{"id":511817,"date":"2026-03-03T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511817\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:09:09","slug":"boxing-taught-me-i-was-good-at-something-gabriel-ruelas-moving-conversation-with-pepe-sulaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511817\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Boxing Taught Me I Was Good at Something&#8221;: Gabriel Ruelas\u2019 Moving Conversation with Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBoxing Taught Me I Was Good at Something\u201d: Gabriel Ruelas\u2019 Moving Conversation with Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">In one of the most introspective and emotional interviews in the WBC digital archive, former world champion Gabriel Ruelas sits down with Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n to unravel a life defined by extreme perseverance, unexpected success, and the scars left by the ring. Recorded in 2022, this piece captures the essence of a man who, starting from a ranch where boxing didn\u2019t even exist, ended up conquering the top of the world.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Ruelas\u2014who alongside his brother Rafael formed one of boxing\u2019s most iconic sibling duos\u2014relates with brutal honesty how the sport became his lifeline against a childhood of poverty and the low self-esteem that haunted him as a boy.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">This interview, directed by Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n, is not merely a sports chronicle; it is a testament to human resilience that invites reflection on the cost of success and the profound importance of finding a purpose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d8fdL_vqVZs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d8fdL_vqVZs\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_177330\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"177330\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBoxing Taught Me I Was Good at Something\u201d: Gabriel Ruelas\u2019 Moving Conversation with Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n In one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-511817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}