Jon Bryant, the 24-year-old Davis County boxer who escaped a rough, often homeless, life in Washington and found success in Utah pursuing the sweet science is two wins away from claiming a national Golden Gloves championship.
Bryant will meet Kelvin Davis II of Washington, D.C., in a semifinal bout Friday night in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bryant came up short in his two previous trips to nationals.
“This time, I am very confident,” he said last week after winning his third region championship. “I am going to win it this time, for sure.”
Bryant fights out of the Lights Out Boxing Club in Clearfield and is coached by Julian Stevens, a former gang member who has also turned his life around.