Alexis Rocha says he had to duck gunshots while training in Santa Ana

Boxer Alexis Rocha says gunfire outside the gym was part of training when he was coming up in Santa Ana.

In a Juice Unlocked podcast clip posted April 11, 2026, Rocha described a time when, as the post put it, different neighborhoods were going at it. His coach would send the team out on runs, he said, and when shooting broke out the fighters ran back inside the gym, ducked down and waited for police to clear them to leave.

Where it happened

The gym named in the clip is TKO Boxing Club. It is described as being off Center and McFadden, in a community center, and still there. The transcript calls it Jerome Center; the post's caption places Rocha's training at Jerome Park.

"That's the hood right there," one of the men at the table said of the area.

“Coach would make us run as a team and then fools would be shooting at each other outside.”

'A lot of times like that'

Rocha said it was not a one-time scare. "There's been a lot of times like that," he said, and the post's caption says it happened often.

Someone at the table called it "a really active part of Santa Ana."

“We had to run inside the gym, duck down and just stay there until, like, the police came and gave us a clear.”

“There's been a lot of times like that.”