![]() ![]() ![]() I used to be addicted to other things but it’s my health that I am addicted to now.” “I was getting involved in things I shouldn’t have, but I made it through alive. “It picked up as I got older to where I became an addict and smoked and drank nearly every day,” Nunez said. He said things didn’t get bad until he was a teenager and started to smoke and drink a bit. Nunez joined the club in January of 2021 because he was tired of the life he was living and wanted to chase his childhood dream of fighting professionally. The Soboba Tribal member was raised in the San Jacinto Valley but currently lives in Temecula to be near the House of Pain Boxing Club, Southern California where he trains. He is known in the sport as “El Chingon” which is slang for a tough, intimidating person. “I didn’t want to get old and say to myself ‘you never even tried’ so here I am.”Ĭurrently fighting in two weight classes, Nunez boxes as a super lightweight (140 pounds) and a welterweight (147 pounds). “I always wanted to fight professionally and felt I was running out of time because as you know life is over in the blink of an eye,” he said. Now 28, he has seven professional fights under his belt and has more to come. always dreamed of being a professional boxer but didn’t pursue it until he was 26 years old. ![]()
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