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What: “P.O.V.: In My Corner”

Where: KCET, Sunday, 11 p.m.

This one-hour documentary is about how the sport of boxing and the people in it can rescue wayward teenagers. That’s hardly an original idea, but the honesty with which the topic is dealt makes it worth watching and compensates for editing that makes this film tedious at times.

“In My Corner,” part of PBS’ “Point of View” series, focuses on 15-year-old Joey Rios, a New York amateur boxer battling family problems as he trains for the Junior Olympics. Another amateur, Jose Suarez, 13, who initially shows more drive than Rios, also is featured. Rios’ failures are dealt with in more detail than his successes.

Filming took two years, ending in early 1997. We don’t learn he won a Golden Gloves title in April until the epilogue, and the fact that Rios is now college bound didn’t make the epilogue.

The makers of the documentary, Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg, at first were going to do a film on the choreography of boxing. But after that project took them to the Bronxchester Boxing Club in South Bronx and they met its proprietor, Luis Camacho, the project took a turn. The focal point became the two youngsters, along with Camacho--a cousin of Hector “Macho” Camacho--and trainer Angel Alejandro, their mentors.

Stern, who also made the 1992 Emmy-nominated, Morgan Freeman-hosted “Neglect Not the Children” for PBS, said, “We learned that Luis, known more for training Olympic and professional fighters, devoted a lot of time to the kids of the neighborhood.”

Joey’s problems mount as he loses a Junior Olympic bout because he didn’t train consistently and his mother moves out, leaving him and his sister. Jose seems more determined to succeed as a boxer, but he becomes distracted and begins skipping training sessions to hang out with friends. Alejandro becomes particularly upset when Jose sprains an ankle during a pick-up basketball game.