>> THE FOOD PANTRY OPERATES EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.

THE CHICAGO GOLDEN GLOVE AT ANNUAL BOXING TOURNAMENT IS CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL THIS YEAR.

FOR MANY LATINOS IT'S A CULTURAL POINT OF PRIDE.

LONGTIME FANS OF THE SPORT WILL RECALL RICARDO LOPEZ, AND LOCALLY DAVID DIAZ.

PRODUCER MET UP WITH A THREE-TIME GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPION WHO CREDITS HIS YEARS CLEANING UP IN THE RING AS A BOXER TO HIS SUCCESS TODAY AT THE HOME OF A CLEANING SERVICING COMPANY.

>> WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD I WAS 504 175 POUNDS.

WHICH IS KIND OF CHOPPY.

>> HE SAYS HE REMEMBERS THE EXACT MOMENT HE BECAME DEDICATED TO BOXING.

AS A TEENAGER, IN A OUT WITH AN OLDER OPPONENT.

>> HE JUST STARTS WAILING ON ME.

PUNCHING.

HOOKS.

I WAS SHIELDING.

AND THEN THE PUNCHES STARTED GETTING LIGHTER AND LIGHTER.

I LOOK UP AND THE GUYS EXHAUSTED.

I SAID, IT'S MY TURN.

THE CROWD IS GETTING INTO IT AND EVERYBODY STARTS CHEERING.

THEY WERE GOING CRAZY.

EVER SINCE THAT I WAS HOOKED.

>> HE SAYS GROWING UP IN SUBURBAN AURORA, BOXING WAS PART OF HIS FAMILY'S LIFE.

>> IT WAS PART OF OUR CULTURE.

BOXING.

ALL THE GREAT MEXICAN FIGHTERS.

WE WATCHED EVERY FIGHT.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED BOXING, I LOST A FRIEND, AND I STARTED EATING.

I ASKED MY FATHER IF I COULD JOIN HIM AT THE CITY GYM.

HE SAID , SURE.

>> HE SHOWS PROMISES AS A YOUNG BOXER AND LOOK FOR PLACES TO COMPETE.

>> THE CLOSEST TOURNAMENTS WERE IN CHICAGO.

SO WE MADE OUR WAY TO CHICAGO A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH TO COMPETE IN THEIR TOURNAMENTS.

PART DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS, CYO.

CHICAGO IS VERY SEGREGATED BUT WEIGHS -- MEXICAN, IRISH, ITALIAN.

BEAUTIFUL RIVALRIES.

EVERYBODY IS REALLY INTO BACKING THEIR FIGHTER.

HOW COLORFUL THE CITY IS AND HOW ETHNIC AND DIVERSE IT IS.

>> HE WENT ON TO WIN THREE GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> 97, 98, 99.

TWO ARE FROM THE MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASS CATEGORY.

THE 156 POUND WEIGHT CLASS PERIODS >> THE BELTS FROM THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA NOW ADORN HIS OFFICE AT APACHE SERVICES AND A SUPPLY.

THE COMPANY HE FOUNDED IN 2002.

>> WE GROW TO BE A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR A LOT OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO.

WE SERVICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND WE SERVICE HOSPITALS.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY.

>> HE ULTIMATELY OPTED OUT OF GROWING PRO, TO CREDIT THE LESSONS HE LEARNED FROM THE DAYS IN THE RING THROWING AND TAKING PUNCHES FOR HIS BUSINESS SUCCESS.

>> I OWE MY LIFE TO BOXING.

>> INCHING MY WAY OUT .

I HAVE WORKED HARD.

I'VE MADE A LOT OF SACRIFICES, JUST LIKE IN THE RING.

SACRIFICE IS HARD WORK.