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“St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” changes New headliner is undefeated prospect Francis “Frank The Tank” Hogan Feb. 12th in Dedham, MA
Fighter Locker signs Kansas City lightweight prospect Marcell Davidson
Marvin Cordova, Jr. & Robert Daniels, Jr. Join Fighter Locker stable
BOSTON (Maj 25, 2021) – Veteran boxerMarvin “Much Too Much” Cordova, Jr and promising prospectRobert Daniels, Jr. are the latest additions toRyan Roach’s growing Fighter Locker stable.
"Herr. (Jimmy) Burchfield (Cordova’s promoter) linked me up with Marvin,” Roach said. We had a few short conversations on the phone, and it just happened. Marvin is very passionate about the sport, and he’s read to show the worked he still has a lot left in his tank. He truly is a special fighter with a high-caliber resume including opponents likeVictor Ortiz ochJoselito Lopez. He has a great team around him now and we are really looking forward to getting him going.
“Robert is a great young man coming from a family just like mine. I am ready to get him going with a great trainer inKevin Cunningham. I am proud to add him to the Fighter Locker team. He is really a talented fighter that had a few bad breaks early on in his career. He had managerial issues and so forth. Look for Daniels Jr. during the next year!"
The 36-year-old Cordova (23-2-1, 12), is a super middleweight from Pueblo, Colorado. A solid amateur who was a bronze medalist at the 2002 US. Under-19 and 2003 Polisen Athletic League, Cordova turned pro in 2014, but his pro career has been interrupted because spent 8 years in prison. He also defeated future pro world championDaniel Jacobs
"Jag är 36 but a young 36,” Cordova said. “I started boxing at 4. I had 242 amateur fights and was chosen as one of the top amateur boxers in the country. I spent 8 years in prison, and it made me a better person and hungrier fighter. I have some unfinished business to take care of. I really beat Joselito Lopez (Lopez won an 8-round decision). I hit him with a big shot in the sixth round, but they let him stay down for 4 minuter, claiming he was hit low.”
In his last fight this past January, Cordova captured the NBA super middleweight title by stopping 56-30-3Hector Velazquez in round four, adding to his awards display case that also includes his Interim WBC Youth World, WBA NABA U.S. light welterweight, and GBU Youth light welterweight title belts.
“Ryan Roach believes in me,” Cordova noted. “I’m stronger and ready for the next step. I had talked with a friend, Jimmy Williams, about signing with a good manager. He told me Ryan was a good manager who loves his fighters and really cares about him. My promoter, ‘Mr. B’ (Jimmy Burchfield), hooked me up with Ryan. He calls to make sure I’m good and he can get me to the elite level once again.”
Daniels (4-0, 4 Kos) is the son of former WBA cruiserweight World championRobert “Preacher Man” Daniels (49-10-1, 41 Kos), who became world champion in 1989, when he decisioned the future Hall of FamerDwight Muhammad Qawi.
“There’s a little bit of added pressure as the son of a world champion boxer,” southpaw Daniels admitted. I’ve heard things like ‘he’s not going to be like his father, he doesn’t have what it takes to be world champion.’”
Now fighting out of West Palm Beach, Florida, Miami native Daniels is now trained by Cunningham. Managerial issues resulted in him fighting only four times as a pro during his nearly 5-year career.
“I was introduced to Ryan by my friend, Daniel Bailey (a member of Fighter Locker), and I believe Ryan can get me to a world title,” Daniels remarked. “The main reason I signed with Ryan is I like his personality. He’s easy to talk with and before I even signed with him, he reached out to me to see how things were going. And that’s a big reason why I did sign with him.
“I was supposed to sign with managers are few times, but it never went anywhere, and I wasn’t getting fights. I have this great opportunity now and I’m going to take full advantage of it.”
Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers include California super flyweightRocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (21-1, 6 Kos), Troy, NY ABF American West super lightweightRay Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez(12-0, 9 Kos), Toronto, Canada welterweight West Haven, CT super welterviktJimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (17-5-2, 6 Kos), super mellanvikt“The Amazing” Shawn McCalman(7-0, 4 Kos), US. Armé super bantamviktDaniel Bailey, Jr. (5-0, 4 Kos), lättaLeonel de los Santos(2-0, 2 Kos), en 2-time Dominican Republic Olympian, Boston featherweightTroy Anderson, Jr. (1-0, 1 KO), pro-debuting Dominican Republic welterweightJuan Solano, and Salt Lake City, 2016 OS-silvermedaljörenYuberjen Martinez, Utah brothers, superlättaIgnacio Chairez (8-0-1, 5 Kos) och lättGabriel Chairez (3-0-1, 2 Kos).
INFORMATION:
HEMSIDA: fighterlocker.com, punch4parkinsons.com
FACEBOOK: /fighterlocker
TWITTER: @RoachRyan, @Tremendo_Martinez
INSTAGRAM: @ RyanRoach82
Marvin Cordova, Jr. & Robert Daniels, Jr. Join Fighter Locker stable
Undefeated RayJay Bermudez: Super lightweight prospect flying under the radar
BOSTON (Februari 25, 2020) – UndefeatedRayJay “The Destroyer” Bermudez (12-0, 9 Kos) has tried to stay busy and progress, developmental-wise, fighting three times during the pandemic, including a recent title-winning performance south of the border.
The 22-year-old Bermudez, fighting out of Albany (NY), stopped journeymanRynell Griffin in five rounds last November in New Hampshire, and he followed that up in December with a third-round technical knockout ofEver Ceballos in Mexico to capture the vacant American Boxing Federation’s (ABF) Americas West super lightweight championship.
“Mexico was a humbling experience,” Bermudez said after his ABF title-winning performance. “I’m honored to have had the opportunity to go to another country and fight for a professional title. I fought a tough, scrappy Mexican veteran, who was game from the beginning, but my plan was to stay composed and break him down. And that’s exactly want I did to score a third-round TKO and advance my record to 11-0 med 8 knockouts. Thank you to everybody who tuned on the FITE.app. This is only the beginning of something special!"
In his most recent fight earlier this month, Bermudez returned to Mexico for a stay busy fight, stoppaMario Israel Vera round four.
Despite his unbeaten run, Bermudez is still fighting under the radar, at least on a national basis, men 2021 promises to be a breakout year for him, Naturligtvis, pending pandemic restrictions in 2021.
Bermudez, who is managed by Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker, is trained by his uncle, Hector Bermudez, who has trained five world champions includingTJ Doheny ochJavier Fortuna.
RayJay looked great in his last fight,” Roach commented. “He stuck to the game plan and broke his opponent down. We as a team are really happy where he is at right now. We will start stepping up the competition this year. Our goal will be to get him a regional title and get him ranked. This will be an exciting year to be a part of RayJay’s team.
Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers includes California super flyweightRocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (20-1, 6 Kos), West Haven, CT super welterviktJimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (16-5-2, 5 Kos), super mellanvikt“The Amazing” Shawn McCalman(6-0, 4 Kos), US. Armé super bantamviktDaniel Bailey, Jr. (2-0, 1 KO), lättaLeonel de los Santos (2-0, 2 Kos), en 2-time Dominican Republic Olympian, pro-debuting Boston featherweightTroy Anderson, Jr., pro-debuting Dominican Republic welterweightJuan Solano, and Salt Lake City, Utah brothers, superlättaIgnacio Chairez (7-0-1, 4 Kos) och lättGabriel Chairez (3-0, 2 Kos).
INFORMATION:
HEMSIDA: fighterlocker.com, punch4parkinsons.com
FACEBOOK: /fighterlocker
TWITTER: @RoachRyan
INSTAGRAM: @ RyanRoach82
20-1 California super flyweight Rocco Santomauro signs with Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker
BOSTON (Februari 23, 2021) – Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker has announced it has signed California super flyweightRocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (20-1, 6 Kos) to an exclusive managerial contract.
The 33-year-old Santomauro, fighting out of Apple Valley, SÅSOM, is riding a 7-fight win streak since suffering his only loss as a professional to then 14-0Diego De La Hoya nearly five years ago.
“I’m 33,” Santomauro said, but I definitely feel I’m in my prime. My skill level is at its best and I’m always improving. When it comes to getting in there with top guys, I’ve been in the ring with many world champions, outside of fights, and I’ve more than held my own. It’s all a matter of timing and I feel mine is here. I believe I’m very close to a major fight right now at super flyweight. It’s all a matter of getting myself in the right position and I feel like, just nu, I have the right team to do so with Ryan Roach and Fighter Locker backing me.
“I signed a managerial contract with Ryan and his Fighter Locker because I knew it was a good move. After managing myself the last year and a half, I knew I needed trustworthy help to get to the next level. Ryan and I were friends on social media. I was aware he was signing fighters with Fighter Locker, so I began to watch and study him to see how he was with his fighters. Having liked what I saw – Ryan being there for his fighters and building a good relationship with him talking from time to time — we were able to come to an agreement to take me to that next level and get a major fight.”
“I’m excited to add such a veteran fight to our stable,” Roach commented. “Rocco checks all the boxes in terms of what a manager looks for in a fighter. He has great ring IQ. He’s fast with great defense, and Rocco a very energetic fighter. He is close to a world title shot; one or two more fights and we will be fighting top super flyweights. Rocco has what it takes to beat those guys.”
The son of an Italian father who wanted his son to be an “animal,” Rocco was born with a fighting spirt, aggressive in nature as a child, and inspired byRocky Marciano. Rocco got into boxing, in large part, due to following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a decorated amateur boxer. He first boxed because of his brother, then through a local boxing club in Hesperia (SÅSOM), in addition to practicing at home as he watched his favorite fighters on ESPN Classic.
Santomauro’s amateur career never really took off. He lived in an area with very little boxing, and needed to travel to box, which resulted in him deciding when he was older to take control of his boxing career by moving to Las Vegas. He developed his skills there and decided in 2009 to turn pro after suffering what he felt was a bad decision at the USA Nationals.
An energetic boxer who is a smart, aggressive counter puncher, Santomauro also checks in on the body, and brings excitement into the ring. His best fight to date was his most recent (November. 7, 2020), när han slutadeChristian Omar Henriques (10-4-2) in the sixth round of their fight in Tijuana.
“I was backed by Fighter Locker and my team,” Rocco noted. “I went in focused and mentally trained properly to do what I had to do against a game, younger opponent with a winning record. I knocked him out! We did it intelligently and were able to hit all the marks performance-wise.”
Training and fighting during a pandemic have been challenging, minst sagt, and being a super flyweight only compounds the problem.
“It’s been very difficult getting fights as an American super flyweight,” Santomauro added, “especially coming down in weight from featherweight and then junior featherweight. Nobody was willing to give me the opportunity, nor did they think I could fight at that weight class having debuted as a junior lightweight. I was basically put on the shelf, turned down left and right as a free agent with 14-1 record at that time. I reached a 1 ½ year layoff, getting only lowball offers against short notice opponents. My trainer, Julian Chua, and I decided it would be smart to start fighting in Mexico, where there were super flyweights to fight.
“Training during the pandemic has been absolute hell for me, closed out of almost all gyms but grateful for being able to visit, from time to time, the Wild Card Boxing Gym and Churchill Boxing Club. But that wasn’t what I was used to. I had to do a lot of what I call ‘Rocky 4’ training on my own to stay fit. I was also lucky enough to build good relationships in Mexico with my promoter, so I was blessed to always have the option of staying busy in Tijuana. And I did.”
Nu, Roach and Fighter Locker have Santomauro’s back, and his future is promising.
Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers includes, Troy, NY ABF American West super lightweightRay Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez(12-0, 9 Kos), Toronto, Canada welterweight West Haven, CT super welterviktJimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (16-5-2, 5 Kos), super mellanvikt“The Amazing” Shawn McCalman(6-0, 4 Kos), US. Armé super bantamviktDaniel Bailey, Jr. (2-0, 1 KO), lättaLeonel de los Santos (2-0, 2 Kos),, en 2-time Dominican Republic Olympian, pro-debuting Boston featherweightTroy Anderson, Jr., pro-debuting Dominican Republic welterweight Juan Solano, and Salt Lake City, Utah brothers, superlättaIgnacio Chairez (7-0-1, 4 Kos) och lättGabriel Chairez (3-0, 2 Kos).
INFORMATION:
HEMSIDA: fighterlocker.com, punch4parkinsons.com
FACEBOOK: /fighterlocker, /roccosantomauro
TWITTER: @RoachRyan, @RoccoSantomauro
INSTAGRAM: @ RyanRoach82, @RoccoSantomauro
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Obesegrad lättviktsperspektiv Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz Inte längre bäst bevarad hemlighet efter Tyson-Jones, Jr. PPV visar prestanda
WORCESTER, Mäss. (December 14, 2020) - Före sin sensationella föreställning på den senaste Mike Tyson-Roy Jones, Jr. pay-per-view-händelse, obesegrad lättviktsutsikterJamaine “Teknikern” Ortiz var boxningens bäst bevarade hemlighet. Inte mer, fast, som Ortiz fast etablerade sig som en stigande stjärna framför otaliga fans bland 1.6 miljoner PPV-köp.
Ortiz flög från Boston till Los Angeles på Thanksgiving. Han kördes till sitt hotell, där han genast såg Jones, kontrollerade hans vikt, och gick till Staples Center. ”Jag var bekväm från början,”Sa den unga kämpen som kämpade för första gången som professionell utanför New England. ”Jag var där för att få jobbet gjort. Jag var på uppdrag. Jag går för att se Staples Center och det var coolt. Senare körde jag runt Staples Center och det fanns många statyer. Det var vackert. Det var coolt att se Lakers omklädningsrum. ”
Den 24-årige Ortiz (14-0, 8 Kos), den regerande världsmästaren i Boxing Youth, utslagenSulaiman Segawa (13-3-1, 4 Kos) med en blåmärke kroppsattack, skadar sin motståndare i sjätte omgången, och avslutar showen på spektakulärt sätt under den sjunde för det lediga World Boxing Council (WBC) USNBC (US) Silver lätt titel. Segawa hade aldrig stoppats tidigare som professionell.
Ortiz visade sin övergripande arsenal: styv jab, blixtsnabba händer och fötter, växla fram och tillbaka utan ansträngning från ortodoxa till southpaw-ståndpunkter, straffande krokar upp och ner, och de mest dödliga kroppsskotten sett från en New Englander sedan"Irländska" Micky Ward.
”Jag var lugn och cool före striden,”Tillade Ortiz. ”Jag gillar att slåss, mentalt, som om det var en sparring session och jag gör alltid bra. Jag började i en ortodox hållning, etablerade min jab och använde den mycket. Jag tror att jag borde ha använt det mer och kunde ha slagit honom med det. Jag lyssnade på min tränare (Rocky Gonzalez) och han sa till mig när jag skulle byta. Kroppstansning är Nej. 1 sak med Rocky. Jag kanske inte har visat det nästan lika mycket i andra slagsmål, men han borrar det i mig hela tiden. I den sjätte omgången, han sa till mig att gå mer till kroppen, vill inte fånga honom, och i den sjunde skadade jag honom verkligen i kroppen.
”Segawa var definitivt tuff. Han hade slagit många killar, inklusive några han upprörd. Varje kamp är en språngbräda och jag är min värsta kritiker. Jag kände att jag kunde ha slagit ut honom i andra omgången, men jag ville inte gå ur spelplanen
Ortiz ställde upp Segawa från öppningsklockan, bröt ner honom, och avslutade showen i storslagen stil då Seqawa skadades och fastnade i repen, dra kudos från högt respekterade människor i branschen som"Socker" Ray Leonard, Teddy Atlas, och andra. Ortiz fanbase växte exponentiellt då boxningsfans skyndade sig för att följa Jamaine under och efter hans breakout-kamp.
”En gång såg folk mig spela och min stil,”Fortsatte Ortiz, ”De gillade mig. Jag kunde ha visat mer och kastat fler kombinationer. Jag behövde verkligen slåss framför världen. jag har 5,500 nya Instagram-blommor den kvällen. jag antar, Jag är inte längre den bäst bevarade hemligheten i boxning. ”
”Vårt huvudmål är att vinna en världstitel,”Gonzalez kommenterade. ”Det här var roligt och en fantastisk möjlighet, men motivationen att bli världsmästare är starkare. Han hanterade denna kamp som bara en annan kamp, och han följde vår spelplan.
”Hans kroppsskott skapade slutet. Jag berättar alltid för honom om Micky Wards kroppsskott. Du vet, boxning är en dans, en salsa. Boxare måste dansa; Jag tror inte att de bara borde vara ortodoxa. De måste alla slåss åt andra hållet och när Jamaine bytte ställning i den tredje, han släppte aldrig upp. Jag har tränat honom hårt. Jag är alltid på honom och vilket bättre sätt att hålla käften på mig än att avsluta det som han gjorde med betala per visning? Det var en droppe av mikrofonmomentet!"
Ortiz främjas avJimmy Burchfield (Klassisk underhållning och sport) och rekommenderas avRichard Shappy ochEddie Imondi.
På grund av osäkerheten i boxning på grund av pandemin, Ortiz ' 2021 schemat är okänt, men han boxar inte bäst bevarade hemlighet längre, "Teknikern" är en stjärna som stiger.