Vargas Boxing

Another successful weekend for Vargas Boxing!

Coach Olga and Coach Angie traveled with three Vargas Boxing athletes to Hillsboro, North Dakota, and the team returned home with a 3-0 record. Congratulations to Angel on a successful debut in the ring!

This event was also a special milestone for our club, as Coach Olga and Coach Angie led the corner for the day. Their leadership, dedication, and commitment to our athletes were on full display, and we couldn't be more proud.

A special thank you to our friend Robert Badillo for volunteering his time to help with hand wraps. We love our community.

Thank you to Toro's Boxing for hosting a great show and providing an outstanding opportunity for athletes to showcase their hard work and skills.

We are grateful for the continued growth of our athletes, coaches, and boxing family. Onward and upward!

Tiki, Yabi will be competing with Angel making his debut this Saturday in North Dakota 🥊🥊

Thank you to Bud Kin for bringing the devotion to the club tonight.

Bud is a bible student from Heartland Bible Baptist College in Oklahoma City.

A special thank you to Blessing for sharing today's devotion with our boxing family. Your words of encouragement and wisdom were greatly appreciated, and it was an honor to have you at the club. Thank you for taking the time to invest in our athletes and remind us of the values that extend far beyond the ring. 🥊🙏

Be careful who's in your corner but you can trust God to always be in your corner!

We fight in the ring. We fight for each other outside of it. 🥊💙

Proud of our boxing family for showing up at the 988 Walk today.

HOPE. Always.

See you tomorrow

Did you know: the feet in the Step Forward to Prevent Su***de logo form an infinity symbol to represent a shared journey of hope, connection, and commitment to su***de prevention. Join us on June 6 to recognize each step taken, honor those lost, and uplift those still walking the path. Register here today: p2p.onecause.com/2026-stepforwardsf/home

See you Saturday 💜💙

Join us on Saturday, June 6 at Fawick Park for our Step Forward to Prevent Su***de Event. This event brings the community together to raise awareness, support su***de prevention efforts, and honor those we've lost. Register online now and bring your family and friends to be part of this event! helplinecenter.org/stepforwardsf/

We are coming to the end of Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health doesn’t always look the same for everybody. Sometimes it’s loud, and sometimes it’s completely silent.

For Manny, it was silent.

About 8 months before Manny passed, we had a conversation after he shared that one of his friends was struggling and contemplating su***de. I asked him the scary question every parent is afraid to ask:

“Have you ever thought about su***de, Manny?”

His response was, “No Mom, that’s weird.”

Sometimes it’s the people whose light shines the brightest… the ones whose presence fills every room… the bravest, funniest, most fearless people… the ones who love the hardest and seem to succeed at everything.

Sometimes those are the ones hurting silently.

Mental health awareness matters because not every battle is visible. Check on your people. Ask the hard questions. Listen without judgment. And please remember that someone can look completely okay while carrying unimaginable pain.

We miss Manny every single day. If sharing his story helps even one person feel seen, heard, or willing to reach out for help, then his light continues to shine.

This morning, Vargas Boxing had the opportunity to be part of the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce mingle hosted at the YMCA. We were grateful to welcome so many new faces into the gym and proud to have our boxers show off some of their hard work and skills. 🥊

A special thank you to Christine Vinatieri Erickson who is running for mayor but has also had a big impact in combat sports for South Dakota , Angela from Fight Like A Ninja - Brittany Corcoran Scholarship Fund , and the Sioux Falls YMCA staff for the continued support they’ve shown our club and our athletes. Community support like this means everything to us.

We loved meeting so many great people this morning and are thankful to be part of a community that continues to uplift local youth, athletics, and small organizations.

Thank you, Sioux Falls! ❤️🥊

We are so thankful for the liberties we get to enjoy because of our heroes.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

We will be closed today! 🇺🇸