In his own words, Gabriel Ruelas looks back on his boxing roots, his career and the tragedy that effectively ended it
“I was 12 years old when I started boxing and I started because I was no good at listening in school and didn’t listen to my parents, either. They told me I had to get a job if I didn’t do well or graduate from high school, so I thought the only option was to fight. My older brother, Juan, used to be a fighter, and he taught me more than the basics in terms of fighting. He was good enough to where if I came across kids in school or on the street, I’d be able to beat them up real quick.