Kategori Arkiv: boksning
Top USA amateur boxers adjusting to life without fights & waiting another year for Olympics show
Ulykkelig fødselsdag kommer til den ubesejrede letvægtsprospekt Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz
WORCESTER, Masse. (April 15, 2020) - Selv i hans vildeste drømme, ubesejret World Boxing Council (WBC) Ungdoms verdensmester i letvægtJamaine “Teknikeren” Ortiz (13-0, 7 KOS) aldrig kunne have forestillet sig, at hans 24th fødselsdag, senere i denne måned, ville falde smack midt i en verdensomspændende sundhedspandemi
Når han vender sig om 24 april 28th, Ortiz regnede med, at han ville forberede sig til træningslejr med en forårskampdato sat, sandsynligvis forsvare sin WBC Youth World-titel for at kæmpe for et regionalt bælte af en slags.
Han troede bestemt ikke, at boksning ville blive forbudt over hele verden, fitnesscentre lukket af et statsmandat, og folk iført ansigtsmasker og plasthandsker, som om de er i en Sci-Fi-film. Og, at starte, hans job som autoriseret tømrer sluttede lukket butik i fredags. Som alle andre i Bay State.
Ortiz er dybest set selvkarantene derhjemme, selvom han stadig løber, uddannelse, spise godt og gøre alt andet for at opretholde anstændig form. Ikke elite bokseform, selv, hvilket simpelthen ikke er muligt i disse begrænsende og prøvende tider.
I stedet for sparring, han skygger boksning, springtov har erstattet pad-arbejde med sine undervisere, Rocky Gonzalez ogCarlos Garcia, og nu fungerer hans stue som hansgym.
Tiderne er blevet dramatisk ændret, faktisk, endda fejrer fødselsdage, som Jamaine fuldt ud forstår og accepterer.
”Jeg tror ikke, min fødselsdag bliver anderledes,”Sagde Ortiz. ”Jeg bruger det normalt alene med min mor og datter (4-årige Amira) og i år vil det sandsynligvis ikke være anderledes. Jeg kan ikke komme i en hel masse sparringrunder, som jeg normalt beder om (griner) som gaver fra nogle af mine venner. “
Heldigvis, selv, Ortiz var i stand til at kæmpe i sidste februar 28 i sin første handling i seks måneder, overskrift på et CES-boksefremmet kort derhjemme i Worcester, Massachusetts, hvor han registrerede en imponerende afbrydelse af den mexicanske knockout-specialist i anden runde"Skør" Luis Ronaldo Castillo (22-6, 17 KOS), en tidligere WBC FECOMBOX letvægtsmester.
Ortiz, aktuelt vurderet som nr. 16 af det nordamerikanske bokseforbund (NABF), stræber efter at gå på medicinsk skole, når han har hængt hans handsker op for godt, at blive læge / forsker. Han læser meget om medicin, især holistiske behandlinger, og han mener, at han måske allerede har haft coronavirus.
”Fem uger før min sidste kamp,”Forklarede han, ”Jeg var på hospitalet med en temperatur på 104,5. Næsten alle jeg kendte var syge, min bedstemor havde lungebetændelse. Jeg bliver aldrig rigtig syg. Jeg fik influenza i syv år uden problemer. Jeg fik hoste, også. Jeg følte, at jeg skulle dø. Jeg kan ikke med sikkerhed sige, at jeg havde coronavirus (der var ingen test tilgængelig dengang), men jeg har lyst til, at jeg måske har haft det. ”
Ortiz vil være klar til natten, hvor ringeklokken endelig lyder igen. ”Jeg håber at kæmpe igen i juli eller august, men, uanset hvornår boksning vender tilbage, Jeg er klar til at gå.
”Dette er alvorligt, smitsom sygdom. Folk skal bruge sund fornuft: vask hænder, forblive adskilt med seks fod, og blive hjemme, især ældre og mennesker med åndedrætsbesvær. Tag ikke unødvendige risici eller panik, enten. Dette er ikke verdens ende!"
SHOWTIME BOXING WITH ERIC RASKIN AND KIERAN MULVANEY PODCAST FEATURES PROMOTER DMITRIY SALITA AND HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER OTTO WALLIN AS HE DISCUSSES HIS BOUT WITH COVID-19
Mere, Steve Farhood Breaks Down Some Of The Fiercest Rematches In Boxing History
Click Below To Listen To Latest Installment Of SHOWTIME BOXING PODCAST
NEW YORK – April 14, 2020 – This week’s installment of the digital podcast seriesSHOWTIME BOXING WITH ERIC RASKIN AND KIERAN MULVANEY features heavyweight contender Otto Wallin, who recently recovered from COVID-19, and promoter Dmitriy Salita in an interview about life in quarantine and the effect the virus has had on the sport of boxing. Mere, Hall of Fame analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood joins this week’sRevenge: The Rematchessegment to discuss Azumah Nelson vs. Jesse James Leija II, Gerald McClellan vs. Julian Jackson II, and Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Frankie Randall II. Click the following link to listen to the full episode, https://s.sho.com/3bkvFp1.
Excerpts from the episode:
On COVID-19 and its effect on the sport of boxing…
Ord – “It’s a really unpredictable environment right now. Boxing is an international sport. Now more than ever, fighters come to the U.S. from all over to train and fight. It’s really important that the whole world heals so that things can go back to normal.”
Wallin – “This virus is very serious. People are dying – people from the gym have died. I didn’t have many symptoms when I had it, but it spread to my mother’s boyfriend who is a diabetic and he was very ill. When you are home, don’t just stay on the couch. You have to come up with ideas to keep yourself busy and do something.”
On staying in shape during quarantine…
Wallin – “I am trying to make the best of the situation, and I can do a lot with what I have now. It’s working alright. I do some boxing punching on the wall and lots of shadow boxing.”
On Salita Promotions’ Train Like a Boxer YouTube Series…
Ord – “We were thinking of ways to keep connections between the fighters and the fans. Everyone is stuck at home, no one can go to work and it’s important to stay healthy and active. We thought we could let the fans know about what the fighters are doing at home and keep communication between everyone going.”
On what’s next for Wallin…
Ord – “In the fight with [Tyson] Fury you can see how amazing his performance was. Numbers don’t lie, Otto landed more punches against Fury than any opponent including [Vladimir] Klitschko and [Deontay] Wilder –in the first fight. Otto is a world-class fighter, and hopefully we get back to business and he can show that he is one of the best heavyweights in the world.”
On Chavez vs. Randall II…
Farhood – “I think it was a sign Chavez was getting to the end, he was only 31 but he had 90 fights and I think Randall got him at the right time. Watching Randall in both fights boxing so well reminded me a bit of Buster Douglas against [Mike] Tyson. This guy didn’t give you anything to think he could do something like this – just boxing beautifully. I thought Randall probably deserved the rematch decision by a point, but it was a very close fight.”
The weekly SHOWTIME BOXING podcast features Raskin and Mulvaney diving deep into the world of boxing and SHOWTIME boxing events. New episodes are released on all major podcast platforms every Monday, including Radio.com.
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New York State Boxing HOF & Ring 8 establish fund to assist boxers and boxing personnel in New York
NEW YORK (April 1, 2020) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) og Ring 8 jointly announced today a partnership to establish a COVID-19 fund to assist New York and New Jersey boxers and boxing personnel who are in financial need during the coronavirus pandemic.
Any boxing personnel (boksere, undervisere, cut-men, etc.) who are independent contractors and live in New York or New Jersey may apply for monetary assistance by filling out a request form posted atwww.NYBoxingHOF.org ogwww.Ring8tv,med, or request a form atfightpublicist@gmail.com to be directly emailed.
All applicants must be licensed (NYSAC, NJSAC or USA Boxing) and forms must be submitted to NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy by email (depcomish@aol.com) or call him (1.516.313.2304) with the required information.
“Gyms are closed, and boxing has been suspended indefinitely,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy said. “Most boxing trainers, cut-men and other boxing personnel are independent contractors, so they do not have any income right now during this pandemic. They have families to support, rent to pay, food to put on the table, and other critical expenses. We want to help them by establishing this fund. We’re not in the position to give each applicant a large stipend, but we are able to provide a small payment to temporarily help them a little bit. We’re committed to doing this for the month of April, at the very least, and then we’ll will revisit extending payments until boxing returns, as long as there is money available in this fund. It’s the right thing to do!"
“Ring 8 is furthering our goals to assist boxers and boxing people in New York during this crisis,” Ring 8 president Charlie Norkus, Jr. added. “It has been our mission since the very beginning. We are pleased to join the New York Boxing Hall of Fame in this endeavor.”