Transcript: Profile: US Olympic boxer Michael Bennett

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Profile: US Olympic boxer Michael Bennett

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

American boxer Michael Bennett will go to the Summer Olympics hoping to cap his brief and improbable career with a medal. He's got a good chance considering that he's the reigning amateur world champion in the heavyweight division. Bennett is 29, but he has been boxing only for six years. Perhaps even more surprising is how his career began. If Bennett does win a medal in Sydney, he'll probably be the only Olympian to give credit to convicted felons for getting him started in his sport. NPR's Tom Goldman prepared this report.

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