{"id":4706,"date":"2021-12-02T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T19:56:43","slug":"utrgv-has-entered-the-boxing-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/02\/utrgv-has-entered-the-boxing-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV  Has Entered the Boxing Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/unnamed-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4707\" width=\"877\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/unnamed-copy.jpg 512w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/unnamed-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/unnamed-copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><figcaption>Graphic provided by Noe Mendoza<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Boxing1129_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">UTRGV Club Boxing is nearing the end of its first year, with upcoming events on the horizon such as nationals in Las Vegas this coming March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club currently consists of 25 members and was started in the Spring by graduate communications major Noe Mendoza Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendoza first started teaching boxing to onlooking neighborhood kids for a dollar a day until he had what he described as a humbling experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He describes an incident in which two brothers approached him with a sandwich and an HEB brand cola because their parents could not afford the dollar that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This led to Mendoza and his father Noe Mendoza Sr. starting Las Brisas Boxing Club in 2011, where students are given free boxing lessons in exchange for passing grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Academics are important to Mendoza and UTRGV Club Boxing was created with student athletes in mind. 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