{"id":134760,"date":"2026-01-23T06:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134760\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:41:10","slug":"jerry-belmontes-returns-after-10-years-for-final-fight-at-gulf-coast-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134760\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Belmontes returns after 10 years for final fight at Gulf Coast Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Jerry “The Corpus Christi Kid” Belmontes is coming out of retirement for one more professional fight, headlining the co-main event for Gulf Coast Glory in Robstown.<\/p>\n

“Oh man it’s great. All you hear is people cheering your name,” Belmontes said. “It’s a great feeling. I love it.”<\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/p>\n

Larissa Liska<\/p>\n

37-year-old Belmontes is entering the ring one last time to help promote boxing for the future in the Coastal Bend.<\/p>\n

“Man, the tradition has always been great with boxing,” Belmontes said. “I mean I think now a days it’s kind of slowing down, but I wanted to pick it back up. That’s the reason why I’m fighting again, so I can show the young kids let’s do something.”<\/p>\n

Belmontes’ pro record is 21-10 with 6 knockouts, but the Gulf Coast Glory fight is special because the boxer has not entered a fight since 2016. He announced his retirement in 2017. Now 10 years later he’s back for a one-and-done after receiving a call from Rodney Garza at Knuckle Up in December. He’s the same boxer, just older.<\/p>\n

“I throw more punches. I stay in the pocket a little more,” Belmontes said. “I’m a little slower, but my footwork is still there.”<\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/p>\n

Larissa Liska<\/p>\n

His inspiration for putting on the gloves is his son, who’s waited a long time to watch his dad fight. Belmontes tried to make a comeback a few years ago, but an injury set him back.<\/p>\n

“He was so little, so he was always like man dad I want to see you fight,” Belmontes said. “I mean now it’s his time.”<\/p>\n

Belmontes began fighting at 10-years-old. He captured a gold medal as an amateur at the 2002 National Silver Gloves and even took down future Hall of Famer Terence Crawford twice. As a pro, he battled for a World Boxing Council Lightweight World title belt where he lost in a 12-round split decision to Omar Figueroa. A resume that officially ends in January, but his love for the ring has never changed.<\/p>\n

“Hitting people, getting hit and getting paid for it,” Belmontes said.<\/p>\n

Since committing to the Gulf Coast Glory card, Belmontes has been coached by Corpus Christi Police Officer’s Association Boxing Club head trainer Ron Guerrero.<\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/p>\n

Larissa Liska<\/p>\n

Jerry “The Corpus Christi Kid” Belmontes coached by head trainer Ron Guerrero<\/p>\n

Doors open at 5 p.m. for Gulf Coast Glory boxing. Make sure to be there to see all of the Corpus Christi talent (Belmontes, Julian Delgado, Carlos Torres, Juan Garza, Jimmy Garza and Christian Perez).<\/p>\n

Middleweight prospect \u201cKing\u201d Julian Delgado (7-1, 3 KOs) is in the co-main event on the \u201cGulf Coast Glory\u201d card. During his amateur career, Delgado captured top honors at the 2023 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival Championship.<\/p>\n

Tickets\u00a0are on sale and available to purchase here<\/a>.\u00a0General admission price is $53.95.<\/p>\n

\"Gulf<\/p>\n

Gulf Coast Glory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Jerry “The Corpus Christi Kid” Belmontes is coming out of retirement for one more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[13723,57533,6913,155,157,156,57534,57535,6658,725,57536],"class_list":{"0":"post-134760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-13723","9":"tag-boxer","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-corpus-christi","12":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","13":"tag-corpus-christi-news","14":"tag-gulf-coast-glory","15":"tag-jerry-belmontes","16":"tag-kris-6","17":"tag-robstown","18":"tag-the-corpus-christi-kid"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}