Belizean Boxer Brings World‑Class Coaching Home

Tonight, a Belizean boxer is giving back in a big way and he’s bringing world‑class coaching right into the heart of his community. Professional fighter Amir Rudon has teamed up with California‑based boxing coach Dalia “Coach G” Gomez to lift Alpha Boxing Club to a whole new level. Coach G has more than twenty years in the sport, and she first met Rudon here in Belize when he was just a young fighter with big dreams and an even bigger work ethic. That connection stuck. And now, she’s spending the entire month of February in Belize, training young athletes, pushing them beyond their limits, and showing them what it really takes to step onto the international stage.

 

Dalia “Coach G” Gomez, Professional Boxing Coach

“It was just like an instant connection like with my young students, like Deshawn Taylor who will be coming up next week to fight in the event on the 28^th in Cayo. He is person that works hard. He is focused. He loves the sport, but most importantly you cant teach hard work and hard work always beats talent. You have these kids that are athletic and talented but they don’t have the grit and tenacity to show up everyday. And that is what  Amir has. And when I left he told me he would turn pro. And he did that and we always kept in contact. So, eight years later he is like coach you need to come and help me. I have an amateur team and I know how you were, how you helped me for a week and a half. I think they need that, they need to see what it takes to become an elite boxer, let alone a professional athlete. But, at the end of the day, even in life, if you don’t show up everyday, if you are not consistent, you will not succeed in anything.”

 

They are preparing for an upcoming boxing event set for February twenty-eight in San Ignacio.

 

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