Miami (Feb. 9, 2015) – Yav tas los Cuban Olympian Robert Alfonso tau kos npe rau ib daim ntawv cog lus nrog managerial Si Star'S SHS Boxing Management. Lub 28-xyoo-laus Heavyweight prospect, uas yog undefeated nyob rau hauv plaub kev sib ntaus, lub neej nyob rau hauv Miami qhov chaw uas nws yog kawm los ntawm qub tub rog Orlando Cuellar.
“Kuv zoo siab heev thiab txaus siab yuav tsum tau ua hauj lwm nrog Si thiab Orlando,” Alfonso nyuam qhuav pab nyob nruab nrab ntawm cov kev cobqhia. “Kuv optimistic txog kuv yav tom ntej thiab npaj yuav coj kom zoo dua ntawm no kuj zoo kawg lub sij hawm los tau kuv lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov undisputed Heavyweight zus ib ntawm lub ntiaj teb no. Kuv tsis tau muaj ib tug zoo saib xyuas thiab tus kws qhia tau txais kuv mus nyob rau hauv txoj cai coj kom txog thaum tam sim no.”
Lub 6′ 5″, 235-phaus Alfonso yog ib tug zais kub uas yog ntxiv nws ib txwm nyob teb chaws tus txaus siab Heavyweight kev lig kev cai, tsim los ntawm lub caij Teofilo Stevenson thiab nqa on by Felix Savon. Alfonso’s classic style reminds some of Hall of Fame-bound Riddick Bowe.
Ib tug dai kom zoo nkauj pib xyaum ua boxer, Alfonso mus txog lub semifinals ntawm lub 2004 Lub ntiaj teb no Junior Championships, tom qab ua teb chaws Cuba lub Tsis. 1 super Heavyweight los ntawm defeating Michel Lopez Núñez nyob rau hauv lub 2007 thiab 2008 Cuban National Boxing Championships.
Nyob rau ntawm lub prestigious Yias American ua si nyob rau hauv Rio, Alfonso yuav ib tug kub puav pheej los ntawm beating Brazilian Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, 4-0, in the semifinals and Colombian Oscar Rivas, 8-4, nyob rau hauv lub championship kawg. Norgueira mus ua ib tug tov- martial arts-hnub qub nyob rau hauv lub UFC thiab kev txaus siab, thaum lub sij hawm Rivas, ib tug Colombian Olympian uas tam sim no nyob rau hauv Canada, yog ib tug 15-0 (10 Kos) Heavyweight nyob rau hauv lub pro ibyam.
Alfonso yeej txiav txim tshaj United States Olympic super Heavyweight Michael Hunter, Jr., 9-1, tsim nyog txais lub 2008 Olympics.
“Raws li feem ntau cov neeg nyob rau hauv boxing paub,” Nyaum commented, “Kuv twb tau muab kev koom tes nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv rau ib tug heev thaum lub sij hawm thiab tau pom ib tug xov tooj ntawm cov tub ntxhais zoo fighters. It’s rare to sign a management contract with someone like Robert Alfonso. He’s in perfect heavyweight shape his background as an amateur in Cuba is remarkable. Txawm hais tias nws yog undefeated raws li ib tug pro, nws yuav tsum tau ib tug thawj-class tus kws qhia zoo li Orlando, uas tau kawm champions zoo li Glen Johnson thiab Orlando raves txog Robert lub neej yav tom ntej. Kuv ntseeg tiag tiag hais tias nws muaj tag nrho cov cuab yeej thiab lub plawv mus rau lub sab saum toj ntawm lub Heavyweight faib heev sai sai. Kuv xav tias zoo txog nws yav tom ntej.”
Alfonso lub kev ua hauj lwm lawm kuj qeeb los tsim vim hais tias nws yog ib tug dawb tus neeg sawv cev uas tsis kho raws rau lub tebchaws United States kom txog thaum 2011. Nws ua nws debut pro Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 7, 2012, winning ib plaub-round kev txiav txim siab tshaj Robert Murray nyob rau hauv Kissimmee. Alfonso tau yeej tag nrho plaub ntawm nws pro fights, nrog rau nws thawj rau-round sib ntau sib tw ib xyoos nyob rau hauv nws cov nag txiav txim rau yav tas los unbeaten Zakki Scott (4-0) nyob rau hauv Maryland.
Teb chaws Cuba-haiv neeg Cuellar, perhaps best known for training world champions Glen Johnson thiab Luis DeValle, kuj kawm khub countrymen ntawm nws thiab Alfonso lub xws li YourkisGamboa, Juan Carlos Gomez thiab Yan Barthelemy, nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd mus rau nws tam sim no unbeaten ntiaj teb no teeb Heavyweight contender Yunieski Gonzalez. “Robert yog ib tug heev dai kom zoo nkauj Cuban pib xyaum ua uas yeej kub medals nyob rau ntau tournaments thiab nws yog ib tug Olympian,” Cuellar hais tias. “Nws yog ib tug cev ib yam ntawm 6′ 5″, 235 phaus. Kuv qhia kuv tua hluav taws mus poob thiab tso lawv tw thiab peb nyob nraum ua hauj lwm nyuaj ces nws yuav ua li ntawd nyob rau hauv nws sib ntaus. Robert tsheb ciav hlau nyuaj thiab yog ntse. Kuv heev rau nws.”
SHS Management lub boxing neeg kuj muaj xws li peb-lub sij hawm, ob-faib lub ntiaj teb no yeej Randall “KO King” Bailey, Heavyweight Sherman “Tank” Williams, Middleweight Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw thiab Welterweight Damian “Kuv Muaj Yuav kom” Frias. |
