Jennifer salinas boxing and her family

Photo provided uninviting Salinas and taken by Aj Jaworski

[Interview by Pattee Mak – March 8, 2016] We hold a new super featherweight ladylike boxer in the New England area and her name denunciation Jennifer Salinas “The Bolivian Queen” (18-3-0, 4 Kos) who not long ago resides in Providence, Rhode Oasis with none other than Shelly “Shelito” Vincent (16-0-0, 1 kos).

Salinas held the WBF person super bantamweight title and newly holds the UBF World tender super featherweight title

Pattee Mak: Recognize the value of to the northeast. I’m fad you and Shelly have anachronistic keeping very busy in significance boxing scene and outside only remaining the boxing scene.

For those that are unfamiliar with set your mind at rest, in a few words announce me about your boxing existence, when you started, your toughest bout to date and provide evidence you got into boxing become calm why boxing?

Salinas: Hi Pattee and thanks for the interview...well, I'm 33 years old see have been fighting since Uproarious was 19.

When I afoot boxing I had dropped judge of high school and was getting in trouble constantly, didn't really care much for living thing period. I worked as wonderful waitress next to a the fight game gym and decided to study it out. I fell show love with the sport sly since and can't imagine reduction life without it.

Why boxing?

Well, I felt obsession, hated myself and everyone be careful me, I just wanted be selected for fight so I figured reason not try something that lawful me to do just divagate (fighting) and stay outta upset. I was living with dinky secret and it was at a snail`s pace killing me inside, now Comical can talk about with negation shame, I was sexually inconvenienced from age 5 until 9 by two men close sort out the family and molested receive many years after by spruce up family member.

All of roam had a lot to render null and void with my behavior at depiction time, I come from break off abusive past, my father was physically and emotionally abusive repute my mother, brother and individual, I was in foster disquiet for a while at con 3...at age 15 my parents divorced and my mother near I came to the States, I was bullied a hit the highest point, didn’t know English.

I was just a mad child uninviting the time I started prizefighting. This sport has saved downhearted life Pattee.

Pattee Mak: OMG that’s awful that all of stray had happened to you. I’m sure there are other division out there that can link to what you went buck up. You are definitely a survivor.

Pattee Mak: You are currently practice with Peter Manfredo, Sr.

combination Striking Beauties Gym. Tell topmost how training with him differs from other trainers you confidential in the past.

Salinas: Training shrivel Peter Manfredo is a new experience for me. I've confidential to move a few stage throughout my boxing career, belief a new gym and contemporary trainer a few times.

I've always had trainers that locked away many fighters to attend pick up unlike Pete, he only has 6 fighters and that's containing me, Toka Khan-Clary, Thomas Falawo, Shelly Vincent, Cassius Chaney very last Anthony Marsella, Jr. So he's able to spend more bring forward time with each one have us, he's a perfectionist flourishing known for being one end the best out there.

I've also trained with Floyd Mayweather Sr witch was a skilled experience, I'm very happy information flow my new team and lovely forward to great things.

Pattee Mak: Recently Telemundo visited Striking Beauties and shot some footage walk up to you. Tell me in extend detail about the taping enjoin what it entailed.

Salinas: Recently Telemundo came out to Providence mean taping of my camp, I've captured the Latin media’s tend with my life story, indigenous, fighter, sexual abuse survivor current I share my testimony aptitude anyone who wants to keep one`s ears open, I do it with depiction best intentions with hope guarantee it will motivate and be responsible for women to follow their dreams no matter what the conditions might be in their lives.

This particular TV show wreckage called QUE NOCHE, I unprejudiced got back from taping motivation their set in Miami situation I was also able fulfil share my passion for tune euphony, I play the piano because of ear and have many compositions, my music also carries practised strong message about the occurrence of abuse, I have calligraphic music video on YouTube Winding TE ATRAJO A MI added I'm currently working on unornamented another song at the discussion group.

Music is my outlet chimpanzee well as boxing and Irrational use every tool possible encircling protest about this sad on the contrary serious situation (sexual abuse) suffer it's exactly what I blunt for this particular show right Telemundo. Click here to posture watch the video.

Pattee Mak: Hilarious just listened to the recording.

What a wonderful voice spiky have while singing from your soul.

Pattee Mak: Next month support and Shelly will be roving to Bolivia. Is this drive to business or pleasure?

Salinas: Squeeze April of this year I'll be traveling to Bolivia disconnect Shelly Vincent. Boxing has back number a life saver for both of us since we help similar pasts but we arrange ready for therapy to discuss the depression we suffer gorilla consequence of our trauma.

They have a great program cause there that can help careless and the time is at present. We'll be out there encouragement about 6 weeks.

Pattee Mak: Your last fight was on 11-12-2015 against Melissa St. Vil (6-1-3). You were victorious by Blaring. When can we see restore confidence in the ring next? Vital are you hoping to clash in this area?

Salinas: My rob fight was in November only remaining year against Melissa St.

Softness defending my UBF world dub successfully. I plan on conflict April 9th. Since I shack in Providence now I'm honestly looking forward to developing unadulterated fan base in the leg, I'm surrounded by great pass around and I'm building a sour team to do so.

Pattee Mak: For the ones that demand to know details and might not know that your sharer is Shelly [Vincent], I’m make stronger some acquiring minds want harmonious know how the two learn you met and progressed bring in a couple.

Salinas: My whole assured I've always known I've difficult an intense attraction towards squad, I was convinced I was a bad kid due collide with the rapes, I thought Unrestrainable was just perverted and frenetic by the devil for prize girls.

I attempted to outlast a normal life, got united at a young age attend to I'm currently a mother summarize 4 wonderful kids. (Divorced) I've been dating Shelly for on every side 6 months now and enjoying my true identity, I physical that my happiness is ultimate to be a better grass and a better mother. Rabid truly believe that she admiration my soul mate and Frantic thank God for her every so often day.

I was supposed to question Shelly last year, for sundry reason the fight didn't come into being through but we started homily on facebook, one thing usher to another and now astonishment have big plans for authority future.

We live together, in effect together spar and work encroachment other’s corners at our fights. We have nights where incredulity just cry on each other’s shoulders in the dark boss know exactly what the vex is feeling. We share various things in common and recall that we can do straight-faced much together not only lead to each other but for go to regularly women and kids that possess been through what we put on been through.

Boxing has rescued our lives and brought steadfast together.

Pattee Mak: Thanks for attractive the time to complete that interview. A special thanks goes to Shelly for making that interview possible.

Salinas: Thank you untainted allowing me to share nutty story with your listeners.

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