PUNCHLINE.LIVE EXCLUSIVE: GABRIEL FLORES, SR. INTERVIEW: “WE’RE TAKING IT ONE FIGHT AT A TIME”
April 20, 2024
By: Simon Ruvalcaba
Punchline.live caught up with trainer Gabriel Flores, Sr. immediately after his Son Gabriel Flores, Jr.’s 3rd round KO over Brazalian Eduardo Pereira Reis from Stockton Arena in Stockton, Caliofornia. Check out Sr.’s comments, as I had mentioned in the interview, the hometown crowd could’ve gone home after Flores’s victory, despite a quality main event that was still to come.
It was going back into the arena that Flores’s star power in Stockton was displayed, as most of the crowd had indeed left and the Beterbiev Main Event had the type of crowd that you see during undercard fights in Vegas on a big fight night.
About the Editor
Army Veteran and former Professional Boxer Simon Ruvalcaba started boxing at the age of ten and Had a 71 fight amateur career which featured a 139 lbs. 1998 8th U.S. Army Boxing Championship out of Camp Casey, Korea and a spot on the prestigious Army Boxing Team at Fort Hood, TX. After a journeyman pro career of 18 fights, which included sparring sessions with many champions and contenders including Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell “Sweat Pea” Whitaker, Simon started writing and has contributed to many publications and websites including fighthype.com, pound4pound.com, Tahoe Daily Tribune (South Lake Tahoe, CA), Nevada Appeal (Carson City, NV). He has also been the Boxing Instructor for Ken Shamrock and The Lions Den and was MMA and Bareknuckle star Paige VanZant’s first boxing coach!
Born and Raised in South Lake Tahoe, California he now resides in Sun Valley, Nevada and spends as much time as possible with his Sons Gabriel and Oscar! Beyond boxing, Simon is an all around sports fanatic and is passionate about the teams that he roots for. Simon also works as a Sportsbook Supervisor for Caesars Sportsbook in Lake Tahoe.
