June 6, 2025: By Alex Hall Union Leader Staff - As JASSIAH FRANCIS trained earlier this week for the biggest fight of his young boxing career, his 11-month-old niece, Mayve, tried to climb the apron and hop in the ring. Francis, a 22-year-old from Manchester, was just like his niece as a kid, growing up in boxing gyms surrounded by family. He still is. While Francis worked with his coaches, Mel Peabody and Sean Farley, his older brother, DeCory, 28, Mayve’s dad, practiced his jabs on a heavy bag. The brothers later sparred together. Their mom, Misty, and stepdad, Ryson Deal, watched from the bench next to the ring at the Haverhill (Mass.) Inner City Boxing Club, one of their eyes on Jassiah and the other on Mayve.
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