Lerma's Waco Boxing Club

01/28/2026

The gym will be closed for the rest of the week. We will start fresh next week. We hope everyone has been safe and stays that way. Please be careful and we will see you next week.

01/27/2026

Do to the weather/road conditions the gym will be closed for at least another day. Hopefully we will be back tomorrow.

12/31/2025

I just want to let everyone know that the phone number for the gym has changed. The new number is 254-252-9601. Thus has been the I've number since before Thanksgiving. Sorry, fir any inconvenience.

12/31/2025

The gym will be closed until next Monday. Happy New Year's from the LWBC family to yours! Make this year better than the last and be the best person you can be. Keep your head and hands up and keep fighting, never give up!! 🥊

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from the LWBC family to yours. We hope everyone has a very blessed day and weekend.

11/16/2025

He was a prodigy from Philadelphia, a kid who moved like he was born to fight. Meldrick Taylor won Olympic gold at seventeen and turned professional with the kind of speed that made opponents look frozen. By twenty three he was a world champion, unbeaten, confident, and already being called the future of boxing.

In March 1990 he faced Julio Cesar Chavez, the undefeated Mexican with eighty nine wins and a reputation for breaking men down. For twelve rounds Taylor boxed beautifully. He was faster, sharper, and outscored Chavez in nearly every exchange. But every time he landed three, Chavez landed one that hurt. By the final round Taylor was far ahead on points but his body was failing him.

With just seconds left, Chavez landed a right hand that dropped him. Taylor got up at the count of six, swaying but conscious. The referee looked into his eyes and stopped the fight. The clock showed two seconds left. Taylor had been two seconds away from beating one of the greatest fighters in history.

He was never the same. The punishment from that night changed him. The speed faded, his reflexes dulled, and the confidence that once defined him vanished. He fought on, chasing what he lost, but it never came back. Years later, when people saw him, they still talked about Chavez, about the fight that took everything and left him chasing ghosts.

Meldrick Taylor’s story is one of brilliance and heartbreak, a reminder that in boxing, everything can change in a single night. One punch, one moment, and a fighter’s life can split in two, before and after. That is the cruel beauty of this sport, the same drama that breaks men is the reason we cannot look away.

11/08/2025

August 8, 1982. A line drive foul ball hits a four year old boy in the head at Fenway. Jim Rice, realizing in a flash that it would take EMTs too long to arrive and cut through the crowd, sprang from the dugout and scooped up the boy. He laid the boy gently on the dugout floor, where the Red Sox medical team began to treat him.
When the boy arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later, doctors said, without a doubt that Jim's prompt actions saved the boy's life. Jim returned to the game in a blood-stained uniform. A real badge of courage. After visiting the boy in the hospital, and realizing the family was of modest means, he stopped by the business office and instructed that the bill be sent to him.
This is what a sports Hero looks like!

11/05/2025

Despite a rough amateur start, Rocky Marciano went on to finish his pro career a perfect 49-0, defending the heavyweight title 6 times and becoming the only heavyweight champion in history to retire undefeated 🏆

10/03/2025

My good friend, Cory Duncan .

08/21/2025

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Blake King, Nate Gant, Brayden Neale, Willie Cummings, Steve Buck, Fermin Martinez, Errbey Dlc, Andres Abrego, Larry Espinosa, David Lopez, David W Hooper, Clyde Anderson, Victor Vazquez, Laura Christine McCaig

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

08/01/2025