Calgary boxer Kimani Crawford on the right path in and out of the ring [Video]

Four years ago, Kimani Crawford’s life was headed in the wrong direction and he knew he had to do something about it or things would end badly, so he decided to climb into the ring.

The 31 year old says boxing saved his life.

“When I was a young adult I got into some trouble,” he said.

“I was partying and hanging around with the wrong people. I made a lot of mistakes and I was lost. It took me a while to find myself and through boxing, I was able to do that.”

Crawford started competing two and a half years ago as an amateur. In April of this year, he made his professional debut, knocking out Yaroslav Nekov on April 27.

A couple of weeks back, Crawford decided to try his hand at bare-knuckle boxing. In his debut, he beat Don Mohammed of the United States by unanimous decision.

Crawford says he’s actually been bare-knuckle fighting for …