El Baby Bull Radio Show

Juan Diaz Ken Garcia Enrique Vasquez Eddie Bloise Alex Parra Brian Caldwell

Former unified WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO Lightweight World Champion, Juan Diaz, began boxing at the age of 8. After a prolific amateur career where he earned 13 National Gold Medals, 2 National Silver Gloves Championships, and amassed a record of 105 wins with only 5 losses, Juan turned pro at age 16. In four short years, he became one of the youngest title holders in boxing history, arning his first world championship at the age of 20. Along the way, he fought the best in his division en route to six successful title defenses. By the age of 24, Juan had become the unified champion of the lightweight division.

Juan’s style of non-stop punching and relentless pressure earned him the nickname, “Baby Bull.” In 2009, Juan’s fight against Juan Manuel Marquez was voted “Fight of the Year” by ESPN.com, Ring Magazine, and the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Juan graduated from high school with honors and received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Houston-Downtown. When asked about the challenge of being a world champion boxer while excelling in school, Juan said, “I am a student first. Boxing is just my hobby.” Juan’s commitment to education continues. He actively supports Houston’s local schools where he appears regularly and encourages students to attend classes and pursue their education.

Our resident boxing expert, Ken Garcia, brings a real fight fan's perspective to sports radio. As a proud Mexican-American from Detroit, Ken grew up following the great fighters of the era including his favorites, Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran, and Salvador Sanchez. Ken graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Houston Bauer College of Business.

Ken takes you behind the scenes to share the latest in up-to-the-minute boxing news, rumors, and results. Who is better? Who is overrated? Who is the pound-for-pound best? Regardless of the issue, Ken never is at a loss for words when debating boxing's hot topics.

Enrique began his sports broadcasting career in 1992 as color commentator on the Houston Oilers Spanish radio broadcasts, serving in that role until the 1995 season. His experience as NFL broadcaster continued with a stint as play by play announcer for Fox Sports America's NFL game of the week broadcasts highlighted by his call of Super Bowls XXXI and XXXII to a cable viewing audiences from Mexico to all of Central and South America. From 1998 to 2001, Enrique served as color commentator on Cadena de Plate, the Dallas Cowboys International Spanish radio network. He also served as play-by-play announcer on the network for select preseason games. The return of the NFL to Houston in 2002 brought Enrique back to the Space City to serve as color commentator on the Houston Texans Spanish radio broadcast. Enrique now enters his 10 th season in that position and is also a regular contributor to houstontexans.com.

Enrique is a Radio TV and Film graduate from Sam Houston State University.

Enrique currently co-hosts El Baby Bull Show, and Voces del Deporte, a daily one hour radio show that covers all the local teams and domestic sports leagues. Both shows are broadcast live on 1180 AM ESPN Deportes Radio Houston

Enrique served for three years as associate producer for Texas Gameday/Gameday Rivals – a weekly syndicated college football program that covers Big XII Football with an emphasis on the University of Texas Longhorns Football program.

With Fox Sports America, Enrique served as Senior Producer and play-by-play man for the network’s NCAA Men's basketball tournament including the 1995-1997 Final Four tournaments.

For five seasons starting in 2006, Enrique served as Senior Producer and host of Contacto con los Astros, the official Houston Astros Spanish language television program. The show was also the first Spanish language program to air on Fox Sports Net Houston.

In 2008, Enrique also served as producer for the first ever Houston Astros Spanish TV game broadcasts. The 14 game broadcast schedule was an original production completely in Spanish originating live from Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros.

A Houston native, Eddie is a graduate of the University of Houston where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Administration. He played professional soccer in Mexico and Argentina and has professional certifications from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Since 1999, Eddie has been a professional youth soccer trainer in competitive city soccer clubs. His teams have earned championships at the state, regional, and national levels. Eddie is the engineer of the El Baby Bull Show on ESPN Deportes 1180 AM in Houston.

Alex Parra has been involved in the presentation of professional sporting events for over 15 years. He got his start working for both English and Spanish language news departments in the Houston market. Alex went on to work as producer and commentator with Fox Sports Latin America, now known as Fox Deportes. He has been involved in the presentation of various events including: SuperBowl XXXI, NCAA Final Four, US Open Tennis, Wimbledon, Australian Open, Bundesliga Football and NCAA Basketball. Beyond his work in the sports broadcasting, Alex is the president of PTS Media, which serves as a Marketing and Public Relations agency specializing in the Latino market in the United States. PTS Media also serves as a agent representative of US based companies in the Oil and Gas Industry in Mexico and Latin America. Alex has been involved in the sport of Soccer for over 25 years, as a player, trainer and administrator.

Alex received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Spanish from the University of Houston.

PTS Media in partnership with Baby Bull Sports and Entertainment represent the commercial and merchandising interests of Four Time World Boxing Champion, Juan Diaz.
For 2 years Alex served as commentator for Fox Sports Latin America coverage of the PGA Tour, including coverage of the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and World Golf Championships.

For 9 years Alex served as commentator and producer for the Official Spanish Language radiobroadcasts of the NBA Houston Rockets.
Alex was executive producer and presenter for Contacto Con Los Astros, which was the Official Spanish Language TV program of the MLB Houston Astros. Contacto Con Los Astros was the first and only Spanish Language program broadcast on Fox Sports Net Southwest and Fox Sports Net Houston.
For 2 seasons (2009-2010) Alex was commentator for the Official Spanish Language Radio broadcasts for the MLS Houston Dynamo.
Currently Alex is executive producer and commentator for 2 Radio programs broadcast on ESPN Deportes Radio Houston; Voces del Deporte and El Baby Bull Show.
Alex has been instrumental in the brokering of sponsorship agreements with several professional sports teams in Houston.
PTS Media has been instrumental in the securing of several major natural gas compression contracts on behalf of US based companies (Valerus, Hanover, etc.) with Pemex in Mexico.
As a volunteer, Alex has served on the board of directors of HFW National Soccer Club and West Houston Soccer Club.

With over twenty years of experience, Brian is an industry leader in the field of professional athletic training. Regarded as one of the top strength and conditioning coaches in the sport of boxing, Brian's clientsinclude four-time Lightweight World Champion Juan Diaz, Olympic Silver Medalist Rocky Juarez, former World Champion Kermit Cintron, amateur standout and Interim World Champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, and highly regarded prospects, Mike Lee and Jermel Charlo.

After earning his B.S. and M.S in Physiology from Northwest Missouri State and Oklahoma State University, Brian moved to Houston to train professional athletes. He is active in the community and supports the athletic development of amateur soccer and baseball players, and he runs several annual youth camps devoted to health and fitness.

Brian is a two-time Houston Golden Glove Champion, and the President of Baby Bull Sports & Entertainment.

February 2012 // EBBS now airing weekly on ESPN Deportes Radio!