Dan Gross: Sir Charles gets his fat butt in the ring

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C HARLES BARKLEY  needs to shed some pounds, so he's taken up boxing as his exercise of choice.

The soon-to-be not-so-Round Mound of Rebound has been training at Joltin' Jabs (4313 Main) in Manayunk. Barkley told us that he'd read that  "Joltin' " Joey DeMalavez  had recently trained NBC 10's  Vai Sikahema  for what turned out to be his first-round knockout of  Jose Canseco .

"My doctor told me I was a Happy Meal away from diabetes," Barkley told us Friday. "I have to get my fat ass back together," he said.

Barkley says he was 330 pounds, but is now closer to 300 and plans to work with DeMalavez throughout the summer while he's living on the Main Line.

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