Roshii was one of the toughest kid's in the gym,and very likable,my family and I consider him one of the family and alway's will.I had the honor of not only coaching him,but being his friend.He would plow through whoever got in the ring with him,total domination.He was a champ in and out of the ring,it's no wonder he advanced as far as he did.I remember one year ,we had taken him to the junior olympic's in San Antonio where he [of course] made it to the final's.Anyway he had lost his mouth piece which is a no-no.because keeping your gear together is part of being discipline,anyway Martin Ortiz his head coach got on him about ,almost bringing him to tear's.When he got into the ring to fight for the gold,against a real tough kid Roshii gave that boy such a whipping,the ref. was'nt even safe in there,needless to say he won the gold..which is what Roshii was made of.I still have video of some of his fight's.You're now in the arm's of Jesus see you again David Gallardo...e-mail d.gallardo77@yahoo.com

I hadn't seen you since High School but I thought of you from time to time and then I heard this horrible news. You were humble back in the day and a good friend, always there...just a real human being to your core.

My prayers to you and your family