Our next featured boxer in One To Watch comes from the Lone Star state and home of the team I love to hate, those Dallas Cowboys (had to do it, it’s Redskins-Dallas Week). However, I do love to watch this boxer in action. I’ve only been able to see 16-year-old Ray Ximenez live just recently, but I have started to make sure that I add his bouts to my collection. He has a promising future in front of him. I first saw Ray two years ago as a 14-year-old sparring future 2008 Olympian and fellow Texan Luis Yanez and I didn't forget the name. You can do the math on their ages, but like I said, I didn't forget the name. Ray is now the 2007 National Silver Gloves Champion, 2007 National PAL Champion, 2009 National PAL Champion, 2009 National Silver Gloves Champion, 2009 National JO Champion and most recently lost a rubber match to 2009 National PAL Champion to the inaugural One To Watch featured boxer Tramaine Williams.
Ray is a monster in the ring with a very methodical and deliberate boxing style—workmanlike. Boxing out of the Dallas PAL under the watchful eye of Ray Ximenez Sr., Ray has been in the ring with great boxers and received much needed international experience in this past May at the AIBA World Junior Championship in Yerevan, Armenia. He faced the best 21 Junior boxers in the World. Ximenez won 2 bouts before losing in the semifinals—but gained invaluable international experience, which is a must for Olympic hopefuls. My collection isn’t that big on Ray, but I’m sure I’ll see plenty of him over the next few years as he gets gets closer to earning a spot on the 2012 US Olympic Team and the XXX Olympiad.
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