In 2025, Milpitas Boxing took its fight team national. Home grown athletes built from the ground up — USA Boxing ranked, tournament champions, and straight-A students who excel as much outside the ring as in it.
Every coach on this team volunteers their time — no salaries, no stipends, just hours in the gym because they believe in what these athletes can become. Every fight, every tournament, every mile on the road is paid for by the families who show up and grind it out right alongside them.
That's how this team was built: on dedication, city pride, and the will to be great. We've had great sponsors help fuel that journey — and to keep competing at the regional and national level, we need more. If your business believes in what we're building, we'd love to talk.
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She started throwing punches at age three. Seven years later, Jaiya "Baby Flash" Chavez is one of the most decorated youth boxers in her weight class in the country — a USA Boxing nationally ranked athlete, Junior Olympics participant, and multi-tournament champion. She won her first PAL National Championship in 2025, and in 2026 she moved up in weight to the Bantam 70lb division and fought her way through three bouts at the Oxnard PAL Nationals to the championship round, taking home the Silver Medal. A straight-A student at Milpitas School District, Jaiya carries herself in the classroom the same way she does in the ring: focused, disciplined, and built to win. Her idol is Clarissa Shields. Her trajectory says she's coming for her.
Diana Perez walked through the doors of Milpitas Boxing at age seven with something to prove. Four years later, she's USA Boxing nationally ranked at 95lbs, a tournament champion, and a straight-A student who handles the pressure of competition the same way she handles her schoolwork — with quiet, relentless excellence. A fractured lead arm kept her out of the ring for nearly a year, but she returned at the 2026 Oxnard PAL Nationals, moving up two weight classes to compete in the 114lb Open bracket, and dominated all three matchups to win her first PAL National Championship. Her favorite fighter is Canelo Álvarez, and if you watch her move in the ring, you'll understand why. "La Chicanita" is just getting started.
Bryan Roxas Jr. started training at Milpitas Boxing at age seven and has been making noise ever since. At just ten years old, he has already competed on multiple USA Boxing cards and represented the gym at the Sugar Bert Tournament in Pleasanton. At the 2026 Oxnard PAL Nationals, he battled through two bouts in the Open bracket, pressing forward against every opponent he faced to bring home the Bronze Medal. A straight-A student and a relentless presence in the gym, Bryan brings an intensity to training that coaches notice — and opponents feel. The name "El Monstruo" isn't given. It's earned.
AJ Diaz walked into Milpitas Boxing at 17 with no experience and left every session better than the last. Three years later, "Been Paid" made his amateur debut on August 8, 2026 in Oakland — and won by decision in his very first fight. In his second amateur bout, AJ moved up in weight class to compete at the 2026 Oxnard PAL Nationals, pushing the pace for all three rounds against a taller, far more experienced opponent in a hard-fought loss. A communications major with a work ethic that never lets up, AJ has become one of the most reliable presences in the gym: optimistic, fun-loving, and impossible to out-hustle. He's since stepped up as an assistant coach for both the Youth and Adult classes, passing on the same energy that got him here.
Our fight team is built on consistency, coachability, and heart. If you have the drive, we have the coaches.