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Meet the Saucedo brothers:
Los Ángeles, capital mexicana
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE
FIGHTER AND WHY?
his era, NACHO: Julio César Chávez in he for his achievements and because currently elevated Mexican boxing, and doing Canelo Álvarez because he is what no other Mexican has done.
how he united all JOSÉ: Chávez Sr., because of great battles. Mexicans in the U.S. and for his his story: where he came Currently, Canelo Álvarez for those yet to come. He will from, his achievements, and boxer of all time. undoubtedly be the best Mexican
WHICH IS THE BEST
BOXING MATCH OF ALL TIME?
THE SAUCEDO BROTHERS FIGHT FOR THE MEXICAN
COMMUNITY IN AND OUT OF THE RING
NACHO: Chávez vs. Taylor and Canelo vs. GGG. vs. JOSÉ: Torn between Arturo Gatti Micky Ward and Salvador Sánchez’s thrashing of Wilfredo Gómez.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOXING MOVIE?
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NACHO: Pepe el Toro with the great Pedro Infante. JOSÉ: Cinderella Man, without a doubt.
Los Angeles
Mexican capital in the US OUR COMMUNITY HAS FOUGHT IN AND OUT OF THE RING IN THIS CITY FOR MANY YEARS
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estside Boxing Club was established in Los Angeles in 2007 by the Saucedo Ruiz family. José and Nacho Saucedo are the brothers in charge and tirelessly head trainers of the gym, who have more imfought to earn a place in boxing but, they live. portantly, in the community where not only These two boxers came to Los Angeles but also to to train champions in this discipline change the face of a neighborhood. The family is originally from Naica, Chihuahua when some in Mexico. The small town gained fame discovered of the largest crystals in the world were was named underground in a mine there, in what the Giant Crystal Cave. when They started learning boxing in Mexico the disciinstilled they were children. Their father in pline in them. They lived in a tough neighborhood applied, Chihuahua, where the law of the strongest themselves so their father taught them to defend from a young age.
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IT WAS JOSÉ REMEMBERED, “FOR US, WERE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE PAPERS; IMMIGRANTS. WE DIDN’T HAVE THREE WE WERE GHOSTS. THE FIRST ONE YEARS WERE A TOTAL NIGHTMARE. CLEAR THING WE ALWAYS HAD VERY IN WAS WHAT OUR FATHER INSTILLED HAPPEN US: NEVER GIVE UP, THINGS WILL WHEN THEY MUST HAPPEN.”
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ABROAD VOTED six months, They started with five clients, and after to keep the they only had ten; it was very tough train bebusiness going. Currently, they easily Among tween 100 and 150 clients each month. who do these, they support around 30 children lessons, not have enough resources to pay for the with their giving them an opportunity to continue by ESPN training. They were recently recognized gyms in as one of the five most famous boxing the United States. of Pico A year and a half ago, the intersection M. SauceBlvd. and West Blvd. was renamed José a tribute do Square in honor of their father, as history and from the City of Los Angeles for the initiative. social impact of this Mexican family’s in the city It is one of the busiest intersections it from since Pico Blvd. is an artery that crosses imof this side to side. Interestingly, the name Pico IV, portant avenue honors Don Pío de Jesús it was the last governor of Alta California when still part of Mexico.
THE ELECTORAL PROCESS OF JUNE 2, 2024, WAS THE LARGEST MEXICO HAS EVER HAD, COMBINING WE HAVE BOTH FEDERAL AND “WE ARE VERY PROUD BECAUSE LOCAL ELECTIONS BEEN PART OF THE TRANSFORMATION,” WITH MORE THAN 20,000 POSITIONS STATED NACHO. of gym’s walls are covered with photographs TO BE The FILLED. have come IT WASwho personalities ALSO José and Nacho with SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS Oscar to train or visit them. Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, OF THE PARTICIPAT Mosley, Sugar Shane ION OF de la Hoya, Marcos Maidana, MEXICANS ABROAD, who trained WITH A VOTER Víctor Ortiz, and even Robert De Niro, are some of his movie “Grudge Match,” THAT there forTURNOUT DOUBLED THE 2018 FIGURES. the famous faces adorning the walls along with
belts from their team’s victories. WHO, HOW MANY, HOW, sports, AND TOWARDS WHOM Boxing is one of the most demanding endurance, WERE It requires mentally.THE OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITY VOTES both physically and agility, speed, and maintaining concenCAST? ELstrength, HERALDO DE MÉXICO of punches. Discipline SHARES THE FIGURES tration even under a barrage USA lightly. OF THE FOREIGN VOTE. is constant; it is not a sport to be taken
BY ANGÉLICA SIMÓN UGALDE ILUSTRATION: JORGE PEÑALOSA
athletes and At Westside Boxing Club, they train city of Los Angeles build a sense of belonging. The gang violence. has long endured the weight of This family set out to improve things. BY: DANIEL BENET ILLUSTRATION: ARTURO RAMÍREZ
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OF THIS NACHO VALUES OTHER BENEFITS SELFSPORT: “IT HELPS WITH YOUR A BETTER ESTEEM; IT HELPS YOU BECOME IT PERSON. BOXING IS VERY POSITIVE; WALK CHANGES YOUR MINDSET. YOU OF DOWN THE STREET WITH A LOT CONFIDENCE.”
a role to The Saucedo brothers believe they had taken a toll fulfil. During many years the city has childhood on the neighborhood; only one of their chose friends is still alive. Some of their friends for them, the path of gangs and crime. Fortunately their path was different. “WE HAD A PURPOSE,” REFLECTED
CARS, OR “WE HARDLY HAD ANY TOYS, HAD A ACTION FIGURES. WE ALWAYS AND SOCCER BALL, A BASEBALL BAT, BOXING GLOVES,” JOSÉ RECALLED.
NACHO.
have Despite their efforts, the Saucedo brothers vito lost important people in their community olence or drugs.
Ruiz arrived José Manuel Saucedo and Norma Leticia dream. in Los Angeles in 1990, seeking the American and Nacho, Eight months later, their sons, José July 4, arrived in the United States on an auspicious 1991, at the ages of 13 and 12, respectively. with Eighteen years ago, they pooled their savings Angeles, their father to open the gym in Mid-City, Los people). where they currently train “la raza” (the
YET “WE DON’T HAVE A WORLD CHAMPION THE IN THE BOXING RING. BUT OUTSIDE RING, WE’VE HAD MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS, LOSSES. MANY ACHIEVEMENTS, AND MANY WE’VE HAD YOUNG PEOPLE KILLED, DRUGS, OTHERS HAVE RELAPSED INTO MORE SO AND THAT’S A DEFEAT FOR US, WE’VE OUTSIDE THAN INSIDE THE RING. HAVE ALSO HAD YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DONE MOVED FORWARD, WHO HAVE THANKS SOMETHING WITH THEIR LIVES. OUR TO BOXING, WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED IS A GRAIN OF SAND, AND FOR US, THAT SAID. CHAMPIONSHIP,” NACHO PROUDLY
LOS “WE GREW UP IN THIS AREA OF THE PEOPLE ANGELES, AND THIS IS WHERE AT THAT ARE. THIS IS WHERE ‘LA RAZA’ IS... TIME, IT WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS,” NOTED NACHO.
for them. The beginning was very challenging a business. One of the initial hurdles was starting young age, Although they knew the sport from a own enterthey had no experience running their in the prise. Additionally, they were undocumented people United States. Even so, they encountered they could along the way who supported them so their house move forward. At the time, they lost building. and cars to finance the dream they were
knowing Still, they don’t let their guard down, are an imwell, without pretensions, that they skills and portant part of Mid-City, providing life this part of a safe space to those who need it in Los Angeles.
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