Sunday, June 26, 2011
Barrientes Boxing Gym of Mercedes,Texas
A local boxing gym in Mercedes, TX trains fighters male and female every day. The trainers are a group of brothers that all started boxing at a young age and one, Tomas Barrientes, was the IBA World Champion. The Barrientes Boxing Gym has become well known in the Rio Grande Valley for training boxers and helping young people become more disciplined, stronger and healthy.
The pictures are of their training sessions as the boxers sharpen their skills hitting the bags, shadow boxing, sparring, jumping ropes and learning from the family of boxing trainers.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Barrientes Boxing Gym of Mercedes,Texas.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
WILL MERCEDES VOTERS VOTE
The City of Mercedes has a total of 7,668 registered voters but only 1,831 made it out for the General Election to cast their vote for mayor of Mercedes in a race that pitted five candidates.
This time around the only have a choice between former three term Commissioner Henry Hinojosa and two term Commissioner Ruben Guajardo.
Mercedes also has two city commissioner run-off races between Leo Villareal’s 807 votes and Jose Gomez’s 560 for place one. Incumbent Charles Bertholf drew 806 votes is contested by Rudy Rodriguez and his 776 votes for place three.
The early voting is scheduled for June 6 - 14 at Mercedes City Hall. Election day is June 18 at Mercedes City Hall.
This time around the only have a choice between former three term Commissioner Henry Hinojosa and two term Commissioner Ruben Guajardo.
Mercedes also has two city commissioner run-off races between Leo Villareal’s 807 votes and Jose Gomez’s 560 for place one. Incumbent Charles Bertholf drew 806 votes is contested by Rudy Rodriguez and his 776 votes for place three.
The early voting is scheduled for June 6 - 14 at Mercedes City Hall. Election day is June 18 at Mercedes City Hall.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
How to Put on Your Hand Wraps
For boxers the most important part of the body is the fist. And to be successful amateur and professional fighters learn to wrap their hands to protect them during training and in bouts.
In this video you will see young fighters from the Barrientes Boxing Gym in Mercedes, Texas wrapping their hands to train on the bags and spar in the ring.
In this video you will see young fighters from the Barrientes Boxing Gym in Mercedes, Texas wrapping their hands to train on the bags and spar in the ring.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
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