“If you wish to say my title helped him get this chance on Friday, then that’s honest,” he mentioned in a video interview alongside along with his son final week after Giovanni’s final prefight exercise on the Raul Marquez Boxing Health Gymnasium in Humble, Texas, outdoors Houston.
Then once more, Giovanni Marquez, 21, has been producing boxing buzz for a while. On the Nationwide Golden Gloves championships final yr in Tulsa, Okla., he gained the 152-pound title and was voted the excellent boxer of the event. His beginner report was a gaudy 75-12.
“Gio has been coping with the notion that his success is the results of his dad’s title his complete life,” mentioned Raul Marquez, 50. “However he by no means complains. He places his head down and works, and the outcomes converse for themselves. My title didn’t assist him dominate the amateurs.”
Giovanni Marquez added that he didn’t really feel a lot stress because of bearing the household title.
“I simply place confidence in God,” he mentioned. “Work exhausting. Keep centered.”
The youthful Marquez’s opponent, Nelson Morales, had his personal compelling story. He was born within the Dominican Republic, grew up in Newark, lives in Scranton, Pa., and is a part-time police officer who trains every time he can. Morales, 30, entered the bout with a 2-0 skilled report, he mentioned in an interview on Tuesday, simply as he had completed getting a haircut.
“I’m simply attempting to look good on TV,” he mentioned. “I’ve acquired to promote myself.”
With a spouse and two kids, and a 3rd youngster on the way in which, Morales mentioned he relished the possibility to combat the son of a world champion.
