 MIAMI (Oktoba 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. Kama bondia mchanga, Cuellar vividly remembers watching boxers at 5th St. Gym such as Cassius Clay, Willie Pastrano, Vinnie Curto na Florentino Fernandez, as well as legendary trainers, brothers Angelo na Chris Dundee.
“I watched and learned, picking up as much as much as I could,” Cuellar alisema. “Sasa, I find myself working out of the 5th St. Gym for the past six weeks. It’s been an incredible experience. Kila siku, 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 miaka. 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. Gym. 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 na, 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 ya Gym. Katika 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 na Erslandy Lara, vilevile Luis Franco, Aaron Davis na Juan Carlos Gomez, to name a few of the more notables. Leo, 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 raundi, 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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Meneja John Seip ishara Italia super middleweight matarajio Daniele Marco Scardina
MIAMI (Aprili 6, 2015) – Mkongwe ndondi meneja John Seip ina saini sana decorated Italia Amateur boxer Daniel Mark Scardina kwa kipekee usimamizi mkataba.
Seip ni bora inayojulikana kwa ajili ya kuongoza Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin kwa World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight cheo dunia. asili New Yorker pia itaweza kupanda British super middleweight Steed “Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).
21 mwenye umri wa miaka Scardina anayetoka Rozzano, mji wa chini ya 40,000 watu katika Mkoa wa Milan. Alianza ndondi katika 2008 katika umri wa miaka 16, kufuatia nyayo mjomba wake ambaye alikuwa bondia wakati huo, vilevile Daniele ya mfano wa kuigwa.
Scardina, ambaye alikuwa 56 kikohozi amateur, alitekwa heshima ya juu katika mbalimbali mashindano ya Italia ikiwa ni pamoja na Rovereto Taifa, National Silver Glove, na mbili Golden National kinga. Yeye pia alishinda medali ya shaba katika tukio International.
Katika 2013, yeye Boxed kwa Italia Thunder Boxing Team katika World Series of Boxing, kushinda mechi yake tu dhidi ya mpinzani German.
Scardina kwanza hawakupata tahadhari Seip ya saa maarufu duniani 5th St. Gym katika Miami Beach, awali kufunguliwa katika 1950 na Chris Dundee, na nyumba ya mabingwa wa dunia isitoshe mafunzo huko ikiwa ni pamoja na Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston na Willie Pep. utamaduni tajiri unaendelea katika mpya 5th St. Gym, iko karibu katika 1434 Alton Street, ambapo wapiganaji juu kutoka duniani kote kama vile Bernard Hopkins bado mafunzo.
“Mimi kwanza kuona naye mafunzo katika 5th St. Gym na yeye anaonekana kama amateur kawaida,” Seip alielezea. “Akatupa kukwepa makonde pana na hakujua jinsi ya kutupa jab nzuri. Trainers Guy Laieta na Dino Spencer kuanza kufanya kazi pamoja naye na sasa yeye kutumia kufikia yake, kupambana katika umbali, na kutupa mchanganyiko wa jabs na kulabu. Yeye ni passionate kuhusu ndondi, kusikiliza na kujifunza kila siku. Daniele ana mkono kasi nzuri na nguvu. Yeye ni mtoto mzuri, pia. Niliona kitu ndani yake, intangibles, na kuamua kutia saini yake.
“Dino ni mmiliki ambaye imeunda top-notch mazoezi na nafasi kubwa sparring katika anga akishirikiana wapiganaji wengi wenye vipaji ambao kwa kweli --buburushana. Ni tayari dhahiri kwamba Danielle umeongezeka mafunzo yake ujuzi kuna. Yeye kwa muda mrefu, haraka na nguvu. Kazi yake ya maadili ni ajabu; yeye kwanza katika mazoezi, mwisho kuondoka. Huwezi kuumiza mtoto huyu, ama. Sisi wote wanaamini kwamba ana baadaye mkali sana.”
Tofauti na wapiganaji kutoka Russia na mataifa wa zamani wa Urusi-kambi, pamoja na wale kutoka Amerika ya Kusini wanaokuja United States kuanzisha ndondi kazi zao za kitaaluma, Wapiganaji mwiitaliano mara chache wamefuata njia hiyo kama Scardina, ambaye alihamia Miami mwaka jana na kulala kwenye sakafu ya ghorofa ya ndugu yake.
lone mwiitaliano bingwa wa dunia ambao walipigana kitaaluma katika Amerika ni Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), ambaye alikuwa WBC / WBA middleweight bingwa katika 1979-1980. Antuofermo, ingawa, wakiongozwa na familia yake Brooklyn kutoka Puglia, Italia alipokuwa 17 naye kujifunza jinsi ya sanduku katika Amerika.
“Mimi siku zote alitaka kuwa bingwa katika Amerika,” Scardina alisema. “Hiyo ni ndoto ya Marekani kwa ajili yangu. Nadhani itabidi kuwa na nafasi kubwa katika nchi hii kuwa bondia mkubwa naweza kuwa na msaada wa kulia. John Seip ni meneja haki kwa ajili yangu kwa sababu anaamini tunaweza michuano ya dunia kwa pamoja kama timu.”
Scardina ya favorite mabondia ni Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux na Miguel Cotto. “Mimi nina kazi ya ukamilifu kama mpiganaji nje na kuu mikono yangu karibu,” Scardina aliongeza. Mimi nina kupambana na kuwa bingwa wa dunia.”
Scardina anatarajiwa kufanya mechi yake ya kwanza pro hii Mei au Juni.
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