 After some time as the head trainer at Arena Coliseo, his students would gain a reputation as having good prospects in the ring, if Velasco let them graduate they had to have a certain level of skill.Velasco was in the sport not for the money, but because he genuinely loved the sport, a sentiment he managed to pass along to most of his students.Even after an old hip injury forced Velasco to stop getting in the ring with his students he still oversaw and mentored everyone in his gym.