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De Morales looks to land on U.S. Olympic boxing team for 2016 Rio Games

By KEVIN JAKAHI

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Back when she played BIIF basketball, Kira De Morales had a distinctive style, not seen in the long history of the league.

The 2008 Waiakea graduate shot her free throws with one hand, and they went in. When she used two hands, she was often off-target.

Even as a youngster, De Morales always had a good right hand, and not just for basketball but for boxing, too.

Her dad Albert Rosas taught her boxing early on, but De Morales didn’t get serious until her younger brother Kieran Rosas started in 2008.