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Water Warrior

Written by Administrator, August 25, 2016

By Bud Elliott [Editor’s Note: Since this article was published in April of 2015, Jose Ramirez has won five more bouts. His record is now 18-0-0 with 13 knockouts. His next fight will be in December at the Save Mart Center] Late one sweltering summer afternoon not that many years ago, some neighborhood kids walked home after…

Central California’s Water Woes

Written by Administrator, August 21, 2016

By Bud Elliott On a white hot August afternoon, farm kids gather in the cool glare of an overhead lamp at King’s Boxing Club in Avenal. They come for the boxing lessons and a cold drink of water and to escape from the fields as did Jose Ramirez, their role model and mentor. Now considered…