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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ANDRZEJ FONFARA STOPS JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR., WINS BY 9TH-ROUND TKO AT STUBHUB CENTER
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Julio Hiha Chavez Jr. vs. ANDRZEJ FONFARA AMIR IMAM vs. WALTER CASTILLO OFFICIAL WEIGHTS & Whakaahua
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Ora i te SHOWTIME® Rāhoroi, April 18, (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT)
From StubHub Center In Carson, Calif.
SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHO EXTREME Airs Live at 8 p.m. ET / PT
Pāwhiritia HERE To Download Photos From Rāmere o Paunatia-I roto i te
Credit Photo: Esther Lin / SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Julio Hiha Chavez Jr.: 171 ½ Pounds
Andrzej Fonfara: 171 ½ Pounds
Amir HERE: 140 Pauna
CASTILLO WALTER: 138 Pauna
SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHO EXTREME:
OSCAR ESCANDON: 121 ¾ Pounds
Moisés Flores: 121 ¼ Pounds
OMAR CHAVEZ: 159 Pauna
RICHARD GUTIERREZ: 158 ½ Pounds
(SHOWTIME EXTREME Swing Bout)
FABIAN MAIDANA: 146 ¼ Pounds
CORY VOM BAUR: 145 ½ pauna
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“Chavez Jr. vs. Fonfara”, a 12-round light heavyweight bout co-promoted by Goossen Whakatairanga a Chavez Promotions that takes place at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. a ka AIR ki runga ki SHOWTIME (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT). I roto i te hui tahi-matua, Amir Imam faces Walter Castillo in a 10-round jr. welterweight showdown. Ka hoki te telecast SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka audio Tuarua (SAP).
Utu tikiti mo te kaupapa kei te i $200, $150, $100, $50 a $25, me takoha e hāngai ana, utu me utu ratonga, are available for purchase online at AXS.com.
Mō ētahi atu pārongo'a'ahi www.sports.sho.com, te whai i runga i Twitter iSHOSports, @ Jcchavezjr1, andrzej_fonfara, StubHubCenter ASwanson_Comm, te whai i te whakahaere mā te whakamahi i #ChavezFonfara, riro i te tahi i runga i Facebook i www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing 'a'ahi ki te Blog SHOWTIME mekemeke i raneihttp://theboxingblog.sho.com.
Julio Hiha Chavez Jr. VU. Andrzej Fonfara, Amir Imam VU. WALTER CASTILLO FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & Whakaahua
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Julio Hiha Chavez Jr. LOOKS TO MAKE A RESOUNDING STATEMENT WHEN HE RETURNS TO THE RING ON SATURDAY, APERIRA 18 AT THE STUBHUB CENTER LIVE ON SHOWTIME®
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INTERIM 122-POUND WORLD CHAMP OSCAR ESCANDON RISKS HIS TITLE AGAINST UNBEATEN MOISES FLORES SATURDAY, APERIRA 18 LIVE ON SHOWTIME EXTREME®
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UNDEFEATED 140-POUND CONTENDER AMIR IMAM TO FACE WALTER CASTILLO IN CHAVEZ-FONFARA CO-FEATURE APRIL 18 ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
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SHOWTIME Sports® Award-Winning Series Returns With “ALL ACCESS: Chavez”; One-Episode Special Premieres This Friday, April 10 on SHOWTIME®
Julio Hiha Chavez, JR. & His Legendary Father In Training Camp, Preparing For His SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Debut on Saturday, April 18, ora i runga i SHOWTIME
VIDEO PREVIEW LINK: http://s.sho.com/1c5cLDQ
“I had a hard life so yes, I am angry with him.” – Julio Hiha Chavez, JR.
“I had all Mexico and the world at my feet at that time. But it still didn’t fill the void…So what was it that I looked for? The easiest and stupidest things…drugs and alcohol.” – Julio Hiha Chavez, Sr.
NEW YORK (April 7, 2015) –The Sports Emmy® Raupapa tohu-toa WÄTEA KATOA returns to examine the life of Mexican superstar Julio Hiha Chavez, JR., as he prepares to make his SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® debut against dangerous brawler Andrzej Fonfara i runga i Rāhoroi, April 18, ora i runga i SHOWTIME (10 p.m. AND/ 7 p.m. PT) i te Pokapū StubHub i roto i te Carson, Calif.
WÄTEA KATOA: Chavez premieres Rāmere, April 10, e whai ake nei tonu te ora ShoBox: Ko te Generation New tripleheader at 10 p.m. AND/PT.
WÄTEA KATOA: Chavez is written and reported by SHOWTIME Sports contributor Mark Kriegel. Author of acclaimed biographies “The Good Son: The Life of Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini” and “Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich,” Kriegel has long focused on the conflicts and complexities that beset fathers and sons in sports.
With unprecedented access to the young star–Mexico’s first and only middleweight world champion–and his famous father, WÄTEA KATOAuncovers the stormy yet loving relationship between Junior and his legendary father.
No question remains unanswered in a series of interviews at Junior’s high-altitude camp in Lake Tahoe, where his father once trained. What was it like to grow up as the son of Mexico’s greatest fighter? What price does a fighter pay for drugs and alcohol? And what does it do to his family?
Only the ending remains in doubt: Is Junior being punished for the sins of his father, or is he doomed to repeat them?
“Fame can be a disease, like addiction,” says Kriegel. “And this family has battled both. Junior and Senior weren’t merely candid. They were confessional. Na, Whakaaro ahau, courageous, too.”
Ki te WÄTEA KATOA cameras entrenched in camp, viewers will meet three generations of Mexico’s most famous fighting family as the 29-year-old Junior navigates a crossroads of his career.
WÄTEA KATOA: CHAVEZ premieres on SHOWTIME with multiple encore presentations. WÄTEA KATOA will be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME te Wā® a online iSHO.com/Sports.
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“Chavez Jr. vs. Fonfara”, is a 12-round bout to takes place at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., a ka Air ora i runga i SHOWTIME (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT). Ka hoki te telecast SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka audio Tuarua (SAP).
Tikiti mo te takahanga, e te tahi whakatairangatia ana-e Goossen Whakatairanga me Chavez Whakatairanga, E utu i $200, $150, $100, $50 a $25, me takoha e hāngai ana, utu me utu ratonga, haere i runga i te hoko i tenei ra i 12 p.m. PT a e wātea ana mō te hoko ipurangi i AXS.com.
JULIO César Chavez Jr.-Andrzej FONFARA MEDIA CALL CONFERENCE tuhinga
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SUPERSTAR Mexican JULIO Hiha Chavez JR. RETURNS TO THE KING AGAINST ngangau whakaongaonga Andrzej FONFARA AT STUBHUB Center IN Carson, Calif.
Chavez Jr. Te hanga SHOWTIME® Tuatahi Rāhoroi, April 18,
Live I 10 p.m. AND/ 7 p.m. PT
Tickets Haere I te Sale teie mahana I 12 P.M. PT!
Carson, Calif. (March 9, 2015) - Ko te hokinga mai o te Julio Hiha Chavez Jr. (48-1-1, 32 Koó) haere mai ki Pokapū StubHub i roto i te Carson, Calif., i runga iRāhoroi April 18 rite te superstar Mexican hanga ana SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® tuatahi ki te ngangau whakaongaonga Andrzej Fonfara (26-3, 15 Koó) i roto i te 12-a tawhio noa a'ee taumahamaha o te marama, ora i runga iSHOWTIME (10 p.m. AND/ 7 p.m. PT).
Tikiti mo te takahanga, e te tahi whakatairangatia ana-e Goossen Whakatairanga me Chavez Whakatairanga, E utu i $200, $150, $100, $50 a $25, me takoha e hāngai ana, utu me utu ratonga, haere i runga i te hoko i tenei ra i 12 p.m. Ko PT me wātea mō te hoko ipurangi i AXS.com.
"E oaoa vau ki te tiki i hoki i roto i te whakakai, ka whakamahara katoa e ahau tetahi o nga marohirohi pai i roto i te ao nei o te ahau,"Ka mea Chavez Jr. "E e ahau he test uaua i runga iApril 18, otiia ka haere ahau ki te haere ki te tae rere, me te titiro atu ahau ki tango i runga i tetahi challengers i muri i. "
"Ko tetahi faingamālie nui hoki ahau tenei, me ahau rawa mauruuru ki te whai i te reira,"Ka mea Fonfara. "Kua ahau i roto i reira ki te whawhai pai i roto i te ao, me te rite tonu haere ahau ki te tamata ki te hoatu i runga i te whakaatu mo nga pā, ka haere i roto i ikuna."
“Julio Hiha Chavez Jr. a ko Andrzej Fonfara rua o nga kaimekemeke ki pahaki faingataa i roto i te hākinakina” mea Tom Brown o Goossen Whakatairanga. “Tenei whawhai e te pakanga o te wira, a ka tāpiri i tetahi pene ki te rārangi roa o te whawhai tu'u e kua riro wahi i te Center StubHub.”
"Ka rite ki te mea powhiriwhiri whawhai, I love watching Julio fight. As a network executive, I’m thrilled for him to make his SHOWTIME debut on April 18,"Ka meaStephen Espinoza, Executive Vice te peresideni & Kaiwhakahaere General, SHOWTIME Sports. “Julio is one of the most exciting and popular boxers in the sport today, a ki te kapa hou muri ia ia, we expect big things from him in 2015. But Andrzej Fonfara is a real test, and he’s proven he’s not intimidated by any opponent.”
Ko te tama matamua a te kōrero Julio Hiha Chavez, te 29-tau-tawhito te titiro, he papatu mua taumahawaenga te ao ki te whiwhi ia i tetahi atu pere taitara ao. Fanauhia i roto i te Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Chavez Jr. ka tahuri pro i roto i 2003 a riro ana te tuatahi 23 whawhai. His first blemish came against Carlos Molina, nei whawhai ia ki te Unuunu i roto i 2005, i mua i haere mai hoki ki te whiua ia e rua nga marama i muri mai. I muri rere tona whakaatu ki 41-0-1, roaa ia he pere taitara taumahawaenga te ao ki Sebastian Zbik, i riro ia i te nuinga whakatau. E haere ia ki runga ki ki te te paruru angitu tona whitiki ki Peter Manfredo Jr., Marco Antonio Rubio a Andy Lee i mua i ngaro i te whakataunga i roto i 2012 ki Sergio Martinez. Te nuinga Chavez Jr tata. patua ka nguha tiketike Bryan Vera rua, te tuatahi i roto i 2013 a ano i roto i to ratou 2014 rematch.
Fanauhia i roto i te Warsaw, Pōrana me te whawhai i roto i o Chicago, Fonfara Ko te-bloomer mutunga nei kua hoatu huihui he string o faahiahia mahi tata. Last tau, Ua aro te-tau 27-tau toa taumahamaha o te marama tuturu te ao a Tamutu Stevenson no te 12 rauna uaua, me te maturuturu ahakoa he whakatau, ongo kiate ia he rota o te pā ki tona toheroa me te faaotiraa. Wikitoria i runga i ngā toa o mua te ao Byron Mitchell, Glen Johnson a Gabriel Campillo, Haere mai wikitōria tata rawa o Fonfara i Whiringa 2014 ka wā ia Doudou Ngumbu i roto i tona fare whāngai o Chicago, kowhetetia ia tenei tupono ki a Chavez Jr.
Chavez Jr. vs. Fonfara, Ko te a'ee 12-a tawhio noa e e wahi i Center StubHub i Carson, Calif. a ka AIR ki runga ki SHOWTIME (10 p.m. AND/7 p.m. PT). Ka hoki te telecast SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING wātea i roto i te reo Pāniora mā hōtaka audio Tuarua (SAP).
Mō ētahi atu pārongo'a'ahi www.sports.sho.com, te whai i runga i Twitter iSHOSports, @ Jcchavezjr1, andrzej_fonfara, StubHubCenter ASwanson_Comm, te whai i te whakahaere mā te whakamahi i #ChavezFonfara, riro i te tahi i runga i Facebook i www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing 'a'ahi ki te Blog SHOWTIME mekemeke i ranei http://theboxingblog.sho.com.