Miami (Feb. 9, 2015) – Owabe Olympian Cuban Robert Alfonso usayine inkontileka sabaphathi kanye Si Star'S SHS Boxing Management. Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-28 ubudala ithemba sosondonzima, ngubani Ezingakanqotshwa ukulwa ezine professional, izimpilo e Miami lapho aqeqeshwe umakadebona Orlando Cuellar.
“Ngijabule kakhulu futhi uyaziqhenya ngisebenza nge Si and Orlando,” Muva Alfonso aid phakathi ukuqeqeshwa sessions. “Nginombono omuhle ngekusasa lami sihlele ukuthatha leli thuba elikhulu wafinyelela umgomo wami wokuba ongenambangi iqhawe sosondonzima of the world. Angizange kwadingeka umphathi omuhle futhi nomqeqeshi ukuze uthole kimi uya endaweni efanele kuze kube manje.”
The 6′ 5″, 235-ganda Alfonso kuyigugu efihliwe ngubani uyaqhubeka isiko sosondonzima uyaziqhenya ezweni lakubo sika, esungulwe ngasekupheleni Teofilo Stevenson futhi eyenziwa Felix Savon. Alfonso’s classic style reminds some of Hall of Fame-bound Riddick Bowe.
A ahlobisa boxer amateur, Alfonso kwafinyelela semifinals of the 2004 World Junior Championships, kamuva eba No Cuba sika. 1 super wesibhakela kokunqoba Michel Lopez Nunez in the 2007 futhi 2008 Cuban National Boxing Championships.
At the yodumo Pan American Games in Rio, Alfonso ethumba indondo yegolide by eshaya Brazilian Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, 4-0, in the semifinals and Colombian Oscar Rivas, 8-4, in the final ubuqhawe. Norgueira waqhubeka abe exubile- bokulwa-arts star in the UFC and USUMENYEZELWE, ngenkathi Rivas, a Olympian Colombian manje osehlala eCanada, kuba a 15-0 (10 Kos) wesibhakela in the ezinhlwini pro.
Alfonso siwine phezu United States Olympic super sosondonzima Michael Hunter, Jr., 9-1, ukuze ufanelekele 2008 Olympics.
“Njengoba abantu abaningi boxing azi,” Stern amazwana, “Bengilokhu Lo mdlalo uyingozi isikhathi eside impela futhi nabona eziningi amasosha okuhle young. 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. Nakuba yena Ezingakanqotshwa njengoba pro, udinga nomqeqeshi-first class like Orlando, ngubani uye waqeqesha Champions like Glen Johnson and Orlando rave ngekusasa uRobert. Ngikholelwa ngempela anakho wonke amathuluzi kanye inhliziyo ukuya phezulu division sosondonzima ngokushesha kakhulu. Ngizizwa enkulu ngekusasa lakhe.”
Career Alfonso professional ubelokhu kuqhathaniswa slow ukuthuthukisa ngoba agent khulula ababengamkhulekeli sici United States kuze 2011. Wenza DEBUT yakhe pro December 7, 2012, ngokuwina isinqumo ezine-round phezu Robert Murray e Kissimmee. Alfonso lithumbe womane ukulwa kwakhe pro, kuhlanganise lokuqala ayisithupha-round wakhe iziqubu unyaka isenzo sakhe sokugcina ngaphambili unbeaten Zakki Scott (4-0) e Maryland.
Cuba-native Cuellar, perhaps best known for training world champions Glen Johnson futhi Luis DeValle, uye waqeqesha bakubo ka Alfonso wakhe futhi njengerula YourkisGamboa, Juan Carlos Gomez futhi Yan Barthelemy, ngaphezu kwakhe zamanje zezwe unbeaten ukukhanya sosondonzima Olwa Yunieski Gonzalez. “URobert waba a ahlobisa kakhulu amateur Cuban ophumelele igolide izindondo at tournaments ambalwa futhi kwaba an Olympian,” Cuellar wathi. “Nguye isifanekiso umzimba 6′ 5″, 235 amakhilogremu. I aqeqeshe fighters zami ukulahla futhi bayeke abaphikisi babo futhi sisebenza kanzima ukuze angakwazi ukwenza lokho kulwelwa yakhe. Robert siqeqesha kanzima futhi smart. Ngikhathazekile okusezingeni kakhulu kuye.”
Boxing amaklayenti SHS Management ihlanganisa emithathu-time, ezimbili-division emhlabeni iqhawe Randall “KO King” Bailey, wesibhakela Sherman “Tank” Williams, middleweight Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw futhi welterweight Damian “Kumele” Frias. |
