 MIAMI (Outubro 26, 2016) — Internationally renowned boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has come full circle, right back to the famed 5th St. Gym in South Beach, where he once visited as a teenager to learn and now trains fighters out of six days a week.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Cuellar’s family resettled in Miami when he was three with Orlando living there through high school. Como un boxeador afeccionado, Cuellar vividly remembers watching boxers at 5th St. Gym such as Cassius Clay, Willie pastrano, Vinnie Curto e Florentino Fernandez, as well as legendary trainers, brothers Angelo e Chris Dundee.
“I watched and learned, picking up as much as much as I could,” Cuellar dixo. “Agora, I find myself working out of the 5th St. Gym for the past six weeks. It’s been an incredible experience. Cada día, you never know who is going to walk through the doors there. It’s been one of the best boxing gyms in the world for more than 50 anos. From the days dating back to Muhammad Ali, fighters have been attracted to this gym because of its rich history and great sparring, as well as to the area with South Beach’s restaurants, clubs and beach. The warm, humid weather also makes it easier for fighters to lose weight running and training.
“(Owner) Dino Spencer is carrying on the 5th St. Gym’s tradition. Everyday I’m there is exciting for me. Mixed ethnic groups train there and it’s a magnet for talent. There’s sparring three days a week – I call it Spar-a-rama – and everybody’s welcome to challenge themselves. The sparring is better than a lot of TV fights.
 “5th St. Gym trainer Guy Laieta had been trying to convince me to join the team for the last five years. I spoke to Dino on several occasions, expressing my desire to train fighters out of the 5th St. Academia. He said, ‘Let’s do it.’ The success of the 5th St. Gym today has a lot to do with ownership. Dino has a passion for boxing and he is very hospitable, which trickles down to his staff and fighters. Good vibes all of the time!”
Cuellar left for Las Vegas in 1976 e, after he realized that being a boxer wasn’t in his best interest, he started training fighters there in 1981 out of Johnny Garcia’s Gym. A year later, he shifted his base Brooklyn and started training fighters out of another boxing icon, Ximnasio de Gleason. En 2000, he resettled in Miami.
Best known as world light heavyweight champion the head trainer of Glen Johnson, Cuellar also worked with future champions such as Nicolas Walters, Rances Barthélemy e Erslandy Lara, así como Luis Franco, Aaron Davis e Juan Carlos Gómez, to name a few of the more notables. Hoxe, he’s the chief second for several top fighters including Antonio Tarver.
Recognized throughout boxing as a superior teacher, Cuellar’s success is mostly attributed to his training of fighters on an individual basis, focusing on their personal needs rather than giving all fighters the same instructions and attention.
“Each fighter needs personal and specific work to complement their God-given talents,” Cuellar explained. “You can’t teach all fighters the same way. I specialize on what I call old school meets new school. Old school was upfront and personal to go 15 rounds, new school is about throwing more punches, more foot movement and fighting from the outside. I teach doffense: defense + offense. Punches aren’t vitamins, none should be taken. Boxing is little more than a battle of reflexes; one fighters versus another, but the real trick is how the fighter uses his reflexes. I teach my fighters how to turn the ring apron into a minefield.”
Boxing has played a huge role in Cuellar’s life. Back in the 5th St. Gym is just another chapter in his unique life.
“I live through my fighters,” Cuellar concluded. “Every victory is my proudest moment. There are no big or little victories, every win is a happy moment because of all the hard work and sacrifices me and my fighter made during training camp.”
Orlando Cuellar is thrilled to have gone back to the future.
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Director John Seip asina italiano super-medios perspectiva Daniele Marco Scardina
MIAMI (Abril 6, 2015) – Empresario de boxeo Veteran John Seip asinou altamente condecorado boxeador afeccionado italiano Daniel Mark Scardina para un contrato exclusivo de xestión.
Seip é máis coñecido por orientador Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin a Organización Mundial de Boxeo (WBO) título dos medios do mundo. O nativo de New Yorker tamén xestiona subindo británico super-medios Corcel “O Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).
The 21-year-old Scardina vén de Rozzano, unha cidade de menos de 40,000 de persoas na provincia de Milán. Empezou o boxeo en 2008 coa idade de 16, seguindo os pasos do seu tío, que foi un boxeador, nese momento, así como modelo de Daniele.
Scardina, que tiña 56 loitas afeccionadas, honores mellores capturados en numerosos torneos italianas, incluíndo o National Rovereto, Luva de Prata Nacional, e dúas Luvas de Ouro Nacionais. Tamén gañou unha medalla de bronce en evento internacional.
En 2013, el casetonado ao Boxing Team Italia Thunder in the World Series of Boxing, gañar o seu único partido contra un rival alemán.
Scardina primeiro chamou a atención de Seip no mundialmente famoso 5th St. Academia en Miami Beach, orixinalmente inaugurado en 1950 por Chris Dundee, e na casa de campións mundiais incontables adestrar alí, incluíndo Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston e Willie Pep. A rica tradición continúa co novo 5th St. Academia, situado nas proximidades, 1434 Alton Rúa, onde os mellores loitadores de todo o mundo, tales como Bernard Hopkins aínda adestrar.
“A primeira vez que o vin adestrando na 5th St. Ximnasio e el parecía un afeccionado típico,” Seip explicou. “El xogou socos de ancho e non sabía como xogar un bo jab. Trainers Guy Laieta e Dino Spencer comecei a traballar con el, e agora está a usar o seu alcance, combate a unha distancia, e xogando combinacións de jabs e ganchos. El é apaixonado por boxeo, escoitar e aprender todos os días. Daniele ten boa velocidade da man e poder. El é un neno bonito, moi. Vin algo nel, intanxibles, e decidiu contratalo lo.
“Dino é un propietario que creou un top-notch ximnasio con grandes oportunidades de sparring nunha atmosfera que caracterizan tantos loitadores talent que realmente empurrar uns aos outros. É xa evidente que Danielle mellorou o seu adestramento de habilidades alí. El é longo, rápido e poderoso. Súa ética de traballo é incrible; el é o primeiro no ximnasio, último a saír. Non podes ferir o neno, ou. Todos cremos que ten un futuro moi brillante.”
Ao contrario de combatentes de Rusia e antigos países do bloque soviético, así como aqueles latinoamericanos que veñen a Estados Unidos para establecer as súas carreiras de boxeo profesional, Loitadores nacidos de italianos raramente seguiron o mesmo camiño que Scardina, que se cambiou a Miami o ano pasado e durmir no chan do apartamento do seu irmán.
O solitario campión do mundo de orixe italiana que loitou profesional nos Estados Unidos é Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), quen foi o campión dos medios do WBC / WBA en 1979-1980. Antuofermo, aínda, trasladouse coa súa familia a Brooklyn de Puglia, Italia, cando el era 17 e aprendeu a caixa en América.
“Sempre quixo ser un campión de América,” Scardina dixo. “Ese é o soño americano para min. Eu creo que eu vou ter unha grande oportunidade neste país ser o maior boxeador podo estar coa axuda certa. John Seip é o director certo para min, porque cre que pudermos o campionato mundial xuntos como un equipo.”
Puxilista favoritos de Scardina son Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux e Miguel Cotta. “Eu estou a traballar en perfección como un loitador fóra e principais meus brazos máis próximos,” Scardina engadido. Estou loitando para facer campión do mundo.”
Scardina se espera para facer a súa estrea en maio ou xuño.
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