The walls of the Wild Card Boxing Club are adorned with images of the champions who have called this place home.
Manny Pacquiao. Miguel Cotto. James Toney. Johnny Tapia.
Under their unmoving stares, Marvin Somodio held out a pair of mitts that absorb rapid sequences of thudding punches.
Somodio has worked with several world champion boxers. On this particular day, he was training Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
From a southpaw stance, Gonzalez delivered two left uppercuts in succession. Then, a left uppercut followed by a right hook. With every blow Gonzalez landed, Somodio's mitts boomed.