 Miami (October 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. Ka rite ki te kaimekemeke runaruna, Cuellar vividly remembers watching boxers at 5th St. Gym such as Cassius Clay, Willie Pastrano, Vinnie Curto a Florentino Fernandez, as well as legendary trainers, brothers Angelo a Chris Tanitī.
“I watched and learned, picking up as much as much as I could,” Na ka mea a Cuellar. “Na, I find myself working out of the 5th St. Gym for the past six weeks. It’s been an incredible experience. I nga ra katoa, 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 tau. 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. Te omaoma. 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 a, 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, A Gleason Faleva'inga. I roto i te 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 Barthelemy a Erslandy Lara, me te Luis Franco, Arona Davis a Juan Carlos Gomez, to name a few of the more notables. I teie mahana,, 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 rauna, 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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Kaiwhakahaere John Seip tohu Italian amanaki super whitu Daniele Marco Scardina
Miami (April 6, 2015) – Kaiwhakahaere mekemeke Veteran John Seip He hainatia tino whakapaipai kaimekemeke amateur Italian Daniel Mark Scardina ki te kirimana whakahaere motuhake.
Kei te pai mohiotia Seip mō te ārahi i Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin ki te mekemeke Organization World (WBO) te ao taitara whitu. Ko te Māori Yorker New hoki whakahaere maranga super whitu o Ingarangi O nga hoiho o “Ko te tāriana” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Koó).
Hails-tau 21-tawhito te Scardina i Rozzano, he pa o iti iho i te 40,000 te iwi i roto i te Porowini o Milan. Tīmata ia mekemeke i roto i 2008 i te tau o te 16, e whai ake nei i roto i te tapuwae o tona matua keke i te kaimekemeke i taua wa, me te tauira o Daniele.
Scardina, nei i 56 pāngia runaruna, hōnore runga mau i roto i te maha tauwhāinga Italian tae atu i te Rovereto National, National hiriwa karapu, a e rua National Golden karapu. Riro ano hoki e ia he mētara parahi i te hui International.
I roto i te 2013, pouaka me ia mo te Team mekemeke Italia Thunder i roto i te Series Ao o Boxing, toa tona ōrite anake ki te hoariri Tiamana.
Scardina tuatahi mau aro o Seip i rongonui i te ao 5th St. Omaoma i roto i te Miami Beach, te tuatahi whakatuwheratia i roto i te 1950 e Chris Tanitī, a kua whakangungua ki reira te fare o te toa rave rahi ao tae atu Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Durán, Sonny Liston a Willie pep. Tonu te tikanga tuku iho taonga i te hou 5th St. Te omaoma, kei tata i 1434 Alton Street, te wahi i runga whawhai i huri noa i te ao, pērā i Bernard Hopkins whakangungu tonu.
“I kite tuatahi ahau i whakangungu ia ia i te 5th St. Omaoma a ka titiro ia he runaruna angamaheni rite,” Ua haamaramarama Seip. “Maka e ia nifó te whanui, kihai i mohio ki te maka i te werohanga pai. Trainers Guy Laieta a Dino Spencer tīmata te mahi ki a ia, a inaianei ngā te whakamahi ia i tona taea, whawhai i te tawhiti, me te i whiua e ngā o ārai me matau. Te ngākau nui e pā ana ki mekemeke ia, whakarongo me te ako i nga ra. Daniele He tere ringa pai me te mana. Ko ia he koati ataahua, rawa. I kite ahau i te tahi mea i roto ia ia, whäwhä, a ka whakatau ki te haina ia.
“Dino Ko te rangatira hanga nei i te omaoma runga kakari-wāhitanga nui mākutu i roto i te huru ngā na e rave rahi whawhai pūmanawa nei pana tino tahi i te tahi ki te. Ko te kua kitea e kua pai ake Danielle tona whakangungu pūkenga i reira. Te ia te roa, nohopuku me te kaha. Ko maere tana matatika mahi; te ia te tuatahi i roto i te omaoma, whakamutunga ki te waiho. E kore e taea e koe te kino ia i tēnei koati, rānei. Te ti'aturi nei tatou katoa e ia he he kaha'ú rawa kanapa.”
Rerekē whawhai i Russia me nga iwi Soviet-kimi mua, me te hunga i Latin America e haere mai ana ki te Hau Amui no Marite no te haamau i to ratou mau mahi mekemeke ngaio, Whawhai Italian-whanau kua aru uaua te ara ano rite Scardina, nei neke ki Miami whakamutunga tau, me te moe i runga i te papa o te fare o tona teina.
Ko te toa te ao Italian-whanau ana'e nei whawhai ngaio i roto i te Amerika, ko Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Koó), nei ko te whitu toa WBC / WBA i roto i 1979-1980. Antuofermo, ahakoa, oho ki tona utuafare ki Brooklyn i Puglia, Italy, ia ia 17 a ka ako ia e founga ki te pouaka i roto i te Amerika.
“Kua hiahia tonu ahau ki te waiho i te toa i roto i Amerika,” Na ka mea a Scardina. “Ko te te moe ki ahau American. Whakaaro ahau ka whai ahau he faingamālie nui i roto i tenei whenua ki te kia i te kaimekemeke rahi e nehenehe hei ahau ki te awhina matau. John Seip Ko te kaiwhakahaere tika hoki ahau, no te whakapono ia e taea e matou te taitara ao tahi hei rōpū.”
Kaimekemeke tino o Scardina e Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux a Miguel Cotto. “E mahi ahau i runga i te tino rite ki te toa ki waho, me te ki matua i oku ringa ofi,” Tāpiri Scardina. Kei te whawhai ahau ki te hei toa ao.”
Tūmanakohia Scardina ki te hanga i tona tuatahi pro tenei May Pipiri ranei.
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