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Lewiston, Maine (Eylül 2, 2016) – The 3,800-square foot warehouse in Woburn, Massachusetts, is known simply as “The Way.”
No coincidence, since the proprietor who lives out his passion as a personal trainer under its roof, Brandon Montella, has found a way, in his own unique way.
From a turbulent childhood in North Anson, Maine, to four years of meritorious service in the United States Marine Corps, to the mixed emotions of staying ahead in the professional rat race, to intense personal tragedy, Montella, 36, has endured what most would consider a lifetime’s worth of challenges.
Yet he perseveres, finding strength and clarity in a life devoted to helping others. And he stays sharp, counter-intuitive as it may seem to the uninitiated, by letting other people punch him in the face.
“On a personal level it helped me so much. I had a lot of fear, maybe a little lack of confidence, due to some of the abuse in my past,” Montella said. “Boxing helped me so much with that. It made me a more complete person. I’m a better husband, a better businessman, a better man since I started fighting.”
A late bloomer who didn’t fully immerse himself in the fight game until his 30s, Montella (4-0, 3 KOs) will put his undefeated credentials on the line against Tollison Lewis (2-1, 1 KO) “NEF'te 25: Heroes and Villains” on Cumartesi, Eylül 10 Lewiston Androscoggin Bankası Colisee de, Maine, the venerable boxing venue that in 1965, when it was known as “St. Domenic’s Hall,” played host to the infamous Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston II world heavyweight title rematch. (Evet, the same boxing bout that spawned rumors of the “phantom punch,” and produced the most iconic image in the history of sports photography.)
Montella was born in Massachusetts but spent much of his childhood in the Western foothills of Maine, where he graduated from Carrabec High School. He describes those formative years as “a tough time, a little bit of a struggle,” and says fighting was both a means of both self-defense and a way of compensating for that lack of self-esteem.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world now,” Montella said. “It helped shape who I am. I tell everybody the Marine Corps started the process of my becoming a man, and boxing helped finish it.”
He spent four years in the service before receiving an honorable discharge. Along the way he met his wife, Tonya, and settled into the comfortable habit of seeking significance through work.
Fatefully, and admittedly on a lark, he accepted a military buddy’s challenge to enter a Toughman contest. It was the amateur, brawling, distant cousin of boxing that Eric “Butterbean” Esch made famous.
“I was a 240-pound meathead. Three one-minute rounds; that seemed like it was right up my alley,” Montella said.
In the process, Montella discovered that getting back in shape, setting goals and chasing intangible successes that were larger than wins and losses suited him, çok.
“That was a turning point for me. Corporate America, I just wasn’t into it,” Montella said. “I couldn’t lie to people and take advantage of them. I couldn’t deal with it morally. I had to turn my back on that. The Marine Corps taught me a different code. I cashed in my 401(k), moved to Massachusetts, became a personal trainer.”
Iyi, it wasn’t quite that easy. He had to sell Tonya, whom he describes as “the major breadwinner in the house,” on the merits of such a change. She already had politely proclaimed Maine a great vacation spot but not a place she cared to settle down, for professional reasons.
Içinde 2008, work took Tonya to Boston.
“It was when the Celtics were getting ready to win the championship. She got caught up in the atmosphere and came home and told me, ‘I would move to Boston.’ I said OK,” Montella recalled with a laugh. “I didn’t let her take that back.”
Montella started his gym in a 10-feet-by-10-feet basement of a townhouse. He took up amateur boxing, kısmen, to set an example for his clients.
“I decided I couldn’t train athletes if I’m not doing the (stuff). I want to wear the boots before the suits, bilirsin?” Montella said. "Six months later I was the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in New England. It blew my mind. I found a place that was home.”
O kazandı 14 ve onun 21 amatör kavgalar, including a novice heavyweight championship in Golden Gloves.
Montella’s trainees have watched him conquer adversity in the prize ring and fight through tragedy in his personal life. Tonya and Brandon’s first child was stillborn on Christmas 2015.
Boks, and the wilderness in the shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain that holds so many contradictory memories for Montella, are part of his healing process.
“I’m here in Maine now getting ready, diving off 40-foot cliffs, doing hill sprints up 100-foot sand dunes, training like a savage,” Montella said. “We used to go up there to drink. All the crazy stuff I did as a kid, now I use it to make myself the best I can be.
“I preach it all the time at my gym: See the world as your training facility. What someone else sees as a cliff, I see as place to work on my focus and mental control. Where they see nothing but trees and open space, I see as a place to go and meditate. In my 30s, I don’t need drugs or alcohol now to be open with my emotions. Boxing has given me the strength to be who I always wanted to be.”
açılış çan Eylül 10 için ayarlanmış 7 um. The current docket for “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” includes three professional boxing matches, five pro mixed martial arts bouts and six amateur MMA scraps. Biletler başlar $25 ve mevcuttur www.TheColisee.com ya da Colisee gişe arayarak207.783.2009, uzantı 525.
Olay ve mücadele kartı güncelleştirmeleri hakkında daha fazla bilgi için, En promosyonun web sitesini ziyaret edin www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ek olarak, En NEF videoları izleyebilirsiniz www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, Twitter'danefights onları takip ve resmi Facebook grubuna katılmak "New England savaşır."
Lewiston, Maine (Ağustos 12, 2016) - New England savaşır (NEF) returns to Lewiston on Eylül 10, 2016 with the fight promotion’s next event, “NEF 25: KAHRAMANLAR & VILLAINS.” The fight card will feature both mixed-martial-arts and professional boxing bouts. Daha önce bugün, the fight promotion announced the first pro boxing bout signed for the event. Brandon Montella (4-0, 3 KOs) alacak Tollison Lewis (2-1, 1 KO) Dört yuvarlak ışık ağır yarışmaya.
Montella graduated from Carrabec High School in North Anson, Maine 1998. Soon after, Montella joined the United States Marine Corps (Usmc). He served in the marines until 2003 when he received an honorable discharge. After spending the better part of a decade in Virginia, Montella moved with his wife to the Boston, Massachusetts area in 2011. He owns and operates The Way, LLC boxing gym in Woburn, Massachusetts. Montella has been on a tear in the boxing ring of late, scoring three knockouts in an eight-month period.
Tollison Lewis cut his teeth in the NEF MMA cage. He has found more success, ancak, in the boxing ring. Lewis took a fight on one day’s notice against veteran John Webster (8-7-1, 6 KOs) sonbaharında 2014. He would dominate that fight and win by decision. Lewis followed up that performance with a stoppage of Zenon Herrera (0-2) geçen sene, earning himself a crack at Brandon Berry’s (11-2-1, 7 KOs) Northeast Junior Welterweight Title earlier in 2016. Lewis predicts nothing short of an all-out slugfest with Montella on Eylül 10.
“I’m expecting a battle,” diyen Lewis. “I know I’ll be prepared for one. Expect a war! I’m not going to talk about it – I’m going to show it, and losing isn’t an option.”
New England kavgalar 'Bir sonraki olay, "NEF 25: KAHRAMANLAR & KÖTÜLER,” takes place on Cumartesi, Eylül 10, 2016 Lewiston Androscoggin Bank Colisée'deki, Maine. Biletler sadece başlar $25 ve şimdi de Hangi www.TheColisee.com ya da Colisée gişe arayarak207.783.2009 x 525.
Olay ve mücadele kartı güncelleştirmeleri hakkında daha fazla bilgi için, En promosyonun web sitesini ziyaret edin www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ek olarak, En NEF videoları izleyebilirsiniz www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, Twitter'danefights onları takip ve resmi Facebook grubuna katılmak "New England savaşır."
Hyannis, Massachusetts (Mayıs 15, 2016) - New England savaşır (NEF), Amerika'nın bir numaralı bölgesel mücadele promosyon, en son etkinliğini düzenledi, “NEF 23: CAGE THE CAPE” Hyannis Youth'ta Cumartesi gecesi & Community Center (HYCC) in Hyannis, Massachusetts. HYCC, ilk onaylanmış karma dövüş sanatları kapasitesine sahipti. (MMA) Cape Cod'da düzenlenen gösteri. Mekan, yalnızca ayakta duran hayranlara daha fazla dirsek alanı sağlamak için üst kattaki yürüyüş yolunu açtı.. Kalabalık, NEF'in sunduğu sekiz dövüş kartı için bütün gece elektriklendi.
Juniko Ekibi, Hyannis ve Hannover merkezli, Massachusetts, mükemmeldi 5-0 gecede. Fabian Miranda (3-0), Thomas Lee Davis, Jr. (2-0), Ed Forlenza (1-0), ve Kylie O’Hearn (1-0) kartın amatör kısmında takım için toplanan tüm kazançlar.
O’Hearn’in maçıydı Angela Young (1-2) Bangor Young'ın MMA, Katılan herkes tarafından yıllarca hatırlanacak Maine. O’Hearn, jüri üyelerinin oybirliğiyle alınan kararla kazanan ilan edilmeden önce iki kadın, üç zorlu tur için ileri geri savaştı.’ skorkartları. Mücadele için ciddi bir rakip olacak “Yılın Dövüş” zamana kadar kuzeydoğuda 2016 sona eriyor.
Juniko Ekibi üyesi Brendan Savaşları (1-0) akşamki ana etkinlikte teknik nakavtla galip geldi Mike Hansen (4-4). Maç, Eastham'ın yerlisi için profesyonel bir başlangıç oldu, Massachusetts ve Nauset Bölge Lisesi'nden öne çıkan güreşçi. Savaşlar, hakemin durmasını sağlamak için Hansen'ın erken bir telaşından geri döndü.t 1:46 İlk turda.
tam sonuçları “NEF 23”:
PROFESYONEL SAVAŞLAR
Brendan Battles def. Mike Hansen, TKO aracılığıyla, yuvarlak 1
Matt Denning def. Topuk kancası aracılığıyla Derek Shorey, yuvarlak 1
Crowsneck Boutin def. Ruben Redman, TKO aracılığıyla, yuvarlak 1
AMATÖR SAVAŞLARI
Kylie O’Hearn def. Oybirliği kararı ile Angela Young
Ed Forlenza def. Frank Johanson, doktor durdurma yoluyla, yuvarlak 3
Victor Irwin def. Tracey Schryba, KO aracılığıyla, yuvarlak 1
Thomas Lee Davis, Jr. Def. KO aracılığıyla Anthony Spires, yuvarlak 1
Fabian Miranda def. Armbar aracılığıyla Steve Bang, yuvarlak 2
NEF, Lewiston'daki Androscoggin Bank Colisée'ye geri döndü, Yarın on Haziran 18, 2016 ile “NEF 24: VAAT EDİLMİŞ TOPRAKLAR.” "NEF 24" biletleri sadece $25 ve şimdi de Hangi www.TheColisee.com ya da Colisée gişe arayarak207.783.2009 x 525.
Olaylar ve dövüş kartı güncellemeleri hakkında daha fazla bilgi için, En promosyonun web sitesini ziyaret edin www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ek olarak, En NEF videoları izleyebilirsiniz www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, Twitter'danefights onları takip ve resmi Facebook grubuna katılmak "New England savaşır."
New England Dövüs Hakkında
New England Kavgalar ("NEF") Bir kavga olayları promosyonlar şirketi. Nef misyonu hem Maine savaşçıları ve hayranları için en kaliteli olayları oluşturmak için. Nef icra takım mücadele spor yönetimi konusunda geniş deneyime sahiptir, olaylar üretimi, medya ilişkileri, pazarlama, yasal ve reklam.