Carlos Aroche, 21, can't really pinpoint what it is about boxing that mesmerizes him, but “it would be hard to imagine life without” it.
Carlos Aroche grew up in a house full of boys, so being physical wasn’t anything new. “I was getting punched already before I was boxing,” said Aroche, 21, who lived in the Mission on Cesar Chavez Street and went to school at Life Learning Academy on Treasure Island. At eight, he saw his older brother box for the first time, and knew immediately that this was what he wanted to do.
Sunday, Feb. 18, marked his 32nd fight, when Aroche won the Northern California Golden Gloves amateur boxing championship for the second year in a row. In early March, Aroche will head to Albuquerque to compete at the USA Boxing National Open, another amateur tournament. At 5-foot-8-inches and 139 pounds, he will compete as a light welterweight.
The boxing gym, Fire in the Ring, is filled with young kids in boxing gloves and adults perfecting their footwork in the ring on Feb. 21, 2024. Photo by Junyao Yang. Now, trying to make up for lost time, Aroche has scheduled back-to-back fights, and he trains with almost no breaks in between. After winning the Northern California championship on a Sunday, he was back at his boxing gym again on Monday.
Carlos Aroche hits the bag during his afternoon training session. Photo by Junyao Yang on Feb. 21, 2024.
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