By: Annie Huang

On Saturday, June 18th, former Mexican boxers and current Mexican boxers got together and hosted the largest boxing class ever in the main square Mexico City. As many as 14,299 people attended the session.

Fifteen instructors organized the event. The instructors included, Erik Morales: a former Mexican professional boxer. Andy Ruiz Jr.: an American professional boxer. Oscar Valdez: a Mexican professional boxer. Jackie Nava: a Mexican professional boxer. Humberto “Chiquita” González: a Mexican former professional boxing champion. Miguel Berchelt: a Mexican professional boxer. Jose “Pipino” Cuevas: a Mexican former professional boxer. Alfonso Zamora: a Mexican former professional boxer. Jose Luis Bueno: a Mexican former professional boxer and former WBC and Lineal Super Flyweight Champion. Jose Antonio “Jaguar” Aguirre: a Mexican former professional boxer. Ganigan Lopez: a Mexican professional boxer. Adrian “Confesor” Hernandez: a Mexican former professional. Mariana Juarez: a Mexican professional boxer. Ana Maria Torres: a Mexican former professional boxer, and Alan David Picasso.

The class lasted 30 minutes of intense boxing and the attendees only had two 20-second hydration breaks within the 30 minutes. This was because they believed they could break the record, and by achieving that, the class must be continuous and should not stop.

The participants who attended covered the entire main square of Mexico City. They were dressed in green, red, and white t-shirts that represented the colors of the Mexican flag. The t-shirts were presented by Javier Hidalgo Ponce, the director of Indeporte, a couple of weeks ago before the event took place.

On June 3rd, Javier Hidalgo Ponce told others, “It will be a great multicolored party because together we will form the Mexican flag with these beautiful shirts that each and every one of the participants in the Massive Boxing Class will have.”

On June 18th, this event ended up breaking the World Record for the largest boxing class in the world. According to the Guinness World Records, the event surpassed the previous world record which had taken place in Red square, Russia, in 2017, and had around 3,250 participants.

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