MPR News with Angela Davis

Building community through boxing: Inside Element Gym with Dalton Outlaw

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Dalton Outlaw, founder and owner of Element Gym, a fitness facility that combines boxing, fitness, and community engagement, poses for a portrait in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul on Tuesday.
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Across Minnesota, there are people working every day to strengthen their communities. 

Sometimes it starts with a small business. Sometimes, with a personal passion — and sometimes, with a gym. 

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Dalton Outlaw — someone who combined all three. He’s an entrepreneur, a boxer and a community leader based in the Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul. 

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MPR News host Angela Davis (right) talks with Dalton Outlaw (left), founder and owner of Element Gym, a fitness facility that combines boxing, fitness, and community engagement, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Tuesday.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

Guest:

  • Dalton Outlaw is an entrepreneur, boxer and community leader based in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the founder and owner of Element Gym, a fitness facility that combines boxing, fitness, and community engagement. 

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