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Carthage's Sindi Salazar to compete in Junior Olympics

Sindi will be competing in the female 110-pound division at the Junior Olympics.
Credit: Ryan Silapan, Panola Watchman
Sindi Salazar show’s off some of her boxing championship belts she’s won. Salazar will compete in the Junior Olympics next week in Lubbock.

CARTHAGE, Texas — When Sindi Salazar first started boxing at the ripe old age of eight, things didn’t go so well — she lost her first three fights.

Fast forward eight years and this once pint size little girl who thought boxing sounded like a fun thing to do will now be competing in the Junior Olympics this upcoming week in Lubbock.

For Sindi it was about training properly and finding her love and passion for the sport.

Read the full story from our newspaper partner the Panola Watchman.

Posted by The Panola Watchman on Monday, July 12, 2021

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