Gabe Flores Jr is an American professional boxer who is well-known for winning all 20 bouts of his professional career without suffering any losses to date. He was interested in boxing from a young age and was also an amateur boxer and a member of the Junior National Boxing Team of the United States. He signed a professional contract with the Top Rank boxing in 2016 but was not permitted to fight until he officially turned 17. Just four days after turning 17 and celebrating his birthday party, Gabe Flores Jr did not hesitate to fight his first professional fight.
Not just this, he went on to appear in nine professional fights in just a short period of 14 months. His fighting stance is orthodox, and he likes to throw his dominant right hand.
How was the Gabe’s childhood?
Gabe Flores Jr’s full name is Gabriel Felix Flores Junior. He was born on 1 May 2000 in Stockton, California, the United States, to a mother whose name is Juanita Maldo,nado, and to a father named Gabriel Flores Senior. Unfortunately, he lost his mother in a shooting that took place in the year 2013. He was only 12 years old when his mother was shot and killed by a stray bullet fired by three men who walked up and just started shooting. The bullets claimed the life of two victims – one being Juanita Maldonado, who was attending a party in Stockton, California, United States.
In remembrance and honour of his late mother, Gabe Flores Jr wears a t-shirt with a photo of his mother. Moreover, he was born and raised alongside four sisters and one brother named Rogelio Gutierrez, who used to fight. Gabe Flores Jr was motivated in fighting seeing his brother fight and has also stated that his brother is the reason why he chose to pursue a career in professional boxing. Besides this, he is currently 20 years old with the zodiac sign of Taurus.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Gabe Flores holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. Unfortunately, information regarding the boxer’s religious views and ideology are not available at the moment. Besides this, he stands at the height of 5 feet and 9 inches (1.75m/175cms) tall and weighs around 59kgs (130lbs). His exact weight is unknown, but it is assumed that it is around 59kgs because he fights in the super featherweight division, and the weight requirement for that division is 59kgs. In addition to this, he has an athletic body physique with a pair of black coloured eyes with black coloured hair. Furthermore, he has a reach of 69 inches (1.77m/177cms).
Education
Gabe Flores Junior studied and graduated from the Cesar Chavez High School located in Stockton, California, 2018.
Personal Life
Gabe Flores Jr likes to keep his personal life private to himself and away from the limelight. Because of this reason, it is unknown to the public whether he is in a relationship with anyone or not. Also, there have not been any rumors or gossips regarding his involvement with anyone. So, it is assumed that he is currently single and has not been involved with anyone in a romantic relationship. Moreover, it is also assumed that he has not been married yet, nor does he father any children.
How did Gabe Flores Jr start his boxing career?
Gabe Flores Jr gave his debut as a professional fighter in the year 2017 when he fought and won against Devon Jones via knockout in the second round in the four-round fight that took place in Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Following this win, he went on to fight and win against Jahaziel Vazquez via Technical Knockout Out in the fourth round in The Bomb Factory in Dallas. The fight was pretty much in his favour since the beginning as he was landing harder and cleaner shots to Vazquez, whose right eye was nearly closed due to the punches being thrown at him.
After winning this fight, he went on to win the match against Jorge Padron in Fallon Rural Rumble in Fallon, Nevada. The match was an undercard bout, and Gabe Flores Junior dominated the match and won via unanimous decision, with all the judges scoring the contest 40-36. Similarly, he fought and won against Donnie Reeves in Gilley’s in Dallas, Texas, and against Alexander Acuna in the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada, both via a Technical Knock Out and both in the second round.
His last Technical Knock Out victory came over Alex Solorio in the fight during the Gilberto Ramirez vs Habib Ahmed main event in Corpus Christi in Texas. He managed to shut down the fighter in the very first round. Following this victory, he has won all of his later fights via unanimous decisions. These victories came over opponents like Jorge Rojas during the Terence Crawford vs Jeff Horn main event in Las Vegas, Nevada, and James De Herrera during the Egidjus Kavaliauskas vs Juan Abreu main event and Roger Gutierrez in the Jose Ramirez vs Antonio Orozco main event both in Fresno, California.
His most recent win came over Edward Kakembo when he won via unanimous decision in the fight in Corpus Christi in Texas. The fight was scheduled for a 6-round bout, and all the judges scored the contest 60-52 in favour of Gabe Flores Junior.
Social Media
Gabe Flores Jr is active on social media platforms. His official Instagram account (@g_squad_nation) has over 47 thousand followers, and his supposed Twitter account (@G_squad_Nation) has over 2 thousand followers, but the account has not been verified yet.
What is Gabe Flores Jr’s Net Worth?
Gabe Flores Jr earns mostly from his boxing career. He also earns a certain amount of money via endorsing brands like FTWR and G-SQUAD. Gabe Flores Junior is a recent name in professional boxing and still has a long way to go. As of the year 2020, he has an approximate net worth of $0.1 million.
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