For our first installment, we're chatting with Alvaro "Chiquito" Roman Flores, featherweight, who just won the Title Tournament of Champions.
A: I used to fight in school. I came here from Puebla when I was twelve, and I got picked on a lot, because I was short and didn't speak the language. My first gym was K-2 Boxing.
Q: What do you love about boxing?
A: You can hit somebody and not get in trouble. And when you box, it doesn't matter how bad you did or how good you did, you still get respect.
Q: You've won two tournaments in a row. Suddenly you made a huge leap up in performance. How did that happen?
A: It was working with Sosa.
Q: What did Sosa teach you?
A: He tries to always make me a better boxer. He said my combinations were perfect, but I just needed to move my head more after I punch.
Q: What gives you your punching power?
A: I was born with it. It's a gift.
Q: Are you religious?
A: I believe in God. I don't go to church very often though. But I pray.
Q: Do you like school?
A: Not very much. But I want to graduate to make my mother proud and make her think that she did a good job at raising me.
Q: What else do you love besides boxing?
A: My family. Here and back in Mexico.
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