BOSTON (פעברואַר 15, 2022) – There are few family names in boxing, especially in New England, as universally revered as Hagler and Roach.
They are part of boxing royalty.
There is a new connection as James Hagler, קינג, the grandson of the late Hall of Famer Marvelous Marvin Hagler, has signed an exclusive managerial contract with Fighter Locker, owned and operated by the nephew of Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, Boston-based Ryan Roach.
The plan is for Roach to have Hagler fight in Massachusetts, ideally in Brockton, the City of Champions in which Hagler as well as another Hall of Famer, שטיינערדיק מאַרסיאַנאָ, fought out of during their professional careers.
“I was looking for a manager and read about Ryan,” Hagler said. “I looked him up online, talked with him, and met him last weekend for the first time. He is not a greedy person. By far, he offered me the best deal I have ever received. He really wants to help me. Ryan’s a cool dude. I feel good about signing with him.
“Fighting someday in Brockton and Boston means a lot to me, because of my grandfather’s background, and that’s one of the reasons I signed with Ryan. My mother and father are from that area, and I still have a lot of family living on both sides living there. I’ll be the third member of the Hagler family to fight in New England, joining my grandfather and uncle (Robbie Simms)."
(ל-ר) – Ryan Roach & James Hagler, דזשוניער.
“I’m excited to be managing James,” Roach commented. “Right away, I was interested in a fighter with the Hagler name. I spoke with James and he’s a good kid who is all in. He wants to prove himself on his own and I get that, because I want to make it on my own terms, not my last name.
“We’re excited to get him fighting in New England. We’re going to do great things together. We plan on having him fight in Brockton, hopefully this summer, to bring boxing back to Brockton.”
The 31-year-old Hagler, who fights out of Atlanta, didn’t start boxing until he was 24. Why did he start so late?
“My grandfather didn’t want any of us (in the Hagler family) to box,” James explained. “I wanted to be a boxer since I was 3 אָדער 4. He didn’t want anybody in his family to go through what he did in the Sugar Ray Leonard fight. מיין פאָטער (a boxing promoter in Atlanta) was an amateur boxer who fought in the Olympic Trials. He stopped boxing because my grandfather wouldn’t watch him fight. My father didn’t want to continue fighting.
“There’s a lot of pressure on me fighting because people expect me to be like my grandfather or want me to live up to the Hagler name. I feel good following in my grandfather’s footsteps. When guys fight me, it’s like their championship fight, because they want to say they beat a Hagler for bragging rights. I know that they will always have their best fight against me.”
יעקב (2-1, 1 קאָ) had a relatively brief amateur career, fighting in Alabama and Georgia, and the southpaw made his pro debut December 14, 2019, in Ohio, when he stopped Michael Widmer in round one. He’s only had two fights since, winning one and losing the other, the latest this past November.
James Hagler, דזשוניער. אין קאַמף
Hagler will fight as a super middleweight for now, but he intends to campaign as a middleweight in the same division his legendary grandfather owned for so many years. He does have a dream fight in mind, געזאגט, “I met Muhammad Ali’s grandson (Nico Walsh). I’d love to fight him someday.”
Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers also includes California super flyweight Rocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (21-1, 6 קאָס), New York’s ABF American West super lightweight Ray Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez (16-0, 11 קאָס), Connecticut’s ABF USA super welterweight Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (18-5-2, 6 קאָס), Colorado’s ABF American West super middleweight champion “The Amazing” Shawn McCalman (10-0, 6 קאָס), Massachusetts super lightweight Adrian “Tonka” Sosa (12-0, 9 קאָס), Florida super bantamweight Daniel “The Dedication” Bailey, דזשוניער. (10-0, 5 קאָס), Massachusetts featherweight Troy Anderson, דזשוניער. (4-0, 2 קאָס), 2-time Brazilian Olympian & 2016 Olympic silver medalist Yuberjen Martinez, Brazilian Olympian Jorge Vivas, 2-time Dominican Olympian, lightweight Leonel de los Santos (5-0, 5 קאָס), Dominican cruiserweight Roki “Rocky” Berroa (2-0, 1 קאָ), Dominican super welterweight Juan Solano Santos (1-0, 1 קאָ), Dominican featherweight Orlando Perez Zapata (10-0, 8 קאָס), Dominican lightweight Isaelin Florian Henriguez (8-1, 4 קאָס), Florida light heavyweight Robert Daniels, דזשוניער. (6-0, 5 קאָס), Irish light heavyweight Tommy “The Kid” O’Toole (3-0, 2 קאָס), Texas super lightweight Miranda “La Alacrana” Reyes (5-1-1, 2 קאָס), Massachusetts super featherweight Alex Rivera (3-0, 2 קאָ), Kansas brothers, welterweight Marcus (3-0, 3 קאָס) and super lightweight Marcell (1-0), and Utah brothers, ABF American West lightweight champion Ignacio Chairez (9-0-1, 5 קאָס) and lightweight Gabriel Chairez (4-0-1, 2 קאָס).
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