(JAN 18) When amateur boxer Joscelyn Olayo-Munoz, first found her passion for boxing was when her stepfather began teaching her how to defend herself.  Jos was only four years old when she first started school in fear of much bigger kids picking on her.  He decided at that time to show Joscelyn how to throw straight punches, and a few other different punch combinations.

Low and behold, Joscelyn fell in love with the sport. She started informal training when she was five years old.  Little by little she began working on mitts with her stepdad in just about anywhere in the house.

When she turned just six years old, she started training at the Dona Ana Boxing Club.  She first began sparring at the age of six, and weighed only 43 lbs.!  With her natural propensity to be "bossy" in the household and in the boxing gym, she earned her ringname and nickname as "JOS THE BOSS!" 

In 2016, at the age of eight years old, she took on her first amateur boxing bout at the Golden Gloves Tournament in El Paso, Texas who was hosting the event.

At nine years old, Joscelyn was already ranked #1 in the nation, and was ranked #1 in the nation for three years in the Pee Wee and Bantam age division s in the 55, 60, 65, 70 and 75 lb., weight division.

Joscelyn has captured titles at the 2016 Desert Showdown in Indio, California, 2016 Battle of the 505 Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2016 UBG Breast Cancer Awareness All Female Tournament in Dallas, TX. She is also a three-time USA Boxing Western Qualifier Champion 2017, 2018 and 2019, three-time National Junior Olympics Champion (2019 she was named best female bantam boxer of the tournament), two-time USA National Champion 2017 and 2018 (2017 she was named best female bantam boxer of the tournament and she was the only amateur boxer in her state of New Mexico to win gold in this tournament), and one-time USA Boxing Easter Qualifier champion. August 2019 she competed in her 1st Beautiful Brawlers Event and won a hard-fought battle against last year’s champion and won the WBC Best Bantam Boxer.

In December of 2019 for the USA Boxing Nationals, Joscelyn moved up to the Intermediate age group and also moved up two weight classes. There she defeated the #1 seeded boxer and lost a close bout to the #2 seeded Boxer in the finals.

This was Jos’s first loss at a National Tournament. Her record is currently 23-3. She is motivated more than ever to move back up the rankings and will continue to be a force to be reckoned with in her division. Her first goal is to earn a spot on the Junior USA TEAM when she is old enough and one day qualify to represent the U.S. In the Olympics.

Lastly a special award that Joscelyn received was a Proclamation in 2017 for her first win at the Junior Olympic Nationals. In it stated that every October 11, will be "JOS THE BOSS" Day! 

WBAN will keep boxing fans updated ever so often on this rising star in the sport. 

We appreciate the support of these elite amateurs in the sport and just this week received some cool photos of Joscelyn wearing the WBAN Patch on her boxing gear. A special thank you to one of the top female amateur boxers in the sport for the photos!