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Muck City Boxing { 12 images } Created 2 Dec 2018

Muck City Boxing in Pahokee, Florida is a boxing gym where fighters from different parts of the world come train with boxing agent and owner of the gym, Nelson Lopez Jr.
Dagoberto Aguero of the Dominican Republic is a future promise of the sport at his short age and undefeated record, but he still has a lot to prove in order to achieve his goal of becoming a world champion.
Joaquim Carneiro of Brazil and Jonathan Perez of Colombia are two boxers who may not have another chance to fight for a world title, but they still have to keep training hard throughout the year and be ready to take fights at any given moment just to make a living.
Carneiro, Perez, and Aguero, all left their relatives back home to come live at the gym and focus on training.
Muck City Boxing is located in Pahokee, Florida, at the West end of Palm Beach County. Is a farming community of just over 6,000 people adjacent to Lake Okeechobee and surrounded by more than 400,000 acres of sugarcane.
These fighters come here with Nelson Lopez Jr. with the goal of winning fights and collect a check to support their families back home.
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  • Muck City Boxing seen from inside during a training session on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.<br />
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Español: Muck City Boxing visto desde adentro durante una sesión de entrenamiento en la tarde del martes 2 de octubre de 2018
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  • Dominican boxer Dagoberto Agüero, center, jumps rope at Muck City Boxing in Pahokee, on Monday, October 8, 2018.<br />
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Español: Dagoberto Agüero de República Dominicana, salta cuerda en Muck City Boxing en Pahokee, el lunes 8 de octubre de 2018
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  • Dagoberto Agüero shows his room inside Muck City Boxing on Monday, October 8, 2018. Dagoberto has a computer that he uses to make music as a hobby and a television that he uses very rarely.<br />
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Español: Dagoberto Agüero dentro de su habitación en Muck City Boxing el lunes 8 de octubre de 2018. Dagoberto tiene una computadora que utiliza para hacer música como hobby y una television que prende muy pocas veces.
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  • Not having a closet a closet, Dagoberto Aguero hangs his clothes on the wall in front of his bed and behind the door, where he keeps a suit that hopes to use for an important fight<br />
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Español: Sin un closet, Dagoberto Aguero cuelga la ropa en la pared frente a su cama y detrás de la puerta, donde guarda su traje que espera utilizar para una pelea importante.
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  • Dagoberto Agüero, lying on the canvas of the ring of Muck City Boxing, takes a break during training on Monday, October 8, 2018.<br />
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Español: Dagoberto Agüero, acostado sobre la lona del cuadrilátero de Muck City Boxing, toma un descanso durante un entrenamiento el lunes 8 de octubre de 2018.
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  • Nelson Lopez Jr. and the Dominican Dagoberto Agüero work during an exercise session at Muck City Boxing on Monday, October 8, 2018.<br />
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Español: Nelson Lopez Jr. y el dominicano Dagoberto Agüero trabajan durante una sesión de ejercicio sobre el cuadrilátero de Muck City Boxing el lunes 8 de octubre de 2018.
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  • Dagoberto Agüero, center, trains on the ring of Muck City Boxing on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.<br />
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Español: Dagoberto Agüero, centro, entrena sobre el cuadrilátero durante la tarde el martes 2 de octubre de 2018.
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  • Dominican boxer Dagoberto Agüero reaches his toes while doing abs at Muck City Boxing in Pahokee, on Monday, October 8, 2018.<br />
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Español: Dagoberto Agüero se ejercita durante un entrenamiento en Muck City Boxing en Pahokee, el lunes 8 de octubre de 2018
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  • Nelson Lopez Jr., owner of Muck City Boxing coaches a training session between boxers Dagoberto Agüero, back, and Jonathan "Popeye" Perez, in Pahokee on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.<br />
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"All my parents taught me was how to help other people."<br />
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Español: Nelson Lopez Jr., dueño de Muck City Boxing observa una sesión de entrenamiento entre los pugilistas Dagoberto Agüero, fondo, y Jonathan "Popeye"  Perez, en Pahokee el miércoles 10 de octubre de 2018.<br />
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"Todo lo que me enseñaron mis padres fue como ayudar a los demás".
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  • Nelson Lopez Jr. uses his dining room table as a temporary office to cut deals and book fights for his fighters on wednesday, october 10, 2018. Nelson spends five hours a day in front of his computer writing and reading emails and constantly negotiating on the phone prior heading to the gym for training.<br />
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Español: Nelson Lopez Jr. usa la mesa de su comedor como oficina temporal para cerrar tratos y organizar peleas para sus boxeadores el pasado miércoles 10 de octubre de 2018. Nelson pasa cinco horas al día frente a su computadora escribiendo y leyendo correos electrónicos y constantemente negociando en el teléfono antes de dirigirse al gimnasio a entrenar.
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  • Nelson Lopez Jr. watches a bout of the Word Boxing Super Series at CFE Arena in Orlando, Florida, Saturday, October 20, 2018. Nelson took two of his fighters, the Colombian Jonathan Perez and the Brazilian Joaquim Carneiro, to participate in the preliminary events prior the main event.<br />
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Español: Nelson Lopez Jr. observa un combate del Word Boxing Super Series en la ciudad de Orlando, Florida, el sábado 20 de octubre de 2018. Nelson llevó a dos de sus peleadores, el colombiano Jonathan Perez y el brasileño Joaquim Carneiro, a participar en los eventos preliminares a la gran pelea.
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  • Dagoberto Agüero, 25, arrived in Pahokee from Dominican Republic in 2016 as a professional boxer with a P-1 visa that Nelson got for him so that he could train and compete in the United States with the goal of becoming world champion. <br />
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Español: Dagoberto Agüero, de 25 años, llegó a Pahokee desde República Dominicana en 2016 como boxeador profesional con una visa P-1 que Nelson le consiguió para poder entrenar y competir en los EE.UU. con la meta de convertirse en campeón mundial.
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