BOSTON (Février 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, Jr., 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, Rocky Marciano, 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)."
(L-R) – Ryan Roach & James Hagler, Jr.
“I’m excited to be managing James,”A commenté Roach. “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, qui se bat hors d'Atlanta, n'a pas commencé la boxe avant d'être 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 ou 4. He didn’t want anybody in his family to go through what he did in the Sugar Ray Leonard fight. Mon père (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.”
Jacques (2-1, 1 KO) 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, Jr. en action
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, disant, “I met Muhammad Ali’s grandson (Nico Walsh). I’d love to fight him someday.”
L’écurie grandissante de boxeurs doués de Fighter Locker comprend également le super poids mouche californien Rocco « So Cal Kid » Santomauro (21-1, 6 KOs), Le super léger ABF American West de New York Ray Jay "The Destroyer" Bermudez (16-0, 11 KOs), Jimmy "Quiet Storm" Williams, super poids welter ABF USA du Connecticut (18-5-2, 6 KOs), Shawn McCalman, champion des poids super-moyens ABF American West du Colorado, "The Amazing" (10-0, 6 KOs), Adrian "Tonka" Sosa super léger du Massachusetts (12-0, 9 KOs), Florida super bantamweight Daniel “The Dedication” Bailey, Jr. (10-0, 5 KOs), Poids plume du Massachusetts Troy Anderson, Jr. (4-0, 2 KOs), 2-fois olympien brésilien & 2016 Le médaillé d'argent olympique Yuberjen Martinez, L'olympien brésilien Jorge Vivas, 2-time Dominican Olympian, léger Leonel de los Santos (5-0, 5 KOs), Le poids-croiseur dominicain Roki "Rocky" Berroa (2-0, 1 KO), Le super poids welter dominicain Juan Solano Santos (1-0, 1 KO), Le poids plume dominicain Orlando Perez Zapata (10-0, 8 KOs), Dominicain léger Isaelin Florian Henriguez (8-1, 4 KOs), Robert Daniels, poids lourd léger de Floride, Jr. (6-0, 5 KOs), Poids lourd léger irlandais Tommy "The Kid" O'Toole (3-0, 2 KOs), Texas super léger Miranda "La Alacrana" Reyes (5-1-1, 2 KOs), Alex Rivera, super poids plume du Massachusetts (3-0, 2 KO), Frères du Kansas, poids welter Marcus (3-0, 3 KOs) et super léger Marcell (1-0), et les frères de l'Utah, Ignacio Chairez, champion des poids légers de l'ABF American West (9-0-1, 5 KOs) et léger Gabriel Chairez (4-0-1, 2 KOs).
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