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Albuquerque amateur boxer Sharahya-Taina Moreu, right, shown working out with pro boxer Josh Torres at Bear Knuckle Boxing Gym in 2017, figures to have a busy 2021. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
Suddenly, after an arid year 2020, things are happening at a dizzying pace for Albuquerque amateur boxer Sharahya-Taina Moreu.
Of the most interest: Yoruba Moreu, his daughter’s coach, said she has been elevated to USA Boxing’s Olympic-qualification alternate position at 152 pounds.
Sharahya-Taina got that news while in Big Bear, California, where she’s been in camp with legendary pro Cecilia Braekhus, helping Braekhus prepare for her March 13 rematch against Jessica McCaskill.
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Aaron Angel Perez, shown in March 2018 before his pro boxing debut, prepares for his biggest pro fight coming up next month. (Jim Thompson/Journal)
Getting a New Mexico boxer to the top rungs of the sport, however talented the fighter, has never been easy.
Bob Foster, Johnny Tapia, Danny Romero, Austin Trout and Angelo Leo, who all would become world champions, had to pay their dues in the hinterlands before getting their big break.
Had Albuquerque promoter Lenny Fresquez not signed Holly Holm to a contract in 2004, Holm’s ride to the top of women’s boxing might have taken far longer and been far bumpier.