Courtesy photo Nashua PAL Boxer of the Year Christian Moura.

NASHUA – The Nashua PAL (Police Athletic League) announced that its 2022 PAL Boxer of the Year is Christian Moura.

Moura, along with PAL’s athletes of the year in football, basketball, cheerleading and boys and girls cross country – as well as youth and adult awardees in coaching, volunteering, and policing – will be honored at the 2022 Night of Champions on Sept. 15 at Nashua’s Holman Stadium.

Formerly known as the “PAL Sports Dinner” at Conway Arena, this year’s event has been relocated to Holman Stadium.

Ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities for the PAL Night of Champions support PAL’s educational, athletic, and enrichment programs for Greater Nashua’s at-risk youth.

Moura, a 2017 graduate of Hollis Brookline High School, was introduced to amateur boxing when he joined the PAL Boxing Club in as a sixth grader.

He has trained there under coach Muhammed Brooks through many ups and downs, including a serious concussion (playing JV soccer for HBHS as a high school sophomore), and two shoulder surgeries which became necessary during his time training and competing in intercollegiate club boxing.

During his junior and senior years in high school, Moura competed in the Novice Class of the New England Golden Gloves tournaments in 2016 and 2017. He continued boxing after high school graduation while enrolled for at the University of Massachusetts, training and competing for two years with the UMass Boxing Club.

This has been a big year for Moura. He won the 125-pound Open Class championship in the Central New England Golden Gloves tournament, advancing to the New England Golden Gloves tourney, where he was the 125-pound runner up.

He plans to compete later this year in the United States Boxing Association New England Championships as well as the Rocky Marciano Tournament of Champions in Bridgewater, Mass.

“Christian is a very hard worker both in the gym and in his personal lif,” Brooks said. “Despite his ups and downs he remains dedicated to the gym and to the sport. He is one of those boxers that sticks out in the gym, always asking questions and eager to learn new techniques.

“He has endured so many injuries, but continues to push forward to turn his goals into realities.”

Moura is employed as a personal trainer at Title Boxing Club and Veritas Performance Training, both in Nashua.

Tickets are available at nashuapal.com/events; call 594-3733; or email Jen@nashuapal.com. For more information on Nashua PAL, visit

www.nashuapal.com.

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