Boxing tourney set for Saturday at Roy Walker

CLOVIS – A one-day boxing match is about to be staged in Clovis.

Elijio and Lacy Sena, who run the native Sinner’s Den Boxing Fitness center program, have put collectively the “One Extra Spherical” boxing occasion for subsequent Saturday at Roy Walker Neighborhood Heart. About 30 bouts are scheduled.

The competitors begins round 5 p.m., Elijio Sena stated. Doorways at Roy Walker will open at 4 p.m.

Weight courses are from 55 kilos to heavyweight. The Clovis group contains 35 fighters ranging in age from eight to 17.

“We’ll have 12 native Clovis fighters which might be collaborating,” Elijio Sena stated. “Issues have been going fairly good. We have been taking them out of city to tournaments.”

Sena coaches the native group, together with assistants Earl Giant Jr., Hector Lopez and Mike Pippin.

Elijio Sena, an eight-time state Golden Gloves champion who had 5 skilled fights, stated groups from Texas and New Mexico, and presumably one from Colorado, are slated to take part within the occasion.

Among the many showcase fighters from Clovis are Eli Archibeque, a New Mexico Silver Gloves champion at 65 kilos, and Angel Chavarria, a 150-pounder who lately received a Golden Gloves title in Texas.

The Elite Open division, which incorporates boxers with a minimum of 20 earlier bouts, has three-round matches of three minutes apiece.

“These children have had greater than 20 bouts,” Sena stated. “Some have had greater than 50.”

The Novice division, for these with lower than 20 bouts, has three rounds of both one or two minutes.

Previously, Clovis has hosted state Golden Gloves competitors. Sena stated town has utilized to have Golden Gloves return to Roy Walker, presumably subsequent 12 months.

“We’re crossing our fingers,” he stated. “We’re making an attempt to get that again over right here.”

Admission is $10 for ages 13 and older, $5 for ages 5-12 and free for 4 and below, Sena stated, including that admission for army personel with an ID is $8.