 MIAMI (October 26, 2016) — Internationally renowned boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has come full circle, right back to the famed 5th S.. 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. As an amateur boxer, Cuellar vividly remembers watching boxers at 5th S.. Gym such as Cassius Clay, Willie Pastrano, Vinnie Curto atque Florentino Fernandez, as well as legendary trainers, brothers Angelo atque Chris Dundee.
“I watched and learned, picking up as much as much as I could,” Dixit Cuellar. “Autem, I find myself working out of the 5th S.. Gym for the past six weeks. It’s been an incredible experience. Quotidie, 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 annis. 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 S.. 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 S.. 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 S.. Gym. He said, ‘Let’s do it.’ The success of the 5th S.. 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 atque, 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, Gym est Gleason. In 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 Barthélémy atque Erslandy Lara, as well as Luis Franco, Aaron Cicero atque Juan Carlos Gomez, to name a few of the more notables. Today, 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 S.. 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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John Manager signa et impera super middleweight Italian prospectu Daniele Marco Scardina
MIAMI (Aprilis 6, 2015) – Pugilatu procurator Veteran John impera est signati ornatissima Italian amateur pugil Daniel Mark Scardina exclusive to an contractus moderatorum.
Ad corripiendum, et impera nobis notus est: Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin to the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title mundi middleweight. The New Yorker indigena ortus administrat etiam Britannis super middleweight Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOs).
The XXI annorum Scardina Canadensem Rozzano, oppidum minus quam 40,000 populus in Provincia Mediolanensi. Pergit in pugilatu 2008 at aetatis suae 16, qui sectantur vestigia cognationis tempore pugilem, necnon munus exemplar Daniele.
Scardina, qui habebat 56 amateur daret, captus in summo honore, Rovereti comprehendo multus Italian tournaments National, Argentum National Glove, et duo aurea National Gloves. Etiam parta a aere numisma in casu an International.
In 2013, ipse enim solere in in Mundus Series Italia tonitrui Boxing Team of Boxing, tantum par contra adversarios eius conciliandos a German.
Scardina primum arreptis impera operam ad mundi nobilis 5th S.. Gym in Miami Beach, in primitus aperta 1950 by Chris Dundee, et domum, de innumeris mundo eruditos habemus auctores, inter quos ibi Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Duran Roberto, Sonny Liston atque Willie Pep. Dives pergit novo more 5th S.. Gym, at prope sitae 1434 Alton Street, ubi summa pugnantium inter orbis terrarum, ut ex Bernard Hopkins adhuc exercebuntur.
“Ad eum primum vidit erudiendum 5th S.. Et ecce similitudo quasi gym et amateur amet,” Et impera explicata. “Et cecidit in faciem lati ac pugnis, nesciverunt ad bonum tendere, PUNCTUM. Trainers Guy Laieta atque Dino Spencer Iam coepi usura et cooperante perveniunt, pugnae a longe, pungit, et creagras, et coniectis in junctionibus. Hes 'iracundus circa pugilatu, et cognita omni die audiendo. Velocitatem et potentia manus Daniele habet bonum. Hes pulcher hedum, quoque. Et vidi in eum, intangibles, et placuit ei ut sign.
“Bonus est a domino, qui fecit summo-INCISURA cum magno gym sparring occasiones ingeniosi bellatorum, qui tot res in atmosphaera featuring urge. Suus 'iam apparet, quod Danielle artes disciplina cursus eius ibi. Ille diu, ieiunium et efficax. His enim mirabile est quia opus ethica; hic primum in gym, novissimus exi;. Non potest laedere hedum, uel. Creditur quod futurum est clarissima.”
Dissimilis priore Fontes, et pugnatores ex Russia gentes bloc, tum ex iis qui ad Civitatum Foederatarum Americae caestu statuere amet ipsum, Italia natus pugnatores raro secutus est iter Scardina, ad motum qui dormit Miami anno fratris conclavis pavimentum.
Mundi fortissimus, qui pugnavit pro suo munere in Italia natus sola Ciceronis Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), qui fuit WBC / WBA middleweight propugnatori 1979-1980. Antuofermo, quamquam, cum eius familia movetur ad Brooklyn ex Apulia, Cum Italia 17 Box in Americam et didicit.
“Sic autem est in America pugilem,” Dixit Scardina. “Id mihi American somnium. Cogito habere facultatem in ea provincia maximam sum apud pugil ius auxilium. Johannes procurator meus ex fide recta et impera nobis licet, quemadmodum mundi patrocinium quadrigis.”
Ventus autem studiosissime pugiles sunt Scardina Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux atque Miguel Cotto. “Quaerit adipisci extra virtutum praecipua brachia pugnantis et propius,” Addidit Scardina. Im 'genus pugnae facta est mundi fortissimus.”
Aut id, quod illum pro expectatur Scardina debut Iunius.
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