RGV Trio of Juarez Promotions, Rolo production, and Sebastian Juarez Make History.

Box Azteca has been a staple of boxing for decades. It has highlighted and showcased countless Mexican fights and fighters. It has now moved into the Lone Star State, thanks to the father and son combination of Rudy Juarez, the founder of Juarez Promotions and the father of 140-pound world title contender Omar "El Relampago" Juarez, and Juarez's youngest son, undefeated 154-pound prospect and US National Amateur champ 18-year-old, Sebastian "El Trueno" Juarez who moved to 2-0 (1). On Saturday, the 28th of October, "El Trueno" dominated Francisco Javier Castillo in the main event of the first-ever Juarez Promotions card. The event was held at the Harlingen Event Center. The venue was packed with energetic RGV fight fans, and the night was filled with the best young talent in the RGV, a region that has become one of boxing's top hot spots in recent years.

Juarez Promotions and Box Azteca have agreed to a unique contract that brings fight fans at least four of these cards per year. The first time the world-renowned Box Azteca has aired a Texas-based card. It now will do so regularly, thanks to the Juarez men. The first card of 2024 will be on February 24, followed by one in July. The first professional show put on by Juarez Promotions was a ringing success. Juarez commented, "As soon as we finished the show on October 28th, by Monday, we started working on the next one...We already have our sponsors and fighters lined up on our card... We're getting calls from all over, people from California who want to be on our card." The promoter went on and explained his big plans. "We're changing boxing in the RGV and South Texas! All these kids are going to be televised, with Spanish commentators! Having Spanish commentators gives it the classic Mexican feel and makes it more exciting. It has the Mexican boxing feel. The boxing scene is changing." Team Juarez is taking massive steps in doing so, and that TV deal with Box Azteca is a huge step. It will give the fighters exposure and a massive audience. It will also allow Box Azteca, the famous Mexican program, to plant its claws in the RGV and have the ability to showcase these elite prospects. It's a win-win proposal for the promoter and network. A chance Juarez said he had to take. "They did an interview with Sebastian, and after that finished up, I had to ask them if they were interested in televising my card. I figured, what did I have to lose? The worst they could say is no." It turns out they did not say no! They were thrilled with the idea. The details and finances were hammered out, and a deal was reached. The young RGV upstarts had massive exposure, and the RGV was on the boxing map!

Juarez is revolutionizing the boxing scene in the boxing-crazed RGV, and by the end of 2024, for his final show of that year, he wants to bring a card to one of the large arenas in the Valley, either the Payne Arena or the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg. Things are moving fast for Juarez Promotions, as Juarez explained, "10-years ago, I was just a boxing dad and a boxing coach, now I have my ranch gym, a ton of fighters, and I am a promoter. I did it because I love boxing. I want to grow in boxing."

It started with humble beginnings, just two friends and two coaches who loved boxing and happened to "click". "Rolo" Michael Garza of "Rolo Productions" and Juarez met through the amateur program in South Texas, and they immediately clicked. The pair worked together putting on hugely successful amateur shows in the Valley, drawing over 1,000 fans for these shows. Juarez told Garza they should do professional shows and that he was going to get his promoter license. Juarez did just that, and a few months later, the pair had a stable of young fighters to put on the professional card, a TV contract for multiple fights with a world-renowned network, and a massively successful show that the sponsors are lining up for. The Team of Juarez and Garza has amassed a very deep stable of talented, undefeated prospects. In addition to Sebastian Juarez, they work with prospects such as Moses Garcia, Jose Infante, Bryan Rodriguez, and Manny Hernandez. It's been a quick rise to the top for the elder Juarez and Garza.

As for the youngest Juarez son, things are going equally as well! He moved his record to 2-0 (1) and picked up an impressive unanimous decision victory in the main event of the October 28 card. He's building up a huge following of his own and has been around the spotlight since his early teens with his brother, Omar. Sebastian is not at all overwhelmed by the moment or the spotlight. He remains laser-focused on his rise to the top. The 18-year-old has handled himself like a veteran, answering questions, doing interviews, and taking care of business inside the ring like he has been doing it for years, not like he turned pro a few months ago. "He was made for this." the proud father exclaimed. "Now it's just get him the right fights and the right opposition, get him a rugged guy or a lefty, matching him tough. With the right management, we can get him to where we want to go."

Several high-profile South Texans win professional debuts in Matamoros, Mexico on Friday night.

Opening the show was 17-year-old phenom Ricky Nunez of San Antonio, the son of world Class trainer Rick Nunez who has worked the corner of Omar Juarez and Mario Barrios. Nunez made his debut at 138 and will likely settle in at the lightweight limit of 135, showing off his tremendous power. Just seconds into the fight, Nunez scored with a straight right hand followed by a body shot that hurt his outmatched opponent. Another right hand put Pedro A La Torre on the canvas for the first time just 25 seconds into the fight. La Torre got to his feet, and Nunez got back to work, ripping another violent left hook that put his opponent back on the mat, and this time for good! The youngster from San Antonio made his pro debut, a successful one, just seconds into the opening round, making him 1-0 (1). Nunez is expected back in the ring on August 26th in his hometown.

Next up was Rio Grande Valley native and hard-hitting welterweight Moses Garcia, who patiently stalked Alejandro Espinoza with a stiff jab and backed him up. Garcia did a good job of maintaining the distance he wanted to. He scored with a straight right, followed by a left hook 30 seconds into the contest. The RGV native stayed heavy on the front foot and scored with laser-like right hands. He continued to score with right hands and snuck in some body shots, and it was clear that Espinoza was in way over his head. Just before the end of the first round, Garcia scored with another body shot that backed his man up into the ropes and left him clearly wounded as Garcia began to unleash clean, thudding power shots that were landing at will. Espinoza was unable to answer the bell for the second round, and the bout was waved off. Garcia picked up his first win and first stoppage in his pro debut.

We also got the Pro debut of US National Champion David Crdenas of San Antonio. The highly skilled little man looked a bit like fellow Alamo City little man Bam Rodriguez. Cardenas dazzled his opponent, Jonathan Zamora, with sensational footwork. He started off smart, using his footwork and jab to score at will in the first round. In the second, he had figured things out, slammed on the gas, and started unleashing power shots. Driving Zamora back with right hands and left hooks. It was obvious Cardenas had seized control of the fight. Peppering him with his right hand, Cardenas had his man in a world of trouble and backed into the ropes. Zamora went to a high guard, and the US National champ delivered a perfectly placed left hook to the body that put his man down and out, making Cardenas 1-0 (1).

Brownsville native and multi-time US national champ Sebastian "El Trueno" Juarez, younger brother of jr welterweight contender Omar Juarez, also shines in his pro debut. Working behind a snappy jab, the Brownsville native was able to damage his opponent, Carlos Hernandez, early and often. Just under a minute into the opening round, Juarez scored with a thudding left hook to the body. Juarez stayed behind his pin-point accurate jab in the second until he could deliver the "trueno" and it came in the form of a short left hook to the body that left Hernandez rolling around on the canvas in pain. Hernandez was unable to beat the count. He was also unable to stand up straight for several moments after the count. An absolutely debilitating body shot moved Juarez to 1-0 (1). Juarez will look to make it 2-0 on August 26th in San Antonio.

Sebastian Juarez, Younger Brother of Omar Juarez, To Turn Pro In Mexico on August 4

Boxing in the Rio Grande Valley is alive and well. It has become one of the premier boxing hotbeds anywhere in the world. It's about to get even better as a pair of amateur standouts from Brownsville are set to make their professional debut on Saturday at the Auditorio Matamoros in Matamoros, Mexico, just a stone's throw away from their hometown and their home gym, RGV Elite Boxing in Brownsville. The gym was made famous by Omar "El Relampago" Juarez and his father, the owner of the gym, Rudy Juarez. Now it's time for my little brother to make his professional debut. The 18-Year-Old Sebastian "El Tureno'' Juarez, who had a tremendous amount of amateur success, including being number one in the nation according to USA Boxing at 156lbs, 145lbs, and 119lbs at various points of his outstanding amateur career, will leave the amateur ranks for the paid ranks. His last amateur bout was in April. The teenager will now turn pro at 160 lbs. Juarez has been bred for this at an early age, being from a high-level fighting family. He has been around world-class training camps with his brother for years and has worked with "Trainer of the Year" Bob Santos. Juarez is also scheduled to fight in San Antonio on August 26th.

Also, on the card and in Matamoros, Mexico, and also making his pro debut is Moses Garcia, an RGV Elite stablemate of "El Trueno" Garcia also had a successful amateur career that included making it to the semi-finals of the USA National Championships in 2021. He will look to make his pro debut a successful one at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds.