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    Undefeated boxing champion Seniesa Estrada is now the role model she never had

    by Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times Mar 24, 2023 5 minutes
    Seniesa Estrada works out at a gym in Bell Gardens that she’ s owned for four years.

    LOS ANGELES — It was a Tuesday, another sparring day for Seniesa Estrada. Her next fight, a title unification bout, was less than a month away.

    The lights brightened at 4:29 p.m. The flags for 12 nations hung above. Inspirational quotes were plastered on the walls. A canvas of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston adorned the wall behind the ring. This is Estrada's sanctuary, a space she has owned for four years, an accomplishment even she didn't imagine possible.

    Estrada was a confident girl when she first stepped into a boxing gym at 8 years old, and she maintained that confidence as she entered the spotlight over the next few years. She already kept a list of lofty goals. Fight on television. Sign with the biggest promoter. Become world champion. It did not matter that women's professional boxing was dormant. It was going to happen.

    Owning a gym wasn't on her

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