{"id":1958,"date":"2013-02-21T21:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T21:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2013\/02\/21\/venegas-to-co-headline-main-event-at-danceland\/"},"modified":"2013-02-21T21:52:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T21:52:16","slug":"venegas-to-co-headline-main-event-at-danceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/venegas-to-co-headline-main-event-at-danceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Venegas to Co-headline Main Event at Danceland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was last November that local boxer Gilbert Venegas (12-7-3) won the main event of the Downtown Throwdown at the Danceland Ballroom in Davenport, IA.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Since then, the Quad Cities has had a surge of new energy for boxing and Venegas looks to keep that fire lit as he is the co-main event of the upcoming Armer Boxing and Calkins Sports Productions Present: The Civil War on Saturday, February 23rd<\/sup>.<\/p>

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Venegas will face Lance Williams out of Muscatine, IA and welcomes the pressure.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s great to have boxing back on the map here in the Quad Cities,\u201d said Venegas.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve added a lot of strength and conditioning and we are working with a lot of lighter weights because this kid is obviously going to be fast.\u201d\u00a0 Venegas also acknowledges the fact that Williams is younger, but doesn\u2019t seem to be bothered by that at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to show the crowd that I still got it and I want to show people that at the age of thirty-five you can still do something,\u201d said Venegas.\u00a0 \u201cI feel that he is trying to use me as a stepping stone, but we will prove him wrong.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Along with training for this fight, Venegas is also a teacher\/trainer at Fitness First Plus for the Aggression class, a circuit training cardio class which incorporates elements of boxing while also keeping it fun for all ages and walks of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to come here and work with people that want to get back in shape,\u201d explained Venegas.\u00a0 \u201cCome and check out the class and the staff and myself will help you get in shape so we can all live a long and healthy life.\u201d<\/p>

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With retirement still a few years away, Venegas knows that he needs to win this fight and keep winning in order to get the \u201cbig fight\u201d he wants before he hangs up his gloves, but he also sees the bigger picture in all of this.\u00a0 \u201cI want to show the younger generation that there is another road you can take and that\u2019s here in the gym,\u201d said Venegas.\u00a0 \u201cNo matter what people say about you, you can turn your life around and hopefully everything turns out the way it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armer Boxing and Calkins Sports Productions Present: The Civil War, Saturday February 23rd<\/sup> at the Danceland Ballroom in Davenport, IA.\u00a0 Doors open at 6pm.\u00a0 Fights will begin at 7:30pm.\u00a0 For tickets and more information contact Downtown Pawn at 563-322-1993.<\/p>

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