(L-R) –后期, great Marvelous Marvin Hagler, his grandson James Jr., and son James
波士顿 (二月 15, 2022)– There are few family names in boxing, especially in New England, as universally revered as Hagler and Roach. They are part of boxing royalty.
There is a new connection as James Hagler, 小, the grandson of the late Hall of Famer Marvelous Marvin Hagler, has signed an exclusive managerial contract with Fighter Locker, owned and operated by the nephew of Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, Boston-based Ryan Roach.
The plan is for Roach to have Hagler fight in Massachusetts, ideally in Brockton, the City of Champions in which Hagler as well as another Hall of Famer, 洛矶马尔恰诺, fought out of during their professional careers.
“I was looking for a manager and read about Ryan,” Hagler said. “I looked him up online, talked with him, and met him last weekend for the first time. He is not a greedy person. By far, he offered me the best deal I have ever received. He really wants to help me. Ryan’s a cool dude. I feel good about signing with him.
“Fighting someday in Brockton and Boston means a lot to me, because of my grandfather’s background, and that’s one of the reasons I signed with Ryan. My mother and father are from that area, and I still have a lot of family living on both sides living there. I’ll be the third member of the Hagler family to fight in New England, joining my grandfather and uncle (Robbie Simms).”
(L-R) – Ryan Roach & James Hagler, JR.
“I’m excited to be managing James,罗奇评论. “Right away, I was interested in a fighter with the Hagler name. I spoke with James and he’s a good kid who is all in. He wants to prove himself on his own and I get that, because I want to make it on my own terms, not my last name. “We’re excited to get him fighting in New England. We’re going to do great things together. We plan on having him fight in Brockton, hopefully this summer, to bring boxing back to Brockton.”
The 31-year-old Hagler, 谁打架亚特兰大的出, 直到他才开始拳击 24. Why did he start so late?
“My grandfather didn’t want any of us (in the Hagler family) 到盒子,” James explained. “I wanted to be a boxer since I was 3 或 4. He didn’t want anybody in his family to go through what he did in the Sugar Ray Leonard fight. 我的父亲 (a boxing promoter in Atlanta) was an amateur boxer who fought in the Olympic Trials. He stopped boxing because my grandfather wouldn’t watch him fight. My father didn’t want to continue fighting.
“There’s a lot of pressure on me fighting because people expect me to be like my grandfather or want me to live up to the Hagler name. I feel good following in my grandfather’s footsteps. When guys fight me, it’s like their championship fight, because they want to say they beat a Hagler for bragging rights. I know that they will always have their best fight against me.”
詹姆斯 (2-1, 1 KO) had a relatively brief amateur career, fighting in Alabama and Georgia, and the southpaw made his pro debut December 14, 2019, in Ohio, when he stopped Michael Widmer in round one. He’s only had two fights since, winning one and losing the other, the latest this past November.
James Hagler, JR. 在行动
Hagler will fight as a super middleweight for now, but he intends to campaign as a middleweight in the same division his legendary grandfather owned for so many years. He does have a dream fight in mind, 话, “I met Muhammad Ali’s grandson (Nico Walsh). I’d love to fight him someday.”
Fighter Locker 越来越多的天才拳击手还包括加州超级蝇量级 Rocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (21-1, 6 科斯), 纽约 ABF American West 超轻量级 Ray Jay “毁灭者” Bermudez (16-0, 11 科斯), 康涅狄格州 ABF USA 超中量级吉米“安静风暴”威廉姆斯 (18-5-2, 6 科斯), 科罗拉多州 ABF 美国西部超中量级冠军“神奇”肖恩·麦卡尔曼 (10-0, 6 科斯), 马萨诸塞州超轻量级 Adrian “Tonka” Sosa (12-0, 9 科斯), Florida super bantamweight Daniel “The Dedication” Bailey, JR. (10-0, 5 科斯), 马萨诸塞州羽量级特洛伊安德森, JR. (4-0, 2 科斯), 2-时间 巴西奥运选手 & 2016 奥运会银牌得主 Yuberjen Martinez, 巴西奥运选手豪尔赫·维瓦斯, 2-时间 多米尼加奥运选手, 轻量级的莱昂内尔·德·洛斯桑托斯 (5-0, 5 科斯), 多米尼加重量级 Roki “Rocky” Berroa (2-0, 1 KO), 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯 (1-0, 1 KO), 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯 (10-0, 8 科斯), 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯 (8-1, 4 科斯), 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯, JR. (6-0, 5 科斯), 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯 (3-0, 2 科斯), 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯 (5-1-1, 2 科斯), 马萨诸塞州超轻量级亚历克斯·里维拉 (3-0, 2 KO), 堪萨斯兄弟, 次中量级马库斯 (3-0, 3 科斯) 和超轻量级的 Marcell (1-0), 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯, 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯 (9-0-1, 5 科斯) 多米尼加超级次中量级胡安索拉诺桑托斯 (4-0-1, 2 科斯).
