan Kincaid / Eyewitness News
Email: jkincaid@wwltv.com | Twitter: @ juankinc4

NEW ORLEANS -- Elijah Wilson, 10, will go for a national championship at the end of the month in Kansas City.

In the ring, few are better than this 75-pound dynamite, who's already Louisiana's Junior Olympic champion.

In Kansas City, he'll be fighting 11-year-olds.

He said he's ready to show them who's boss

"If I come home with the belt, I'll be happy I'm the champion," Elijah said.

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