Status: #1 ranked super welterweight boxer. His record is 17-1 (14 KO’s).
Ht: 5-10 Wt: 154
DOB: August 11, 1982 In: Mexico
First Boxing Memory: “When I fight for the pre-Olympics, the pre-Olympic Trials. Very memorable fight because I fought someone from my camp. One of us would advance. Both of us were in great shape and it was a really hard fight. He won.”
Nickname: “Perro (dog).”
Age Started Boxing: “17.”
Boxing Inspiration: “When I saw Chavez fight Oscar in ’98, the first fight they had. I liked it. I remember it very much.”
Favorite Boxers Of All-Time: “I have two – Ricardo Finito Lopez and Julio Cesar Chavez.”
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “I don’t really have time to do other activities. A week after a fight I’m back in the gym. I like soccer and baseball. But right now I’m all boxing training.”
Favorite Movie: “American Gangster.”
Last Book Read: “A book about a boxer who had been great, then he was back to being extremely poor. Forget his name. It’s a Mexican book about a Mexican fighter. A real story. He became a shoe shiner. The writer got the story from the guy because he used to do his shoes. It’s a Cinderella story, but the other way around. The writer had a real hard time convincing him to tell the story.”
Current Car: “BMW.”
Musical Tastes: “Banda type of music, from a certain part of Mexico.”
Typical Breakfast: “Ham and weenies and beans and tortilla.”
Pre-Fight Meal: “Pasta and chile. The chile is a certain chile. Valentina sauce, that’s my favorite.”
Favorite Fight: “Leonard-Hearns.”
Pre-Fight Feeling: “Relaxed, don’t get nervous. Very normal. Like always, I’m gonna try and pressure him and get results as soon as possible.”
Childhood Dream: “Baseball player. (Position?) Catcher.”
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Vanilla.”
Greatest Sports Moment: “When I fought Gutierrez (KO 5 2008).”
Most Painful Moment: “A lot of moments have been very hard. When they tried to change my trainer (Clemente Medina in 2005). Because I like him a lot and we get along very well. He’s a great trainer. At that time I didn’t have a car. I used to take a bike ride to look for my trainer. Because they tried to take him away. I tried to convince him to continue. That was a hard time.”
Funny Boxing Memory: “I was running with my trainer. There was a man with Clemente. They call me Perro (dog). And the guy asked, What are you doing? Clemente said, I’m waiting for my dog to run 15 minutes, then 15 minutes back. And the guy was like, Wow. You’re a great trainer, like thinking, dog trainer. Then he finally told him, No, he’s a fighter. And the guy he couldn’t help it, he was busting out [smiles].”
Last Vacation: “Puerto Panasso in Mexico.”
Toughest Opponents: “Cintron, Gutierrez.”
Toughest Part Of Being A Successful Boxer: “Basically there’s no difference in doing this from when I wasn’t famous. The training routine is the hardest part.”
Favorite Boxers To Watch Today: “I like to watch all of them.”
Best Boxers In The Sport Today: “Manny Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley.”
People Qualities Most Admired: “Honesty. Somebody who is straight-forward.”
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