Gracce Kelly Flores, a Bolivian girl who dreams of the glory of boxing Latin American news

Gracce Kelly Flores, a 12-year-old, wakes up early in the morning at her adobe house and runs down the dusty paths through the thin mountain air over the Palca in Bolivia.

The intention to become a professional boxer has now calmed down when the coronavirus pandemic stopped all competitions.

Schools are closed due to the proliferation of COVID cases, but it continues to train, usually three hours a day.

Flores took the nickname “Hand of Stone” because he says “I like to play hard.”

He says he has never missed a two-minute incident that limits children.

“I continue to train, to forget the techniques for the next fight, I hope when it will be [pandemic restrictions] they are elevated, ”he said.

Flores has been coached by his father Alberto Flores for the past six years.

The 54-year-old boxer grows rabbits along with the family’s blue-painted kitchen-dining room. He helps care for rabbits after training and online homework.

“My dream is to get to the big leagues and turn 18 so I can fight with Jennifer Salinas, my favorite boxer in Bolivia,” she said, even though she was a former world heavyweight champion known as the “Queen of Bolivia”. time.