Dionne's dad, Alfredo Silva who trains his fighters at Tony' Gym in Brownsville said the Brownsville boxers are fighting with the Boys and Girls Club of Los Fresnos with the support of director Eddie Barron.
Today his son will fight in the 16th fight at 6 p.m. in Ring Number 2 with Jeremiah Perales, a seasoned fighter from Colorado Springs, Colo., who was runner-up at a recent Olympic boxing tournament in Philadelphia. Click on link above to view the fights.)
Update: The Brownsville fighter came up a bit short losing the bout in a decision to Perales. After the fight, his father said that the despite the loss of the bout with Perales, his son had gained the recognition of the Olympic organizers and was invited to fight in a shot at the Last Chance Tournament in September for sport on the Olympic Trials.
"Perales had 158 amateur fights under his belt and Brando has 12," Silva said. "Fighters came up to Brando and told him he had a future in boxing and to keep it up," he said. "Everyone thought that the scoring was lopsided in favor of Perales, but that's boxing. We'll just work at it some more."
3 comments:
nah. I'll pass.
kid'll eventually lose, as they always do around here.
JUST LIKE YOU - right?
Good showing Donnie. No need to dwell on this, just learn and get better. Fred, let me know when you guys meet at Tony's por favor.
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