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Boxers weigh in at Richard Lord’s
You must search for Richard Lord’s Boxing Gym. The old-fashioned sweat-box, plastered with posters and crammed with punching bags, trophies and beat-up looking characters, is tucked behind several sets of nondescript buildings at 5400 N. Lamar Blvd. It’s the kind of place where you pay close attention to “No Parking” signs, lest you end up with cauliflower ears. Inside, unpunched youngsters vied for equipment and time in the ring, which is ticked off with a bell not unlike an actual boxing event, while gym owner Lord oversaw the preliminary weigh-in.
Jamie Leshikar, scaling in at 147 pounds, could be fighting somebody heavier or lighter in her welterweight class on Saturday at the Erwin Center, since several potential fighters have dropped out. The daughter and sister of black-belt Judo fighters was attracted to boxing because it’s “the most physically and mentally challenging sport,” she said. “Also I’m just mean and aggressive by nature.” The McCallum High School graduate, 26, wants to contend for world championship and figures she’s got a least 10 years of fight in her.
Adauto “Gallito” Gonzalez sparred in Lord’s ring, mugging for the camera with a jaguarlike grimace. Hailing from St. Luis Potosi, he was forced to drop his Mexican wins from his U.S. resume, but surely intimidates opponents with his 7-2 record and two knock-outs here. The “Little Rooster” leads the undercard Saturday with six rounds vs. Justo Vallecillo (3-4, 2 KOs). The Main Event is the Texas Welterweight Title Fight matching Gilbert “Boogie” Vera (7-0-1, 4 KOs) vs. Ray Lino “Randy” Gatica (7-0, 4 KOs).
The event is 7:30 p.m. at the Erwin Center. Tickets are $20-$100. Info: 471-7744 or uterwincenter.com.
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