In the red corner All the way from the boogie-down Bronx by way of Mexico City, Mexico.

Make some noise for Andy Dominguez.

It's the hunger, ambition and goal that he wants.

And the goal that he wants is not for himself.

There's someone out there who really wants to achieve something, and despite him giving it his all, is very limited and can only go so far because, quote unquote, his status.

My name is Andy Dominguez.

I'm currently a WBA Feather Central champion.

And I am undocumented.

Andy nació en la Ciudad de México, él fue un niño criado en Puebla.

Y bueno, yo quise venir aquí a Nueva York para darles un mejor futuro.

Es un niño bueno.

I was five when my mom left to the US.

I lived with my grandparents in Atlixco Puebla until I was ten.

At that time, my mom saved up enough money to bring me to the US.

I didnt want to leave my grandparents, and I didn't want to leave my little brother.

After three days, we got caught.

They sent us back somewhere else in Mexico.

Cuando Andy vino para acá, él lo agarró dos meses inmigración.

El sufrió un poquito más, por eso tardó un mes para llegar para acá.

Me, a little kid, trying to come for a dream.

It was pretty tough.

Not everyone makes it to the other side.

Some people die in the desert.

I just remember following the coyote, and boom, I was in the US already.

Él me decía a veces “no, yo no quería venir para acá” Él peleaba mucho.

Un día yo venía caminando detrás de él y había como diez muchachitos delante de él esperándolo para golpearlo.

I didn't know English.

I didn't know what they were saying.

So I don't know if it was a bad word or a good word.

So I would just like fight.

My ma just got tired of me, like... She was like, you need to do something.

That's when I started boxing.

My trainer, Lupin, he put me to spar literally like the first week.

He basically took care of me.

He's like my dad.

He's the one that made me.

Esa persona me enderezo a Andy en total.

Lupin lo regañaba y le decía “tienes que portarte bien, respetar a tu mama” le decía.

Bueno, ha crecido en todo aspecto.

Porque ha progresado mucho en el boxeo y ha progresado mucho también a nivel de gente de la sociedad.

Since I was 12 years old.

All my fights hes been in my corner.

I used to like be in the streets I don't think it was good for me Im just glad like, I started boxing.

His climb up the ladder in the amateur ranks here in New York was very limited due to his residency, that he wasn't quite a citizen.

So therefore he was allowed to compete and allowed to do certain tournaments.

He would fight in the finals, beat the guy, and yet that kid, the one that he just finished beating would move on and do the bigger tournament, the national tournament, the international tournaments.

I spoke to my team, like Nelson and my coach.

So were talking to a manager, and, like, we just going to see.

I don't think I have, like, another choice but to go pro and so it's time for me, like, to move up to the next level.

I recognize a lot of elite talent.

And because I've been around it, I realize that Andy is one of them.

I recognize that in very few people and I've been around sports most of my life because I worked for Nike for a long time, and I've been around elite athletes.

I knew that I wanted to help Andy gain a world title, because I felt like he had the talent to do that, and I also knew that would be hard for him in the beginning to get a foundation on building up these fights.

You really need a huge team around you to create those fights.

Make those fights happen for you, help you get sponsors, and help them along so that they can develop their talent.

Everybody dreams of that green belt, you know, the WBC belt.

And that's you know, that's my goal.

But now I'm like, even if like, I dont make it far, its just like I feel like I accomplished something in life, you know?

When was the last time?

The last time we walked in the park was, um... You remember, remember we took a picture.

Oh it was that day we got rained in?

We met at Mendez Boxing.

We were friends for a long time.

My dad was a big fan of Andy.

He always talked about how like, he's gonna be someone great.

They had a lot of things in common, the way they both crossed over.

Both grew up with single moms, so they bonded a lot because of that.

My dad saw him as his own son.

I had found someone that, like, completed me.

I grew up with the idea that one day my mom might not be here and I had the option to either stay here, which they encouraged, or go back to Mexico with her.

And then she got her papers and now everything's okay... But now this is happening again with Andy.

En nuestro próximo combate, los peso mosca pactado a cuatro rounds, Andy Domínguez de México, frente a Jonathan Correa de Puerto Rico.

A la izquierda con pantalón rojo y vivos, blancos y verdes, el mexicano Andy Domínguez.

The first fight was obviously virtual because it was during the pandemic and there was no spectators allowed.

When you watch Andy, it's not boring.

This kid throws combinations.

He's a volume puncher.

He's constantly taking angles.

Hemos tenido.

Muy buena pelea.

Si, esta noche, excelente.

He does it in such a graceful way that even though he is the aggressor, it looks good.

Fíjense qué buena derecha.

Despite the guy sometimes being bigger than him because he's a very small guy.

He just makes that bigger guy look like the little guy.

It's incredible what he does.

He doesn't just come and throw punches.

He hits you, he moves, he hits you again.

Hes back this way... He's constantly keeping people like on their toes.

He gets mean and cocky and arrogant in the ring, only in the ring.

He becomes this street fighter.

There's flashes of violence in him that you need to survive in the ring.

He's not like that at all afterwards.

He's not like that at all before.

Good, I mean, she's always in my except for my last fight.

She couldnt come, but now she's here.

Uh Next?

We gonna see, we gonna wait, but Im gonna talk to my manager, my my two managers Thank you, Andy.

We look forward to seeing you again.

Thank you.

What they want me to do is just get ranked up quick and they will take me to Japan.

Yeah.

Ooh.

Japan's big for little guys.

Yeah, it's all up to them, honestly.

Oh, whoever, like I end up fighting.

I could fight the number one, beat the number one.

I'll be number Yeah?

No?

Right.

I dont even know.

I don't know how that works.

Honestly.

Yeah.

What they want me to do is, I mean, just get ranked up quick and, see if, like, a promoter could do something faster, like... Yeah, yeah, I should be fine.

Its all patience.

When Marcelino flew me here, it was literally my first time, uh on a plane.

I had my Mexican passport.

And I literally, like, was lit... I was panicking, it was my first time.

Ive been eating good.

Ive just been slowing down at night.

At night is when Im like... You know what?

His body, his metabolism, It's going fast.

Lo vi entrenar y sé que él tenía algo, esa hambre.

Lo que más me interesó para trabajar con él fue el tema de inmigrantes, porque yo soy inmigrante, o sea, con papeles, pero vengo de otro país y sé lo difícil que es hacer un camino en un país donde no eres.

Andy needs to be with other elite level people in order to develop his talent.

It's just that simple.

It's impossible to do that on your own.

I started training with Salas.

He's one of the best Cuban trainers.

My manager put me with him for my professional career.

Bueno, mi primer pensamiento de Andy, yo le dije a él que verdaderamente el mercado de de los pesos donde él puede pelear está entre el ciento ocho (108) y ciento diez y ocho (118) libras.

En ese límite todos los peleador con potencia, están en Asia Muchos peleadores filipinos, muchos peleadores tailandeses, muchos peleadores japoneses, indonesios.

Es decir que todo se ha acumulado en la parte asiática en los pesos pequeños.

He can do 108.

I think you can take him all the way down to 100, but 110 he should be able to do good.

His weight class.

It's a rare weight class.

You know, I think that there are 32 flyweights in the US.

The bad news is theres 32 flyweights in the US.

The good news is it's going to be a short path to a belt.

Andy is definitely a star.

His career is continuing to move fast, but he still is undocumented, and his application is in process.

He gets really quiet before fights.

Very to himself.

I know he knows how hard certain chapters of his life were, and it's motivation for him.

And I think that's where he lets everything out.

Ponte vivo y mueve la cabeza.

Whether its getting his status through his mother or getting his status through his... now two year marriage to an American citizen.

It's going to take more than a year.

Andy, Andy, Andy... You might hear a lot of people screaming my name.

Honestly, like, everything just shuts down.

Like, I cant explain how I feel All I'm paying attention is to my opponent.

I'm thinking of winning.

Por decision unanimo.

By unanimous decision Andy Dominguez!

My lawyer keeps telling me... “Youre gonna get your papers soon.” The unfortunate part about a lot of cases is that, the person who's applied or their family, they don't have a lot of information about what was filed.

Particularly cities like New York have a backlog just because of the amount of applicants in the city.

And the office resources are not... that equipped to file so many cases.

That instability can be debilitating.

And so it is amazing to me that he retains his positivity.

If anything, it may fuel him to work harder.

He handles it very well.

His record needs to continue to develop because these are years that we can't waste away.

We are working on his opponent right now and... it doesn't look like a great opponent.

It's a perfunctory opponent.

He will do the rounds with him and will likely win.

The opponent has a good record.

But Andy, right now in his career, he needs the rounds.

Yankiel Rivera in the black.

Dominguez in the white and blue.

Dominguez doesn't have the speed but he has good timing.

He likes to surprise opponents.

I do get nervous.

You can say scared because... nobody would like to lose, especially in a pro fight.

On the inside Rivera.

Unfortunately for Andy Dominguez it sure looks like he punched himself out in that last round.

Great ending to this fight.

And you can see the frustration in the face of Andy Dominguez.

He had it in the ninth round.

He let it go.

It'd be times I do want to give up.

Its just so hard.

Like I never had a father.

And sometimes, like, I don't know who to talk to.

Andys always been a very happy person.

And I think she likes to recall the happy times in his life.

That's the side he wants people to see.

I don't know how he felt like not having his mom around for a few years when his mom came over from Mexico, but I know he knew that he was going to reunite with her eventually.

I think about my mom.

She didn't come here for like, for no reason.

She didnt brought me here for no reason.

And, I want to become someone.

I want to make my mom proud.

A los hijos se les ve siempre que van ha ser unas personas grandes.

Y bueno, en Andy, yo me di cuenta que él era una persona y que él puede llegar a donde él quiere porque es su su atrevimiento, su valor, y lo lleva hasta donde él quiere.

Boxing made me grow up.

Made me think about things like who you really want to be.

I want you to know who I am.

And honestly, like, I don't have a bad record.

I'm not a criminal.

So, all I want to tell you, just like.

I wasn't born here.

That's it.

He wants to be world champion.

It's really in that journey of reaching for your dream and being able to actively pursue your dream.

We are married.

But honestly, like, it's all a waiting game just to get that letter in the mail.

But at the end of the day, like it's not up to me.

Hopefully by the end of the year I'll get my papers.

Once I'm in the ring, just everything goes away like you have no choice but to fight.

Born in Mexico City, Mexico.

But representing his home New York City, Andy Dominguez!