July 12th – 17th (Monday - Saturday)
2010 Senior National Championship Tournament
Olympic Training Center
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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July 24th Puro Azteca Boxing Show
Location: TBA
Contact: Bobby Flores (281) 690 – 1293
July 31st (Saturday)
Azteca Empire Boxing Show
Location: TBA
Contact: Larry Hernandez (832) 206 – 4984.
August 2nd – 7th (Monday – Saturday)
Ringside World Tournament
Kansas City, Missouri
August 14th (Saturday)
Golden Triangle Boxing Show
VFW Post 797
710 Main Avenue
Port Arthur, Texas
77642
Weigh-ins: 4 PM - 6 PM
Showtime: 7 PM
Contact: C.L. Richard (409) 779 – 7723
September 3rd – 5th (Friday - Sunday)
Houston Open Ring Nationals
Legends Sports Complex
602 Pruitt Rd.
Spring, Texas
77380
Contact: Randy Horn (713) 412 – 0668
Note: All Athlete and Non-Athlete registration will be done by Geno Cruz, contact him at (713) 301 – 1330
Contact show host before traveling to an event. There may be unexpected changes/cancellations.
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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Galena Park Boxing Academy
Show!!
Boxers from
throughout Southeast Texas and as far away as Lafayette,
Louisiana converged on the Texas World Class Boxing Gym in
Pasadena on May 22nd 2010! Photos are of bout winners!
Congratulations to all the fighters!!!
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Andrew Thomas, H.I.T. Gyms,
decisions James Cardenas, Warriors Boxing Association
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Kenny Quintanilla, 106 lbs.,
Galena Park Boxing Academy, decisions Arturo Marquez,
Eastside Boxing Club
Outstanding Boxer!
Jose
Campos,
106 lbs., was named outstanding boxer of the tournament.
With Trainer Kenny Weldon
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Hector
Garcia, 112 lbs., Main Gym, decisions Juan Martinez,
Eastside Boxing Club
Marlen Esparza Wins 5th consecutive National Amateur
Title!
Houston's own Marlen Esparza returned home on -7-18-2012 from Colorado Springs,CO with her 5th consective U.S National Championship but this time around she moved up in weight from 106lb to the new olympic weight class 112lb showing that shes ready to represent Team USA in the 2012 Olympics at 112lbs.Marlen's road to her 5th national championship was no easy task competing and beating three national champions on her way including Tyireshia Douglas, Baltimore, MD in the finals by a score of 15-7 and doing all this while still walking around near her former weight class 106lbs and being clearly one of the smallest in the tournament at 112lbs.Marlen will now come home to Houston,Tx and take a few days off before geting back in the gym to prepare to get ready to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados with team USA on September 06,2012 for the Womens World Championship.
Houston's Errol
Spence won his 2nd consecutive National Title as
well!
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Jose Campos, 106 lbs., Galena Park Boxing
Academy, decisions Antonio Valenzuela, Elite
Boxing Club
Eliseo Correa, 70 lbs., Galena Park Boxing
Academy
Albert
Gongora, 75 lbs., Galena Park Boxing Academy
Jose Pena,
119 lbs., Main Boxing Gym
Eddie Cantu,
112 lbs., Aztlan Boxing Gym
Joseph
Rivera, 114 lbs., Ray's Boxing Club
Sebastian
Nickerson, 100 lbs., Twin Cities Boxing Club
Michael
Olvera, 125 lbs., Spring Branch Boxing Club
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
Boxers warm up
before working out
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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
Pro fighter Jesus
(Ernie) "El Martillo" Gonzales
(17-1, 11 KO's)
Kenny Weldon teaches boxing
fundamentals
Future Champion Roy Ortega
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)
