Pro Boxing Gains Another Father-Son Duo

“If you wish to say my identify helped him get this chance on Friday, then that’s honest,” he stated in a video interview alongside together with his son final week after Giovanni’s final prefight exercise on the Raul Marquez Boxing Health Gymnasium in Humble, Texas, exterior Houston.

Then once more, Giovanni Marquez, 21, has been producing boxing buzz for a while. On the Nationwide Golden Gloves championships final 12 months in Tulsa, Okla., he gained the 152-pound title and was voted the excellent boxer of the event. His newbie report was a gaudy 75-12.

“Gio has been coping with the notion that his success is the results of his dad’s identify his entire life,” stated Raul Marquez, 50. “However he by no means complains. He places his head down and works, and the outcomes converse for themselves. My identify didn’t assist him dominate the amateurs.”

Giovanni Marquez added that he didn’t really feel a lot strain on account of bearing the household identify.

“I simply place confidence in God,” he stated. “Work laborious. Keep targeted.”

The youthful Marquez’s opponent, Nelson Morales, had his personal compelling story. He was born within the Dominican Republic, grew up in Newark, lives in Scranton, Pa., and is a part-time police officer who trains each time he can. Morales, 30, entered the bout with a 2-0 skilled report, he stated in an interview on Tuesday, simply as he had completed getting a haircut.

“I’m simply making an attempt to look good on TV,” he stated. “I’ve bought to promote myself.”

With a spouse and two youngsters, and a 3rd youngster on the best way, Morales stated he relished the possibility to combat the son of a world champion.