Raymond Muratalla’s parents are the wind behind his wings as an undefeated lightweight prospect. They paved the route for him to get to where he is now. Raymond Muratalla is a boxer who has never lost a fight. With an 18-0 record, 15 of his wins were via knockout. He’s off to a good start and has shown a lot of promise in the lightweight class.
Muraalla proved himself a viable contender in the 135-pound division after beating Jeremia Nakathila by technical knockout in the second round of the Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko undercard at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Muratalla has been making news after his latest victory. As a result, followers of the young boxer were keen to discover more about his childhood.
Raymond Muratalla Father Gabriel Sr. and Mother Monica
Raymond Muratalla was born on January 15, 1997, in Fontana, California, to Gabriel Muratalla Sr. and Monica Muratalla. Raymond’s career started while he was still in his teens. Gabriel Muratalla Sr., his father, is the one who encouraged the young boxer to pursue a professional fighting career. He perfected his boxing talents in the backyard ring of his Fontana home with his older brother Gabriel Jr. Raymond and his older brother started boxing when they were seven and 10 years old, respectively.
When the Muratalla brothers’ father and trainer, Gabriel Sr., was able to construct a boxing ring in the backyard of their Fontana home, their boxing skill became more obvious. Gabriel Sr. learned about a lady from San Jacinto, California who sought but failed to arrange a boxing match. Gabriel Sr. learned from a friend that the lady was selling a ring. Raymond’s father offered to purchase it, but the lady, who knew Gabriel Jr. and Raymond from the amateur scene in Southern California, finally opted to gift the ring. Everyone in Southern California’s boxing scene is aware of the Muratallas’ famed home gym, according to reports. Renowned boxers such as 2020 US Olympic fighter Marc Castro, brothers Jose and Karlos Balderas, and Ryan Garcia were there.
Raymond Muratalla Backyard Ring Story
The 26-year-old recounted an interesting anecdote about the ring during an interview. Four junior football players attended Rancho Cucamonga’s Los Osos High School. The four teens had heard about Raymond, a pencil-thin freshman with a charming face and an unassuming manner who burrowed everyone in his region with his gloved fists. Muratalla was challenged by four lads who were around five inches taller and 40 pounds heavier than him. Raymond notified his father, and Gabriel Sr. was given the go-ahead.
Raymond told the self-proclaimed badasses that he had a ring in his garden and that they could resolve their differences with boxing gloves there. Raymond entered the ring alongside the strongest of the four. But he couldn’t hold off for long. Raymond chased him for a few minutes as he raced everywhere. The remaining three children did not even attempt to enter the ring. It took Gabriel Sr. a month to put it together, but once he did, it drew children from Fontana and the neighboring districts. Raymond was around eight or nine years old when his father placed the ring in the garden.
Raymond Muratalla Mother Monica
Monica Muratalla works for the Los Angeles County Probation Department. During the worldwide epidemic, the talented boxer sought a college degree in criminal justice. He seemed to be following in his mother’s footsteps. Furthermore, the unbeaten lightweight division hopeful said that as a child, he was more interested in video games. He said that when he was seven years old, he went to the gym with his mother, yelling and kicking. The boxer said that his mother mocked him and his older brother for being unable to jump rope on their first day at the gym.
