Rene Armijo

Originally from the desert where El Paso, TX meets Juarez, MX, Rene first sold Mexican candies for 25 cents. At 13 he'd stuff his backpack with candy bags bought for cheap across the border, then sell them to his classmates. He'd sell out before lunch time earning $10 a day. Around that same time Rene signed up for Golden Gloves boxing and quickly rose to the top of the rankings. By age 18 Rene won the Texas State Championships and earned a spot on the USA Boxing team where he'd fight for a spot to box at the Olympic games in Athens. After falling just short of the games, Rene turned pro in Albuquerque, NM then moved to Southern California. A crazy sequence of events lead Rene to star in a reality a show about boxers alongside Oscar De La Hoya, share the gym with guys like Manny Pacquiao, and work as an extra in movies and shows with guys like Edward James Olmos. Armed with ...