Where is eloy perez from

Filed under: Boxing News Analysis. Former junior lightweight contender Eloy Perez dead at 31 New, comments. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Although Perez came to the U. A pair of DUI arrests eventually landed Eloy in jail. After more than a year at the immigrant detention center, the court offered him a choice: stay in the center indefinitely or be deported to Mexico, a country where he had never lived, knew only distant relatives and did not speak the language fluently.

Emma said he had found work in Mexico, and his girlfriend, who lived in California, would visit him on weekends. Friday, November 12, Log in Register. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement organization runs a detention center in Tacoma; I asked them to confirm that Eloy had been in the system and they sent a synopsis of his case, from their perspective.

While in the U. Climate change, and drift resulting from citizens seeking exodus from war torn or famine-struck regions are the exception rather than the norm. There are a lot of people who have been deported to identify as Americans—I call this population deported Americans. Perez came in to the bout against Broner seemingly confident about his chances to down AB, then battling in the pound class. Family and friends recall his shining eyes, and him being ready with a grin.

HBO fight watchers saw a glimpse of the delightful aura. Blow by blow man Bob Papa noted that Perez had seemed to enjoy the buildup, and said Perez seemed happy go lucky during the fighter meeting. Come fight night on that Feb. He hit the deck, stumbled up, tried again to right himself, and stumbled into the ropes.

The ref stopped counting at five, and decided on a TKO. It was not assumed that would be the last professional outing for the loser. He finished with a record , fighting as a pro from The Garcia team, manager Kathy, trainer, her hubby Max and son Sam had high hopes for the kid, and were saddened when he edged away from the sport after the positive test. Sam Garcia , an assistant trainer to father Max, part of that family-run training and management team from Salinas, CA, touched on the sad-ending story with NYF.

We had a great relationship going forward in his boxing career. But he tested positive for cocaine and we felt he needed help outside the ring… So many questions to answer, why and how, but obviously we were pissed about this outcome with such great opportunities ahead. He had family, a girlfriend and friends… we can only make him do so much, and he spiraled down getting DUIs and what not.

We moved on, he moved on. But after some time passed, we got back in touch, he wanted to make a comeback. He ended up heading back to Washington. That was the end of our communications.

He did a lot of good while he was here, he participated in charity events and helped with a young boy named Sy Sherman, who was terminally ill with pediatric cancer. But those demons were hard for him to over come and eventually his downfall. I pray his soul is at peace. After a year, the judge offered him a way out. Voluntary deportation. Eloy signed the papers, and within a week he was in Tijuana.

A place he'd never been, and where he didn't really speak the language. Jannel Herrera was his girlfriend there. She says that, when she first met him, he seemed like "a lost puppy. The caring side. The goofy side. And she helped Eloy get a job at a call center. But Eloy, he was just great at it. They had good times.

But Jannel worried about him. Eloy liked to hang out in rough neighborhoods. He trusted the wrong people. And he liked to tell people that he used to be a pro boxer. Jannel worried that one day Eloy would cross the wrong person. Someone who knew they couldn't beat Eloy in a fistfight. Emma and Tony went down to Tijuana. The city has one morgue, with no computers or refrigeration.

Families do all paperwork by hand, standing in line waiting their turn to identify their dead loved ones. It was Eloy. The police report said Eloy was brought to a spot overlooking Tijuana and shot execution style. I'm not even from here.