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This week on the Man About Town Podcast - My guest and the entire family with a dad who wasn’t around and a mom who made ends meet by moving into most of the low-income neighborhoods in South Stockton. Mom ended up bringing her family to Manteca a little impoverished area of town north of the town's P.G+E Station. I think of Mini-Park and all the families that lived on Greenbriar. There was one Mexican kid with a chip on his shoulder, why? This young man stuck out like a sore thumb when he was with other Mexican kids or black kids. Out of their family, this young man had red hair and freckles and none of the other children in the family had red hair or freckles and in downtown Stockton at that time Crow Valley, Sierra Vista, Boggs tract, these areas were Black Neighborhoods
Mexicans were already having trouble in those communities due to the ways of race and the streets. Let alone, a redheaded Mexican. So he learned to fight and boy could he fight. That red-headed boy in the 80s, introduced himself and Manteca to the fights that would happen at the Stockton Civic.. If it wasn’t for a career-ending injury his name would have been on the top of everybody’s mind and lips in the boxing community for years to come there’s no doubt.
But that hand injury sidetracked Red as they called him and instead of the world champ he is Manteca’s champ. He said to me why me? I didn’t win the belt. Well. he's bout to find out why people love him like I do a treasure to Manteca.
I’m going to interview this young boxer who in those days brought this place Manteca to his fights in Stockton the Stockton civic and other places putting the world of boxing on notice. He’s going to tell the story about never being knocked out never hitting the canvas and more as I highlight a big name from my days growing up and just a great human and great example Tony Dominguez is my guy this week. The Manteca champ.
