{"id":166387,"date":"2025-10-15T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=166387"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:11:28","slug":"round-12-history-of-boxing-in-reynosa-tamaulipas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/round-12-history-of-boxing-in-reynosa-tamaulipas\/","title":{"rendered":"Round 12: History of Boxing in Reynosa, Tamaulipas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Round 12: History of Boxing in Reynosa, Tamaulipas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By Mauricio Sulaim\u00e1n – President of the WBC – Son of Jos\u00e9 Sulaim\u00e1n<\/p>\n

Boxing made a grand return to one of the most important cities in the history of Mexican sports: Texas Border city \u00a0Reynosa, with a great event presented by Fernando Beltran\u00b4s Zanfer, broadcasted by Televisi\u00f3n Azteca, the home of boxing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Former WBC world champion Miguel “Alacr\u00e1n” Berchelt returned with a knockout victory against tough Venezuelan Edixon P\u00e9rez. The \u00a0sensational card \u00a0had the fight of the night featured by a pair of ladies, mini giants who delivered a toe to toe war to a sold-out crowd, thrilling the fans and bringing them to their feet, during the eight rounds that the bout lasted, which resulted in a fair draw between Brisa Sarah\u00ed Olivia and Sheyla Moreno Castillo, consequently the WBC world youth championship remains vacant. The fight proved once again that 2 minute rounds are great for entertainment and also most importantly for safety.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reynosa is a city that has been stigmatized and labeled as violent. But we were pleased to see the reality. We spent five days of great celebration, carrying out a huge number of activities within the framework of the event called “For the People on Columbus Day” (<\/span>D\u00eda de la Raza<\/i>). The WBC social responsability team was on hand to organize sensational activations making the whole city live the boxing experience :<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackie Nava, the Aztec Princess, held a motivational talk before hundreds of young people, who enjoyed the experience and encouraging messages from one of the most consistently brilliant champions in history.<\/p>\n

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We presented a series of boxing fitness classes in the city’s squares, led by Rosy Olvera, a WBC-certified Box Fitness \u00a0instructor, to celebrate this activation that has taken on great dimension via the initiative of Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum \u00a0and the three massive classes that have been held in the Z\u00f3calo of Mexico City, the most recent being a national level event.<\/p>\n

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One of the most emotional moments was the visit to the Children\u2019s\u00a0General Hospital. Reynosa\u00a0 Mayor, Carlos Pena, \u00a0accompanied by the champions and the WBC team, we visited the pediatric area, where we gave a moment of joy and hope to the little ones who are battling to recover, and to their relatives, who are going through moments of deep anxiety and uncertainty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beka Romero appeared together with Cristian “El Diamante” Mijares and Jos\u00e9 Luis “Temible” Castillo for the presentation of a campaign against bullying. Hundreds of kids, teachers and parents were impacted by the powerful message.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pablo Romero, also participated by giving important training for amateur coaches.<\/p>\n

The Railroad Museum was the venue for the press conference and the weigh-in. A WBC exhibition was also set up there, with a large number of original items of memorabilia that the general public could enjoy for free.The history of the WBC belt, from the first version to the current one, in addition to robes of world champions (Floyd Mayweather, Sebastian Fundora, Erik Morales, Marco Barrera, Jorge Arce, Ra\u00fal “Rat\u00f3n” Mac\u00edas, and Salvador S\u00e1nchez) are some of the items.<\/p>\n

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The Mayor Carlos V\u00edctor Pe\u00f1a, participated in the activities, demonstrating his great interest in seeking, finding and giving young people opportunities to achieve something in life through sports.<\/p>\n

In the same way, he and \u00a0his entire team worked deeply to make this an absolute success. Don H\u00e9ctor Mart\u00edn Garza was the liaison and general director of the social responsibility activities, being fundamental for everything to be impeccable.<\/p>\n

Reynosa has a lot of delicious restaurants, and I am not lying when I say that we all returned with a couple of extra pounds, as we thoroughly enjoyed the delicacies. I learned many things about this important city, which has a very rich history since its foundation in 1749.<\/p>\n

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It is one of the most important on the border and became of great interest during the years of alcohol prohibition in the United States. It was a kind of Las Vegas. People would cross the border to enjoy music, theater and of course their choice of wine and liquor.<\/p>\n

Reynosa has produced a large number of world-class athletes, from golfer Abraham Ancer, who now plays in LIV, Major League baseball players Jorge Cant\u00fa and Jaime Garc\u00eda; as well as boxers N\u00e9stor Garza, Reynosa’s only world champion in super bantamweight, Roberto Rubaldino, who challenged for the title 3 times , and \u00a0legendary Raymundo “Battling\u201d Torres.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can enjoy a beautiful mural called Mosaico de la Mariposa (Monarch Butterfly Mosaic), which is located on a bridge that is precisely on the monarch butterfly’s route when it emigrates to Canada.<\/p>\n

Reynosa also has a baseball bat factory; these are already certified to be used in Major Leagues, putting our industry in competition with the famous ones made in Louisville, Kentucky, and proudly displaying the “Hecho en M\u00e9xico” (Made in Mexico) brand.<\/p>\n

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The WBC summoned its ambassadors to be witnesses of honor at this great boxing event in Reynosa; Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, Erik Morales, Carlos Z\u00e1rate, Alfonso Zamora, Jos\u00e9 Luis Castillo, Cristian Mijares, Jhonny Gonz\u00e1lez, and the favorite son of R\u00edo Bravo, Brandon Figueroa, were present. Roberto Rubaldino, who challenged for the world championship three times, and the only world champion born in Reynosa, N\u00e9stor Garza, were also there.<\/p>\n

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Today’s Anecdote<\/p>\n

When I was a child, I didn’t play with toy cars or marbles; I played at being a boxer. I would pretend to be boxing and hit myself, I would make the sound of the crowd, I would narrate the supposed fight like Sonny Alarc\u00f3n, and my sister Claudia was my corner; she would give me water, fan me with a towel, and put in my mouthguard, which was an orange slice or wet toilet paper.<\/p>\n

I would run to my dad to ask him for the names of boxers to make my game more real. One that stuck with me was Roberto Rubaldino, and it was very exciting to meet him in person this past Saturday in Reynosa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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