 (એલ આર) – બી.જે. ફ્લોરેસ & Shumenov Beibu  |
Flores is boxing’s all-purpose guy: બોક્સર, television color commentator, and trainer.
તેમના પિતા, Ralph Flores, was a military person who earned his “boxing coaching bones” દ્વારા Kenny Adams, head coach of the 1988 USA Boxing Olympic Team and assistant coach four years earlier. The ’88 USA Olympic Boxing Team included રોય જોન્સ, જુનિયર., Riddick Bowe, રે મર્સર, Andrew Maynard અને Kennedy McKinney.
BJ started going to the gym with his father when he was four. His grandfather and older brother were also boxers. “My father wasn’t a boxer, but he learned how to coach boxing from assisting Kenny Adams,” BJ explained. “He fell in love with boxing while working with Kenny and learned his way to teach boxing. Kenny is still like a grandfather to me.”
Flores also loved football and he was offered a full scholarship to attend Brigham Young University. He took two years off from BYU to serve a mission for The Church of Latter-day Saints in Mexico, where he lived in one of the poorest sections of Mexico in Culiacan. He began training there in the same gym where legendary જુલીઓ સેસર ચાવેઝ trained as a kid. Goodbye, ફૂટબૉલ.
એક નાનકડી બોક્સર તરીકે, Flores had a superlative 110-11 વિક્રમ, highlighted by gold-medal performances at the 1997 National Golden Gloves and 2000 Western Trials, in addition to the 2001 & 2002 US Championships as a heavyweight. He was the only American to win gold in 2002 ખાતે 4 Nations Tournament in Alabama versus Germany, France and Australia.
Flores targeted a berth on the 2004 USA Boxing Olympic Boxing Team, and he was a top contender, જો કે, he received an offer from Main Events to turn pro that BJ described as too lucrative to pass up.
“BJ’s decorated career as an amateur boxer, professional boxer, and broadcaster place him in a top tier of well-rounded USA Boxing Alumni,” said Chris Cugliari, યુએસએ બingક્સિંગ એલ્યુમની એસોસિએશનના ડિરેક્ટર. “His valuable experiences inside and outside the ring serve as great examples for the next generation of champions.”
Flores fought professionally from 2003 માટે 2018, compiling a solid 34-4-1 (21 કોસ) વિક્રમ, including three major World title challenges, both as a heavyweight and cruiserweight. He captured eight regional titles, as well as the IBA and WBF World super cruiserweight championships.
During his boxing career, network officials discovered that he was a gifted boxer, as well as well-spoken, handsome and knowledgeable with a smooth delivery. More than anything else, he could effectively break down fighters and fights and instead of only noting what had happened, he explained why and what was going to happen for fans watching.
ફૂલો’ break as an announcer came, according to BJ, after his 2008 fight against Darnell Wilson live on ESPN. “I was a 4-1 underdog against Wilson,” Flores said. “He was coming off five straight knockout victories and we were fighting in his hometown (Dover, દેલેવેર). He was ranked No. 2 and I was No. 15. He came into the ring carrying a pillow for me, but I beat him for 10 ના 12 રાઉન્ડ.
“I was then brought into ESPN’s studios to be interviewed. Boxing was my life! I worked withBrian Kenny and we immediately had chemistry. By the end of that year, I was an ESPN in-studio commentator every three weeks.”
Flores ended up being hired as a ringside analyst in 2012 and he became part of the PBC (પ્રીમિયર બોક્સિંગ ચેમ્પિયન) broadcast team on NBC. He worked with giants in boxing and media industries such as સુગર રે લિઓનાર્ડ, અલ માઇકલ્સ અને Marv આલ્બર્ટ.
Although Flores didn’t represent his country at the Olympic Games, he was a CBS Sports color commentator in 2012 અને 2016. He is looking forward to calling Olympic boxing once again next year on CBS.
“Anytime you can represent the USA is a tremendous honor and great opportunity,” Flores added. “I called the 2012 ઓલિમ્પિક્સ (યુનાઇટેડ કિંગડમ) અને માં 2016 (બ્રાઝીલ). We called the action from a studio, but I’d love to call next year’s Olympics from ringside in Japan. હું તેને પ્રેમ. Nothing else in life matters to me versus the Olympics.”
યુએસએ બingક્સિંગ એલ્યુમની એસોસિએશન
આજીવન ચેમ્પિયન બનાવવા માટે બનાવેલ છે, યુએસએ બingક્સિંગ અને તેના પૂર્વ વિદ્યાર્થીઓ વચ્ચે પરસ્પર ફાયદાકારક સંબંધો, –બોક્સર, અધિકારીઓ, કોચ અને બોક્સીંગ ચાહકો — એલ્યુમની એસોસિએશન પે generationsીઓને ચેમ્પિયન સાથે જોડે છે, યુ.એસ.એ. બોક્સીંગની ભાવિ બ boxingક્સિંગ ચેમ્પિયનને પ્રેરણાદાયક અને પાછા આપવાનું, અને રિંગ બહાર.
યુએસએ બingક્સિંગ એલ્યુમની એસોસિએશન, જે કોઈપણને બ openક્સિંગ પ્રત્યે પ્રેમ છે અને તે કલાપ્રેમી બ boxingક્સિંગ સાથે જોડાયેલ રહેવા માંગે છે તેના માટે ખુલ્લું છે. એલ્યુમની એસોસિએશન દ્વારા હોસ્ટ કરવામાં આવતા સભ્યોને વિવિધ પ્રકારની વિવિધ કાર્યક્રમોની .ક્સેસ આપવામાં આવી છે, તેના વાર્ષિક યુએસએ બingક્સિંગ એલ્યુમની એસોસિએશન હ Hallલ ઓફ ફેમ રિસેપ્શન શામેલ છે.
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આજે, Flores is a retired prizefighter living in Arizona. He still attends amateur boxing tournaments in Las Vegas and California. For the past six months he’s been training “Internet boxer” Jake Paul અને, અલબત્ત, BJ remains an accomplished color commentator/analyst.
When boxing fully returns on television, BJ will serve as a color commentator for The Impact Network, which plans to promote three shows a month.
Few active pro boxers have been television announcers at the same time they were fighting like Flores. Even though he’s now moved on from fighting to teaching as a trainer, he continues to be one of boxing’s most knowledgeable and popular commentators. કોઈ શંકા, BJ Flores is boxing’s all-purpose guy.
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