July 8-11
Women’s National Golden Gloves
Fort Lauderdale, FL
July 11 (Saturday)
Galena Park Boxing Academy Show
135 Fresa, Pasadena TX
Host: Kenny Weldon 713-298-6442
Weigh-ins: 11AM-1 PM, Showtime 2 PM
July 12 (Sunday)
Officials Certification Clinic
Savannah’s Gym,
6909 Ashcroft, Houston 77081 # 100
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Contact Randy Horn: 713 412-0668
July 18 (Saturday) H.I.T Boxing show
1920 Treble Dr., Ste 334
Humble, TX 77348
Host: Lynn Collins 281-570-3204
Weigh-ins: 10 AM – 12, Show time 1 PM
July 23-26 (Thursday – Sunday)
2009 Games of Texas
Woodlawn Gym, San Antonio, Texas
Registration deadline – July 13
Initial weigh-ins – 5-8 PM – July 22
July 22-25
National Junior Golden Gloves, Mesquite, NV
July 25 (Saturday)
Galena Park Boxing Academy show
135 Fresa, Pasadena TX
Host: Kenny Weldon 713-298-6442
Weigh-ins: 11AM-1 PM, Showtime 2 PM
July 26 (Sunday)
Coaches Certification Clinic
World Class Boxing Gym
135 Fresa, Pasadena
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Contact Walt Hailey 281-684-1283
August 4-8
Ringside World Championship
Kansas City, MO
August 8 (Saturday)
Angleton Boxing show
August 15 (Saturday)
Prince Boxing show
August 22 (Saturday)
Galena Park Boxing Show
August 29 (Saturday)
Fort Bend Boxing show
September 19 (Saturday)
Freeport Boxing show
October 10 (Saturday)
Santa Fe Boxing show
October 17-24 PAL National Championships, San Antonio
Future Legends
The phrase
"Future Legends"
might appear at first to be so much hype until you consider the
history of the Houston amateur boxing scene, and the legends
already produced thus far. Few of us old enough to have seen it
will forget George Foreman's waving of an American flag after
winning the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Since then
Houston-area gyms have continued to produce some of the world's
finest fighters: "Termite" Watkins, Raul Marquez,
Reggie Johnson, and Eric Griffin all fought in the Houston
Golden Gloves. Active Houston-area pros who came up through the
local amateur system include former N.A.B.F. Cruiserweight Champion Felix Cora, Jr.,
former W.B.A. Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz
and former W.B.C. Continental Americas Featherweight Champ Rocky Juarez. There are currently at
least 700 amateur boxers registered in Houston and the surrounding area,
training in 50 boxing clubs. On any given day you can walk into
one of these gyms and see greatness in development. On this page
we chronicle the hard work and the achievement of those
young men and women who strive to fulfill their destinies, and
give you a glimpse at the making of
Future Legends!!
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2009 USA Boxing Texas
Championships!!!
More than 50 fighters
from five regions around the state converged on Houston from
April 24-26 of 2009 for the USA Boxing Texas Championships.
Winners advance to the national tournament for a chance to
make the U.S. Olympic Team!!!
Watch all the best Houston boxing matches when you sign up for one of the satellite tv services from Intenetlion.com. Don't miss out on these great satellite deals!
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Oscar Cantu, 112 lbs., South Texas Assn.,
Kingsville Boxing Club, Kingsville
Issac Torres, 119 lbs., South Texas Assn.,
Pump MMA Club, Rio Grande Valley
E.J. Rodriguez, 125 lbs., South Texas Assn.,
Second Change Boxing Club, Aransas Pass
Abraham Torres, 132 lbs., Southwest Assn.,
Rivera Boxing Club, Dallas
George Rincon, 141 lbs., Southwestern Assn.,
Irving P.A.L., Irving
Robert Sherman, 178 lbs., Gulf Assn., Galena
Park Boxing Academy, Pasadena
Anthony Mack, 201 lbs., Southwestern Assn.,
201 Boxing Club, Dallas
Eric Reza, 201+ lbs., Border Assn., San Juan
Boxing Club, El Paso
Texas World Class Boxing Gym!!!
Pasadena, Texas!!!
The World Class Boxing Gym is
managed by the Galena Park Boxing Academy
Established 1967
The Galena Park Boxing
Academy has a tradition of excellence
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2007 Southeast Texas
Golden Gloves Champion Jazmin Perez, age 16, 98 lbs.
Philosophy--"Boxing is the
art of hitting an opponent from the furthest distance away,
exposing the least amount of your body while getting in position
to punch with maximum leverage and not getting hit. "
2007 Southeast Texas Golden
Gloves Champion Thomas Le, age 13, 101 lbs.
2007 Southeast Texas Golden Gloves Champion
Tabor Wright, age 13, 93 lbs.
New crops of fighters keep
coming into the gym
Amateur Eric Manriquez, left,
spars with Orlando Gomez
One of Kenny's pro fighters Jesus
(Ernie) "El Martillo" Gonzales
(17-1, 11 KO's)
Future Champion Roy Ortega,
age 7
Boxers warm up
before working out
Kenny Weldon teaches boxing
fundamentals
Weldon, third from left, during
the 1968 Golden Gloves
Weldon's
primary boxing influence, Lightweight Benny Leonard of New York
(169-11-4, 68 KO's) (Circa 1915)
