faith and fitness
“CheloMan”
“Where your mind goes,
your body will follow.”
Yes, form is important. Yes, building core, strength,
endurance, speed and function is essential.
But until your mind can envision the core, strength,
endurance, speed and function, you will continue to limit yourself. “Believe it! Achieve it!”
This is my philosophy.
This is the first step to Building Better Humans.
Jose “CheloMan” Alonzo, started his amateur
boxing career when he was just 7 years old in
Puerto Rico, Latin Times Magazine had the pleasure of sitting with the “CheloMan” recently,
and here is what he shared with us.
“My Uncle Jungo, R.I.P., took me to a boxing
gym to scare me. Neither he, nor I, realized that
it would change my life forever. In 1994, I won
the Golden Gloves in the Super Middle Weight
Division in West Palm Beach, FL. I was just 17
years old and was trained under Cecil Lalas in
Spring Hill, FL. On April 18, 1999 I started my
professional boxing career with legendary Latin
trainer, Don Kahn. Exactly four years later, I won
The WBA Fedecentro Championship against Alberto Albaladejo in Tampa, FL. The Fedecentro
Championship is a prestigious belt exclusively
for Latin Boxers. I knocked out Albaladejo in
the eighth round with a three punch combination. In that moment, I became the first Hernando County, FL resident with a professional
title. I was 22 years old, and ready to take on
the world. Unfortunately three weeks after winning the title, I suffered a broken right ankle,
and had to stop boxing. For eight long years,
my son, daughter, and little brother, Adrian,
never stopped believing in me. They would always keep telling me to get better and get back
into boxing.
Finally, on February