Training in a hot and humid boxing gym is no easy task, but when the dreams are big and there’s “fire in the belly”, anything is fair game. That’s what’s going inside Jordan Gonzalez’s head. Practice, practice and more practice. Sweat, sweat and more sweat. That’s what makes a world champion. I think it was Thomas Alva Edison who said, “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Watching this young man strike the punching bag was the most interesting experience. He moved swiftly and with great precision striking the hanging bag constantly with his left and right hand. His jabs were precise, like a matador’s sword directly to the head of the charging bull. He could flex his body as if were made out of flexible plastic. His body was a lean and mean fighting machine. If he keeps practicing like this, we could soon watch him fight in the professional category sooner than later.
Below are several pictures of Jordan González training with a punching bag at the Pedro “El Rockero” Gymnasium in Panama City, Panama. The pictures came out a little blurry. I haven’t yet learned how to adjust my camera to fix this problem, so please bear with me until I learn the ropes. Still you can appreciate what the young athlete was doing at the venue. Having said this, here we go.
Snapshot of a young amateur boxer training with a punching bag at a gym in Panama City, Panama. Photo ©Omar Upegui R.
The images are blurry, but still you can appreciate the training scene. I apologize for this involuntary flaw. Photo ©Omar Upegui R.
Snapshot of an amateur boxer preparing himself for his next fight sometime in July. Photo ©Omar Upegui R.
