Longtime Duarte Boxing Club trainer Victor Valenzuela was in a good mood Friday morning. For good reason.
“We haven’t had a show the last two years because of COVID,” he said of the global pandemic, which was declared in March 2020.
The annual amateur boxing show hosted by his club — which operates out of the Duarte Teen Center — will take place at 1 pm Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Duarte High School gymnasium.
Angel Hernandez, 11, trains with the Duarte Boxing Club at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The club is hosting an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, left, rests after a training session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is preparing for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, trains at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is preparing for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Children train with the Duarte Boxing Club at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The club is hosting an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, rests during a workout session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia warms up during a training session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, left, is embraced by Edmond Hernandez, 18, after they sparred during a training session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez and Hernandez are training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, left, spars with Edmond Hernandez, 18, at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez and Hernandez are training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Children train with the Duarte Boxing Club at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The club is hosting an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Angel Hernandez, 11, trains as Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, left, spars with Edmond Hernandez, 18, in the background at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez and Hernandez are training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, rests during a workout session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Edmond Hernandez, 18, trains at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Hernandez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia warms up during a training session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia warms up during a training session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia waits to train as his hand is taped up by Duarte Boxing Club Head Coach, Victor Valenzuela, at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia waits as his hand is taped up at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Duarte Boxing Club Head Coach, Victor Valenzuela, right, watches as Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, left, spars with Edmond Hernandez, 18, at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez and Hernandez are training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, left, peaces around the ring after a sparring session at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Anthony Marquez, 25, of Monrovia, left, is assisted by Duarte Boxing Club head coach, Victor Valenzuela, at the Duarte Teen Center on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Marquez is training for an upcoming amateur boxing show on August 13 at Duarte High School. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Valenzuela, who has been the club’s head trainer for 17 years, said the past two years were the only years the show was not held during his tenure.
“We raise money for travel (to other tournaments) and equipment,” said Valenzuela, who prior to coming to Duarte was head trainer at the Azusa Boxing Club for some 27 years.
One of Valenzuela’s top boxers, 139-pounder Anthony Marquez, will be in the ring.
“He actually just won a tournament up in Menifee,” Valenzuela said. “It was a Southern California championship, so he’s been winning pretty good. He’ll be turning pro in about four or five months.”
Marquez is 25.
Valenzuela is a local legend of sorts, having trained boxers in the San Gabriel Valley for nearly 45 years.
While he was at Azusa, he trained super bantamweight champion Paul Banke and was manager for Azusa’s Zachary Padilla, who won a junior welterweight world title in 1993 after making a comeback that began in 1991 following a five-year layoff.
Padilla was trained by Rudy Ayon, with Valenzuela lending a hand in the corner.
Advance tickets can be purchased for $8 through Aug. 10 at the Duarte Teen Center. They will be $10 at the door. Admission for children ages 4-11 will be $3, those 3-and-under will be admitted free.
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