‘Just the Beginning’: RR’s Ariana Chavez marks national dominance, kickstarts boxing career

LUBBOCK, Texas — “I wasn’t able to keep any food down, and I didn’t sleep at all the night before. I was just going on an empty tank.”

That empty tank won Rio Rancho native Ariana Chavez a national championship.

On Dec. 12, Chavez took home the 2025 USA Boxing National Championship title for the youth 165-pound female division, taking the championship bout in a 4-1 decision over California’s Millian Sanchez…

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