Acosta laughs along. His last bout ever was a knockout win over the veteran Jos Luis Montes. 81719 Doctor Carreon Blvd. The pandemic shut down his boxing club. We are excited and honored to have coach Joel Diaz join us to teach a boxing class next Wednesday November 20th at 6pm at KBX Fitness Indio. Theres so many memories at the Boys & Girls Club, and I hope were all still a part of their annual things because I think what they do is great, Swanson said. 11/10/2019 You gave somebody too much authority of your life,'" Diaz said. . "It's a different place, and a different world, within the same community." He said that he expects the gym to live on long after he one day retires. Ive never won any kind of award before in my life, said Munguia at the Westside Boxing Club in the western portion of Los Angeles. He shouts some instructions in Spanish to the youthful father of an infant just recently born who is being held by the mother. Let us know. But here my son can just focus on boxing and only boxing and sharpen his skills.. "Put him in the oven and slowly cook him, and when he's done, take him out.". To save money, so they could buy a house back home on the other side of the border. Inside there's a plaque from when Garcia was mayor, listed beneath "Lee Espinoza Coachella Valley Boxing Club." The rest is history. Indio boxing gym of world-renown trainer Joel Diaz nearing completion Thats life.. "I'd wake up the next day, go home and try finding something to do," he says. His promoter told him he'd soon fight for millions but that didn't happen. Not just them, but everyone here. He was big and tall and had a beard. Last May, Bivol beat Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, a boxer many considered the best in the world. Joel Diaz Jr. gets boxing bug again - The Desert Sun To comment on this article at The Fight Forum, CLICK HERE. Nothing escapes Joel Diaz who occasionally glances around the gym and notices Diego De La Hoya, the younger cousin of boxing great Oscar De La Hoya. On top of supporting his longtime friend, Congressman Ruiz awarded Coach Diaz a Certificate of Congressional Recognition for all the work he has done providing underprivileged kids in the valley with an outlet like boxing.