Greg Cohen o Greg Cohen Whakatairanga whakapehapeha ta te hainatanga o te whitu tekau tūturu Rob “Pai” Brant (15-0, 9 Koó) ki te kirimana whakatairanga.
24-Brant tau-tawhito, i Oakdale, Minnesota, tīmata mekemeke i roto i 2007 a i 2009 Ko kē he toa motu. Ka haere ia ki runga ki ki te riro mai ei melo o te Team US National Mekemeke, ka riro i te 2010 National Golden karapu, i roto i te maha atu wehewehenga, i mua i te tahuri ngaio i roto i 2012.
Matua i te kaimekemeke, ahakoa taonga mana i runga-toharite, Brant Ko te kaitoi i roto i te mowhiti i te aravihi kaha ki te hanga, me te whakarite waenganui whawhai-ki. Tona conditioning kaha taea ki a ia pana i te tere, me te wawahi i ana hoariri iho, te pae tino hinengaro me.
Tīmata koe mekemeke, me te hohoro ka he toa motu. Tell me about discovering you were a natural in boxing. A, no te koe i ite i te reira?
Ko e toku papa he Division 1 Collegiate kaitākaro whutupaoro. Ahau tupu ake aroha whutupaoro, E kore ahau e mea i ahau oranga, engari ka e ahau ki runga ki te mara. A, i ahau 15, Tīmata ahau ki te wairua ki mekemeke. Ahau me etahi hoa, te nuinga whutupaoro kaitākaro, e whakatau ake i te whare o to tatou quaterback o ki te rākau. Tona papa, Bob Mitchell, whakamahia ki te waiho i te kaimekemeke a kia rākau ki a matou i roto i te karati i te huarahi ranei. Aroha ahau nga tuarua o reira. Kitea e ahau e haere ana ahau ki te whare toku hoa o atu a atu, ara, no te kahore i ia i reira, kia taea e ahau pouaka ki tona papa.
A, no te mutu te rangi tukua tenei, Ahau noa i ki te hoatu i te reira i roto i te ngarahu hoki, engari ite e ahau ko reira te tahi mea e ahau hinaaro tino ki te mahi. Tīmata ahau rangahau gyms mekemeke me te matakitaki ana te rota o te mekemeke. A, i ahau 16 a ka raihana o toku taraiwa, Haere ahau ki te White Bear Lake Boxing Club, te wahi i tutaki ki ahau ki te tangata-tau 87-tawhito i te ingoa o Emmitt Yañez, ko wai me te Larry Goodman i roto i tona waenganui-70. Pai ahau, hoki o taua raumati katoa 2007, te tangata tuatahi i roto i te omaoma, me te kotahi i roto i muri. Parau e ahau toku angitu ki aua tangata e rua, mo nga tau i muri mai torutoru ka mau ratou ki ahau ki nga whakataetae, me nga whakaatu rohe i roto i te Midwest. Kihai ahau i tahuri iho he whawhai, a ko ratou i pai ki te pei nga wahi katoa nga wa.
Mana'o ahau ite ahau i ahau taranata, ina ahau riro National Championship i te US tangata o roto i 2009. Tae noa ki ka, I nga wa katoa e ahau hoatu ahau he kupu mo te aha i riro ahau i nga whakataetae i riro ahau, a e arotahi ki runga i te hunga e kore e ahau i te whakataetae ki, rite te ātete ki te hunga i mea ai ahau. I roto i nga whiringa toa o te National Toa i roto i 2009 Whiua e ahau te tangata, ko Siju Shabazz nei i roto i 2007 Titiro ahau riro i te karapu National Golden i runga i te pouaka whakaata. Haamana'o ahau whakaaro ko ia te hoho'a tumu o te taranata. A, no ka whakaara ratou toku ringa, kihai i whakaturia ana i roto i te hepetoma i muri tae noa ki, ka mohio ahau i ahau i te tokomaha kotahi-runga taumahamaha te marama i roto i te United States.
He aha i hanga e hiahia ana koe ki te tīmata mekemeke?
Aroha tonu ahau matakitaki ana āhuatanga katoa o te whakaatu mekemeke. Te tomokanga, nga kākahu kokonga mo, te mānukanuka o te rua whawhai e tu i roto i te ritenga atu pito i mohio he aha e ratou e pā ana ki ki te whai ki te mahi i, a me pehea kotahi nga mowhiti pere, pehea whakatata ratou tetahi ki tetahi, ki te māia me te tūpato. A, no te e haere ahau ki te whare o toku hoa o ka pouaka tona papa, I figured it was something that I might be able to actually do one day and mentally, Mahia e ahau i ahau a taea noatia te pae tino i taea te tango ahau i ahau ki te omaoma mekemeke.
He aha koe i tahuri pro?
I muri i te mahi runaruna poto, engari mātotoru, Ngaro ahau i roto i te 2012 Tamataraa Olympic. I hokona e ahau nui wheako ki te whai te mea te nuinga o boxers amateur moemoea o: ki te riro me te toa ngaio ao i katoa e haere mai ki reira.
Kia pehea te i te mahi ki a Greg Cohen mai e pā ana ki?
Greg Cohen i te whakaaturanga mekemeke whakaatu i roto i te āhua i toku whare o Minnesota i te Grand Casino Hinckley. Ahau mahi tino pakeke i roto i te faaineineraa no te taua whakataetae ngā no te mea i toku tuatahi teata motu rite ki te pro. Ahau ite i rite ahau nui, ka whakamana i te taumata e whai ahau i roto i mua o te rōpū GCP. Utua atu toku mahi pakeke, Mr. Tohunga hiahia ki te mahi tahi tonu.
He aha koutou whāinga i roto i te mekemeke?
O te akoranga, wahi o toku whāinga matua i roto i te mekemeke, ko te ki te riro i te toa te ao tika i roto i toku wehenga. Ko hohonu atu i taua, E hiahia ana ahau ki te ake i te whare, me te kia tarahu noa i te wa ahau haere ahau i te hākinakina. E hiahia ana ahau ki te hanga i te moni i roaa i te mahi mekemeke ahau hoki ahau.
Ko wai tou kaiwhakangungu?
Whakangungu ahau e wha ki te rima wiki i mua i ngā whakataetae i roto i te Dallas, Texas. Taku kaiwhakangungu upoko ko Derrick James. Ko ia he runaruna ta'na he kaimekemeke ngaio ta'na nana nei i whakaakona whawhai pērā i Errol Spence Jr me Anthony Mack me te, i roto i ētahi atu. Taku kaiwhakangungu kaiāwhina ko Natana Pipitone. Haere tonu a Natana te maile anō hoki ahau. Ka tutaki ahau e ia i te omaoma i te mea te wa, me te anake e hiahia ana te angitu o te kaitäkaro e mahi ia ki, he mahi o te piha haapiiraa. Taku tangata tarai me toku kaha, me te conditioning kaiako ko Jeremy Clark i te āhua toku whare o Minnesota. Ko ia he kaiako whanaketanga kaitākaro mō te kapa haupoi Los Angeles Kings. Pana ahau e ia ki te taumata muri, e kore e tākaro maongo ia, mahi pakeke mahi, me ko te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki.
Hea e ako'i koe?
E ora ana ahau i roto i te Saint Paora, Minnesota, te wahi e mahi ahau i toku kaha taimaha, me te conditioning ki toku kaiako Jeremy Clark i te Minnesota Top Team Gym nona ia i roto i te Eagan, Minnesota. He marama ranei kia i roto i te whawhai, Upoko ahau ki a Dallas ki te whakangungu me toku kaiako Derrick me Natana ki te whakakoi i toku tikanga, me te whiwhi i te sparring taimaha i roto i. Ahakoa ahau e ahau te mahi tonu pakeke mahi te mahi faingataa i roto i Dallas.
He aha te i muri hoki koutou?
Ka e whakaoti ahau Hōngongoi 17 at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Bethlehem Pennsylvania on the non-televised portion of a talent-stacked ShoBox card. Ko tēnei wā ahau i roto i Dallas teuteu mo e.
E mahi koe tetahi haunga mekemeke?
Ite ahau e ka koutou pono, me te tino mahi i koe ki te tahi mea e kore koutou e whai i te rota o te wā mō te tahi atu mau mea. E te mea, Ahau e tamata i te tai'o rite nui rite taea e ahau, ka kite ahau i te rota o te kiriata i te Game kaingākau o torona tahi me te. He hoki te nuinga o nga iwi e feohi ahau ki pāpori i roto i te mahi hākinakina e patu, e pupuri ana i ahau arotahi.
I pehea koe te tiki i te ingoa Bravo?
Ko mau te aamu rorirori. I ahau kaiako i whakamahia ki te karanga ki ahau, Robbo.’ I roto i te mekemeke runaruna kite koutou tokomaha o te taua kaiako tau i muri i te tau, me te whakahawea ana kōrero ki a ratou, ka whiwhi ki te mohio ratou na roto i to koutou mahi runaruna.
Ehara i te mea ra ano toku amateur whakataetae whakamutunga e ahau ake i (2012 Tangaroa motu USA, parahi mētara) e te kaiako i te Area Bay whakatata toku kaiako whaiaro, ka ui te wahi 'Bravo’ ko. Toku kaiako whakama i roto i kahore i te wahi ka mea ia 'Aue mahino tae noa fakamatala'i kaiako mea ahau, tikanga koe Robbo!’ No te tau, tenei kaiako whakaaro i ko toku ingoa Bravo ka korerotia e ahau toku kaiako ki te kōrero malimali ahau, ka mea “e te reira!”
E kore ahau e ite e taea te hoatu e koe koe he ingoa mekemeke, e kore ano e ahau a ake ake, so it was meant to be that at my last amateur tournament somebody would give me my name.
Mea atu ki te tahi mea mai ki ahau e hiahia ana koe pā ana ki te mohio e pā ana ki a koutou.
Aroha ana ahau ki te mau tuhaa atoa o te mekemeke. E kore ahau e ahau nui i te fariiraa i te whakarongo, no te rite ahau te i runga i te taumata whenua ki te katoa, me te i nga wa e taea te hoatu e ahau ki runga ki te turanga e kore e ahau rawa oaoa i. I like being regular. I am the most approachable person in the world I feel that everybody is equal. Ahau tupu noa ki te whai i te mahi e rite te iwi ki te mataara.
Mō ētahi atu pārongo i runga i Rob Brant, toronga gcpboxing.com. Twitter robertbrantusa
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Mō Greg Cohen Whakatairanga
Ko e taha o pūeru whakatairanga pirimia o te mekemeke, Greg Cohen Whakatairanga (GCP) Ko te ingoa pai-te whakaute mō te atamira-ao o te piha haapiiraa ngā kaupapa mekemeke ngaio, me te whakatairanga i whawhai ngaio whiriwhiri i roto i te ao.
Kua kaiwhakarewa me te CEO Greg Cohen kua whai wāhi ki te mekemeke ngaio i roto i te ngā aravihi mai te mutunga o nga 1980, Papatūānuku tona mahi me te whakatakoto ia ano he kaipakihi mekemeke te ao murere.
Kitea e tona kaha ki te wahi, a ka whakawhanake taranata mata, Hanga tohunga matua mo tona arata'iraa tohunga o, i roto i te tokomaha noa atu, mua WBA Junior whitu Champion Austin “No te feaa” Taraute, o tei tauturu i Cohen aratohu i unknown 'amanaki New Mexico ki te whiriwhiri taumata superstar utu-ia-tirohanga.
I tua atu ki te Taraute, Kua mahi Greg Cohen Whakatairanga ki te ingoa whakapumautia pērā i te toa kotahi, e rua-wā taumahamaha o mua Hasim “Ko te Kamaka” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Koó); me te toa katoa-wa-nui maha-taimaha te ao o te piha haapiiraa James “Rama Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Koó).
Contenders nāianei ao-tauanga i roto i te rārangi GCP ngā Arash Usmanee, aotia rite te rima tekau mā whitu super runga-10; mua WBA International whitu Champion me te nguha whitu te ao-tauanga Jarrod Fletcher; rima tekau mā whitu runga-tauanga Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canadian hero Kōmāmā me te TV mahi Tony Luis, a WBA rima-wā Irish National Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; me te apî sensation Welterweight Cecil McCalla.
Kua whakahaerehia Greg Cohen Whakatairanga ngā kaupapa mekemeke-ao o te piha haapiiraa i roto i te wāhi pai rawa puta noa i te United States me te ao, me te hoki whakapehapeha, kua whakaratohia taranata ihirangi me te / ranei mō ētahi whatunga pouaka whakaata, tae atu HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Whatunga, CBS Sports Whatunga, MAORI a FOX Sports Net.