 Miami (October 26, 2016) — Internationally renowned boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has come full circle, right back to the famed 5go th 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. E le e tsenwe Boxer, Cuellar vividly remembers watching boxers at 5go th St. Gym such as Cassius Clay, Willie Pastrano, Vinnie Curto le Florentino Fernandez, as well as legendary trainers, brothers Angelo le Chris Dundee.
“I watched and learned, picking up as much as much as I could,” Cuellar a re. “Hona joale, I find myself working out of the 5go th St. Gym for the past six weeks. It’s been an incredible experience. Letsatsi le letsatsi, 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 lilemo tse. 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 ke Spencer is carrying on the 5go th 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.
 “5go th 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 5go th St. Boikoitliso. He said, ‘Let’s do it.’ The success of the 5go th 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 le, 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, Gleason oa Gym. A 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 le Erslandy Lara, moho le Luis Franco, Arone Davis le Juan Carlos Gomez, to name a few of the more notables. Kajeno, 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 o garela, 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 5go th 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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Manager John Seip lipontšo Setaliana bartolomeo middleweight tsepo Daniele Marco Scardina
Miami (April 6, 2015) – Veteran papading ya ditebele tsa mookameli John Seip o na le saennweng haholo khabisitsoeng Setaliana tsenwe Boxer Daniele Mark Scardina ho a ikgethileng a ya tsamaiso konteraka.
Seip e molemo ka ho fetisisa tsebahala ka tataisang Petrose “Kid Chocolate” Quillin oa Lefatše oa Boxing Mokhatlo (WBO) lefatše middleweight tlotla. Le letsoalloa New Yorker e boetse e laolang bochaba British bartolomeo middleweight Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).
A 21 lilemo li Scardina hails ho tloha Rozzano, e leng toropo e ka tlase ho 40,000 batho ba ba mo Province oa Milan. O ile a ile ka qala ditebele 2008 a le lilemo li 16, latelang ka le rangoane oa hae mehlaleng ea ba ba neng ba e ne e le Boxer ka nako eo, hammoho le Daniele seabe ea mohlala.
Scardina, ba neng ba e 56 tsenwe bouts, hapa holimo e tlotlisa a mangata le Setaliana turnira ho akarelletsa le Rovereto National, National Silver tlelafo, le tse pedi tsa National Golden litlelafo. O ile a boela hlōla metale wa bronze kwa e International ketsahalo.
A 2013, o ile a boxed bakeng sa Italia Sealuma Boxing Team a Lefatše Series ea Boxing, ho hapa hae a le mong a bapisoa ka khahlanong le Jeremane lireng.
Scardina pele tšoaroa Seip tlhokomelo ea lefatse ka tummeng 5go th St. Gym in Khao Lak Beach, qalong buloa 1950 ka Chris Dundee, le lehae la ea tse se nang palo lefatše mampoli ba koetlisitsoeng ho na le ho akarelletsa le Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston le Willie PEP. Ba ruileng neano tsoela pele e mecha 5go th St. Boikoitliso, teng haufi le moo ka 1434 Alton Street, moo holimo bahlabani ka bophara ba lefatsheng ba jwalo ka Bernard Hopkins e sa ntse e koetlisa.
“Ke qala ho mo bona koetlisa ka 5go th St. Gym 'me a shebahala joaloka e tloaelehileng ea tsenwe,” Seip ile a hlalosa. “O ile a lahlela ka bophara punches 'me ha aa le tseba ho lahlela e ntle jab se. Trainers Guy Laieta le Dino ke Spencer ile ka qala ho sebetsa le eena me hona joale o lintho li sebelisa hore a finyelle, loantša a sa le hole, le lahlele ba tlhakantsuke ya jabs le hook. O ile a 's ka takatso e matla ka papading ya ditebele tsa, mamela le ho ithuta letsatsi le letsatsi. Daniele o na le letsoho le letle la ka lebelo le matla a. O ile a 's tjaka ea potsanyane, le eena o. Ke ile ka bona ntho e itseng ka mo, intangibles, me a etsa qeto ho saena mo.
“Dino ke ke monghali ba ba neng ba bōpileng e godimo go hapa tlelaseng ea boikoetliso e khōlō sparring le menyetla e etsang featuring e le ba bangata ba nang le talente bahlabani bao ka sebele ba sutumelletsa mong le e mong tse ling tse. Ho se a ntse a hlaka hore Danielle ntlafetse hae litsebo le koetliso ho na le. O ile a 's nako e telele, ka tieo le e matla. Mosebetsi oa hae tekanyetso ea boitsoaro ke a hlollang; o ile a 's le ea pele ka ikoetlisetsa ho, ho qetela ba ho tlohela. U ke ke ua utloisa bohloko ena potsanyane, e ka ba. Bohle re lumela e le hore a o na le haholo bokamoso bo khanyang.”
Ho fapana le bahlabani tsoang Russia le pele e neng e Soviet-bloc lichaba, hammoho le ba tsoang Latin America ba tlang ho United States ho tiisa ha bona papali ea litebele mesebetsi, Setaliana hlahetseng bahlabani ka seoelo latetse e tšoanang Route e le Scardina, ba ba neng ba ba ile ba fallela Miami selemong se fetileng le robalang fatse ea hae mor'abo rona foleteng.
The ka bomong ba chesehang Setaliana hlahetseng lefatše mampoli ea neng a loanela ya seporofesenale in America ke Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), ba ba neng ba e ne e le WBC / WBA middleweight mampoli 1979-1980. Antuofermo, leha ho le joalo, ba ile ba fallela le lelapa la hae Brooklyn ho tloha Puglia, Italy ha a ne a e ne e 17 'me a ile a ithuta ho lebokoseng in America.
“Kamehla ke 'nile ne a batla ho e le mosireletsi in America,” Scardina a re. “Ke ea Amerika se dil se dil le 'na. Ke nahana Ke tla ka monyetla o moholo naheng ena ho ba kholo ka ho fetisisa Boxer ke e ka ba le le tokelo ya thusa. John Seip ke le tokelo ya molaodi wa ka nna, kahobane a le lumela re ka se khonang lefatše-'mampoli ba hammoho e le setlhopha.”
Scardina oa ratang ka ho fetisisa boraditebele ba Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux le Miguel Cotto. “Ke sebetsa phethahetseng e le ya ka ntle ya ntoa se le ho ka sehloohong matsohong a ka haufi,” Scardina a phaella ka. Ke loantša ho ba lefatše mampoli.”
Scardina lebeletsoe ho etsa hae lan qalo ena May kapa June.
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