Round Lake Saturday, 1/19/13 Abraham Vazquez, 22, of Round Lake Beach tags Maurice Browning, 20 of Aurora during their bout at Saturday evening's event sponsored by the HACP Boxing Club at the Round Lake Beach Sports Center. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Round Lake Saturday, 1/19/13 Abraham Vazquez, 22, of Round Lake Beach defeated Maurice Browning (Back to camera), 20 of Aurora during the final bout of Saturday evening's event sponsored by the HACP Boxing Club at the Round Lake Beach Sports Center. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Round Lake Saturday, 1/19/13 Christian Soto (Left), 21, of Palatine defeated Andrian Jowers, 22, of Aurora during Saturday evening's event sponsored by the HACP Boxing Club at the Round Lake Beach Sports Center. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Round Lake Saturday, 1/19/13 Andrian Jowers (Left), 22, of Aurora lost to Christian Soto (Back to camera), 21, of Palatine during Saturday evening's event sponsored by the HACP Boxing Club at the Round Lake Beach Sports Center. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Round Lake Saturday, 1/19/13 Christian Soto (Left), 21, of Palatine defeated Andrian Jowers, 22, of Aurora during Saturday evening's event sponsored by the HACP Boxing Club at the Round Lake Beach Sports Center. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Boxing gloves photographed at the Windy City Gym at 4401 W. Ogden in Chicago.....JON SALL/SUN-TIMES
Hispanic American Community Partners (HACP) Boxing Executive Director, Juan Curiel, of Lindenhurst, gives a short address before presenting four teenagers with championship belts after they won Silver Gloves titles at a youth boxing tournament in Rockford
Juan Curiel, a former Round Lake police officer, founded Hispanic American Community Partners in 2007 as a non-profit organization serving youths in the Round Lake area. In addition to amateur boxing, the program expanded to include tutoring, arts and crafts, parenting classes, and other services. …
