{"id":1667,"date":"2011-05-20T19:09:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T19:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2011\/05\/20\/alley-cat-boxing-club-presents-battle-in-the-valley\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T19:09:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T19:09:42","slug":"alley-cat-boxing-club-presents-battle-in-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/alley-cat-boxing-club-presents-battle-in-the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Alley Cat Boxing Club presents Battle in the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-2767191478\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\"><span>For the Alley Cat Boxing Club, the summer officially kicks off as Moline native and Coach Jeff Perez and his team of fighters host a night of fights for the community.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>On Saturday, June 4<sup>th<\/sup>. Alley Cat Boxing Club presents: Battle in the Valley at the Rock Reception Facility in Coal Valley, IL.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\"><span>This is the first time that Perez will not have his show at the Moline Community Center but the club\u2019s positive reputation of putting on quality shows in the Quad Cities throughout the past years will carry over to this upcoming event.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of good little fighters,\u201d explained Perez.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cSome are just starting out and some have been around for a while and I\u2019m happy with their progress.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Along with the long, vigorous training that comes with boxing, something that Perez also stresses to his students is the importance of school and being a good citizen in the community.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI talk to the kids and we have a mutual deal where I respect them and they respect me.\u201d said Perez.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>To those who haven\u2019t been to an Alley Cat show or any type of combat sporting show, Perez wants to put the negative notions you may have to rest.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cA lot people come out and see that the crowd is more family orientated and not the crowd you may see at an MMA event.\u201d said Perez.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-4003756541\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/iowa\/tickets\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Hola Iowa 5&#215;5 copy (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hola-Iowa-5x5-copy-1-e1776430527225.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\"><span>Sportsmanship is also top of the list for Perez and his fighters at his shows.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cNo matter how the fight goes, afterwards both kids are going to shake the hand off the opponent and the opposing coach.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Having been around for fourteen years, Perez has seen many faces come through his little gym in the garage and for those who think you need a big expensive gym to make champions, Perez\u2019s results prove otherwise.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ve had state and regional champions from the area come train here,\u201d said Perez.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ve also had UFC champions train here also.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>One in particular, Jens Pulver, will be a special guest at the event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\"><span>Alley Cat Boxing Club presents: Battle in the Valley: Saturday, June 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011 @ The Rock Reception Facility. 302 1<sup>st<\/sup> street, Coal Valley, IL.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Doors Open at 6pm with the fights starting at 7pm.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Kids 5 and under are free.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Food and beverages will be sold as well as raffles and a 50\/50 drawing. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>All proceeds will help the gym with its yearly expenses.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>For more information contact Jeff Perez at 309-236-3098.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-2576227402\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Alley Cat Boxing Club, the summer officially kicks off as Moline native and Coach Jeff Perez and his team of fighters host a night of fights for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}