{"id":655053,"date":"2026-05-08T02:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/655053\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T02:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:35:10","slug":"youth-boxers-will-compete-at-escondido-boxing-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/655053\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth boxers will compete at Escondido Boxing Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53685\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SPORTS_BOXING_ACADEMY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gibran Perez, owner and head trainer at Escondido Boxing Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Escondido Boxing Academy will hold an afternoon of amateur boxing matches May 24 at the gym on Quince Street.<\/p>\n<p>Bouts for the \u201cSummer Escondido\u00a0 Boxing Show\u201d are scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Most of the boxers are Escondido residents and range in age from 8 to 16. The matches are sanctioned by USA Boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Weigh-ins will be from 8 to 10 a.m., followed by physician check-ups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cost for spectators is $25, and $10 for kids under 10 years old. Proceeds benefit the academy\u2019s programs and help pay for boxers\u2019 entry fees and transportation to competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Gibran Perez, a former amateur and professional boxer, started the academy in September 2024 in what had been a former uniform shop near Quince Street and Mission Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The gym primarily attracts children and teens who want to learn boxing, and in many cases, compete. Some parents and adults also train there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the kids come from low-income families,\u201d Perez said. \u201cThe gym provides an outlet to keep them away from bad influences. Boxing inspires them and gives them hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Escondido businesses interested in helping sponsor the event and hang a banner or set up a table, contact Perez at escondidoboxingacademy@gmail.com or call (760) 809-9493.<\/p>\n<p>Escondido Boxing Academy is located at 755 N. Quince St., Suite D. The academy can be found on Instagram @escondidoboxingacademy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gibran Perez, owner and head trainer at Escondido Boxing Academy. Escondido Boxing Academy will hold an afternoon of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-655053","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\/655053","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=655053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}