The ‘Gobbler’ Glove Boxing Showcase was held Sunday, November 19, 2017 noon to 6:00 p.m. with 21 amateur boxing bouts held at the Chino Boxing Club in Chino, CA.
Our Colton Boxing Club had two boxers competing, 10-yr old 71 pounds, Alex Bogarin, Jr. defeated Carlos Ortiz of the Compton Boxing Club. Second boxer, 12-yr old, 107 pounds Colton Boxer Eric Duran defeated 12-yr old, 107 pound Miguel Medina of Jurupa Valley Boxing Club.
Our Colton Boxing Club goes back to 1975 when Pro-boxer, Savas Robledo and his brother Rudy trained several Colton boxers. One head coach, Steve Aguilar, with the help of his brother John as Club President continue to train champion boxers, including prepare Albert Guardado, to compete at 107 pounds in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA.
In 1998, three of our Colton female boxers, Adriana Smith-Hernandez, Marilyn Saicido, and Veronica Zaldiver competed in the Women’s National Boxing Championship at the Pond in Anaheim, CA, each earning medals. In 2016, Roxanne Borgarin, earning the 125-lb Female So. Cal. Championship. Her ex professional boxer father, Alex Bogarin, Sr. is now perfecting his son’s boxing skills at the club.
There are three boxing clubs in Colton. All working and training to make Colton the home town of future Amateur Boxing Champions.