“Thanks to box, I knew a new world”

We had the opportunity to talk with Yesica Bopp, one of the best argentinian boxer.  She started fighting when she was teenager, but her family didn´t agree with that. She went to Escuela Municipal de Boxeo, because she wanted to do exercise. Delfino Perez, box coach, saw her in the gym and said that she was going to be a boxer.

Six months later than she started training, she had her first fight exhibition and two months later she had her first fight for points.

 In 2005 she joined the Argentinian box team, participated the Paramericano Tournament and classified to Indian World Cup, where she had the third place.

In 2007 she fought the same tournament and won the second place in Russia World Cup. Finally, in 2008 she became a professional boxer, Bopp reminds as she says “thanks for the box I knew a new world”.

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“Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez had a strong mental force”

We talked with an Argentinian Journalist Walter Nelson, about the best Argentinian boxer, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez. He worked in TV and radio programs about box.

He talked us that the box world knew Sergio when he was young, but the people that didn´t like the box didn’t know him because he lived in Spain and United Estates. In Spain Martinez knew his coach Pablo Sarmiento and there he had the possibility to win more money than in Argentina.

After that, Sergio gave a jump in his level because he was intelligent and had talent, a big heart and a strong mental force. The break in his career was when he won a Richard Williams in 2003, add Nelson.

The last year he had more popular because of  his fight  with Julio Chavez  had medial coverage.  Additionally this fight was for a world title and Sergio waited for this some years, thought the journalist.

He showed that the box wasn´t only force because he was fast and he had an interesting leg move, concluded Walter Nelson.