Anthony Serrano
Boy Says SoCal Boxing Coach Raped Him
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM, Courthouse News Service
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) – A boxing coach raped a 14-year-old student and kept photos of the rape in his home, the boy claims in court.
John Doe sued Anthony Serrano, the Undisputed Champ Boxing Club, Orange County, and the Orange County Youth Commission, claiming Serrano sexually assaulted him at Serrano’s home, at the club and during boxing trips. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 12CF2119: March 29, 2013
SANTA ANA – A boxing coach was convicted and sentenced today to two years in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for sexually assaulting two 14-year-old boys, whom he met through a Santa Ana boxing club. Anthony Serrano, 45, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to the court to four felony counts of lewd acts on a child. The defendant was facing a maximum sentence of five years in state prison.
At the time of the crimes, Serrano worked as a boxing coach at Santa Ana Boxing Club. Serrano met both of his victims through the boxing club. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney
Press Release, For Immediate Release: July 17, 2012
Contacts: Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
BOXING COACH TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR MOLESTING TWO 14-YEAR-OLD BOYS IN HIS SANTA ANA HOME
SANTA ANA – A boxing coach will be arraigned today for sexually assaulting two 14-year-old boys, whom he met through a Santa Ana boxing club. Anthony Serrano, 45, Santa Ana, is charged with four felony counts of lewd acts on a child and faces a maximum sentence of five years in state prison if convicted. The People will be requesting Serrano be held on $200,000 bail at his arraignment today, Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined. Continue reading
Local sports legend Anthony Serrano, the head of the Santa Ana Boxing Club, has been arrested, according to the OC Weekly. The official press release about this arrest has not yet been issued by the Orange County District Attorney’s office. According to the Weekly, the “police arrested Serrano on charges that he sexually abused one of his boxers.”
Serrano has run the Santa Ana Boxing Club for the last ten years and is listed on their contact page. The boxing club is part of the Orange County Youth Commission, which “was launched in 1997 by Rosemarie Avila and a group of concerned community members who recognized the needs of children in high-poverty areas of Orange County and wanted to make a difference in their lives,” according to their website. Continue reading