The woman that my mother is made sure we grew up with love, sacrificing everything for us, not growing up with a father figure. My sister would be often brought up, and I would ask my mother and grandmother a bunch of questions. “I was around nine years old when I found out my biological dad was incarcerated for the murder of my older sister.
“I would see pictures of my sister Esperanza around everywhere, my mother and grandparents never hid it, I was just too young to understand,” Mario said. Mario Barrios Jr., however, changed the course of “the other” Mario Barrios. There’s a lot of baggage that comes with my name.” I don’t have any children, but I always get asked if I’m going to pass my name down and I always struggle with that. She’s the strongest person I know, and I faced world champions in the ring. I don’t think there is ever enough I can do for my mom. “My mother had her heart ripped out of her chest when my sister died. “But I think it’s good to get it out and talk about it. “It’s a story no one knows about me,” Mario said. When she was exonerated, she fought Wisconsin back for her children. The Wisconsin judicial system attempted to implicate her. Isabel suffered the unbearable-she lost a child. Mario and his older sister, Selina, then two, were placed in protective custody by the Racine County Wisconsin Human Services Department. was described as an abusive drunk, who battered his wife and endangered his three children. Autopsies revealed she died from a lacerated heart caused by an impact blow to the chest.īefore Mario Barrios became a world-famous boxer, his name first appeared in July 1995 in the account of his father’s murder trial. Gradually, the 27-year-old former WBA super lightweight world champion was around nine when he discovered his biological father, Mario Barrios Sr., was incarcerated for the murder of his older sister Esperanza, who was a one-year-old.
He was a seven-week-old infant at the time. Mario was always curious, though he did not press about Esperanza. His mother, Isabel Soto, would put up a strong front, never letting her children see her cry-yet she did. He didn’t understand what the adults were talking about, and why they suddenly stopped speaking when he entered the room. It’s that insulating snow globe Barrios used to prance through. It shields them from the moving parts swirling around them, the shrill screams, the lasting scars, the drunken, abusive torment-and from unimaginable acts. She was never there.Ī child’s wonderment is a powerful protector. He didn’t understand where she was or what happened to her. There were pictures of the tiny angel Esperanza everywhere, frozen in time with her sparkling wide eyes and curling baby smile. He feels her presence.Īs far back as he could remember, Barrios knew he had an older sister. He’ll look up at the picture on his living room wall at someone he never touched, or hugged, or kissed. THE AMERICAN BANK CENTER WATER GARDEN ROOM IS LOCATED AT 1901 NORTH SHORELINE BLVD IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.įor tickets to the Battle By the Bay at the American Bank Center you can find them here.Mario Barrios talks to her. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 5:30PM WITH THE FIRST FIGHT AT 7PM. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT OR BY CALLING KRYSTAL, THE TICKET CO-ORDINATOR AT (361) 434-7750 OR ABLE AT (361) 425-3900. TICKETS ARE PRICED AT $25 GENERAL ADMISSION AND $40 RINGSIDE.
Oliver McCall, known for knocking out Lennox Lewis in 1994 for the WBC Heavyweight Title, will also be the co-main event at Battle By The Bay III. Barrios and Satybaldinova are both guaranteeing a knockout. Female and male fight fans across the world that know these two pugilists will be tuning in to watch an action packed fight as both warriors step forward and throw punches without grabbing and holding or running. The local ABC-TV affiliate in San Antonio will be in Corpus to film this fight live and stream it across the internet. The promoters were looking for a first class main event and landed a fight that is a solid television fight. This bout is promoted by Reyna Promotions of Corpus Christi. Barrios is also rated 18 in the world by the WBC (World Boxing Council). This bout will be held over 8 rounds. Both girls are undefeated and hold titles as lightweights. Her opponent Aida “Lady Sparta” Satybaldinova (3-0-1 draw) from Astana, Kazakhstan is known as the “Female GGG” and is the current WBF International Lightweight Champion.
SELINA BARRIOS BOXER PROFESSIONAL
Barrios owns the NABF lightweight title which she won in her 3rd professional bout. Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios (3-0, 1 KO) returns to the ring Saturday night, July 7th as the main event in Corpus Christi, Texas in the well established American Bank Center Water Garden Room bringing a loaded card of fistic fury.
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