When Héctor Munguia Calderón He’s not boxing in the ring, he’s burying dead people, just like his father. Pablo ‘The Gravedigger’ Munguíawho now, already retired from the strings after 217 rounds disputed at a professional level, guides your son’s steps, both in the boxingas in his work within the Civil Pantheon of Dolores.
Since he was little, Héctor knew that he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps in every way, but it was not until he was 15 years old that he had permission to start in the world of boxing and also to accompany Pablo in his work as a gravedigger in the cemetery, the place where Munguía Calderón – who until now accumulates 18 professional fights with 16 knockouts– Take the opportunity to prepare yourself physically every day, whether running between the graves or using force with a shovel and lifting tombstones.
“I have always had admiration for my father and at some point the thought crossed my mind of ‘let’s see, let’s try it to see how far we are capable of going’ and today I feel that we have already gone very far. Right now I am in Superpluma“I have 18 fights, 16 wins, one draw and one defeat, I feel like it’s a good number,” says the boy from 23 years who also takes his work within the pantheon with professionalism.
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“Here we do everything, we work, we train, here I start my preparation, from seven in the morning we start running. So here we walk from early.
Héctor assures that there are moments when he has a bit of a bad time in the Pantheon
Within his work within the Pantheon, Héctor assures that there are times when he has a hard time, since it is not easy to see families cry when saying goodbye to their loved ones or burying children who died at birth or at a very young age. Given this, Pablo is also a support for his son, as he teaches him that it is part of his job and that they will continue to live experiences of this type.
“You see all the people with their sad faces, so it comes at a time when you have to make your heart of stone, because you live day by day with the dead, the sadness and with people who experience valuable losses, even as babies. So you have to make a heart of stone. But the truth is that I don’t like to talk about it a lot out of respect for people who experience something like that.”
For Pablo Munguía, who holds 37 professional fightsand National Championship, a North American Championship, a Latin Silver Championship from the WBC and another from the WBOin addition to having been like ranked number 12 for a world championshipit is a pride that his son is starting his career in the world of boxing on the right foot, but he is also aware that he will have to make a great effort, since he left the bar a little high.
“My son is a little more of a stylist and suddenly he is a fighter, but he already knows that he should not turn the page, he must be a fighter just like his dad. And before giving him any advice, first I give him my blessing so that he can go down safely. Well, look, first of all, well, his blessing, right? Let him go up, as he goes up, so let him go down well. But also of course that together we study the rivals before each fight.
What you should know
In his most recent fight, Héctor Munguía knocked out in the third round Humberto González Cortes “The Wolf” in the category of Superpluma.
To perfect his command of the two guards (right and left), Munguía says that he opened tombs which helped him a lot to master the movements.
Although Pablo Munguía (father) has a very strong striking style in the ring, Héctor prefers to put a little more technique into his fights to combine his father’s heritage and his own style.
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Support in determining your boxing career
For the moment, Héctor assures that he has the support of some sponsors, some people and his father, but he would like the respective authorities to start helping him more in the future.
Raymundo Munguía, Pablo’s father, was the one who started taking him to the Pantheon when he was barely 10 yearsnow, to your 45 years“The Gravedigger“He proudly tells of the work he performs in this place.
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