About us
Birth
Cleto Reyes Castro was born in Mexico City on April 26, 1920. , full time of national reconstruction after 10 years of Revolutionary struggle. Due to the difficult economic situation of his family, At the age of 12, he began working in a saddlery workshop. in which baseball items were manufactured.
In 1936, while studying elementary school in front of the Arena Peralvillo Cozumel, his great love of boxing was born. In 1 938 Cleto Reyes managed to participate in an amateur tournament, offering such a good fight that it motivated the public to throw coins into the ring; but the blows received were enough to persuade him not to fight again. However, he decided to fix the gloves he used during the fight, thus starting glove making.
Later he obtained the approval of the Box Commission of the Federal District, and in the year 1945 Cleto Reyes' gloves were used for the first time in a World Championship. "The Countess's Arena" It was the scene of the fight between the second Mexican champion Juan Zurita and Ike Williams.
brand emergence
This year was very important, since Don Cleto decided to become independent, always counting on the help of his wife and children.
In 1965 it had its first representative in the City of Los Angeles, who began to distribute his articles in the most important places in the United States of America and other countries.
It was in 1970 that Alberto Reyes, son of Don Cleto, joined his father's efforts with a business vision, registering the Cleto Reyes brand in 1975 and founding in 1979 what is now Industria Reyes, SA de CV
