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路易斯顿, 缅因 (九月 2, 2016) – The 3,800-square foot warehouse in Woburn, 马萨诸塞州, is known simply as “The Way.”
No coincidence, since the proprietor who lives out his passion as a personal trainer under its roof, 布兰登蒙特拉, has found a way, in his own unique way.
From a turbulent childhood in North Anson, 缅因, 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, 蒙特拉, 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, 蒙特拉 (4-0, 3 科斯) will put his undefeated credentials on the line against Tollison Lewis (2-1, 1 KO) 在“NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” on 星期六, 九月 10 在安德罗斯科银行Colisée酒店在路易斯顿, 缅因, the venerable boxing venue that in 1965, when it was known as “圣. Domenic’s Hall,” played host to the infamous Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston II world heavyweight title rematch. (是的, 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.
进行中, Montella discovered that getting back in shape, setting goals and chasing intangible successes that were larger than wins and losses suited him, 太.
“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(ķ), moved to Massachusetts, became a personal trainer.”
很好, 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.
在 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, 部分, to set an example for his clients.
“I decided I couldn’t train athletes if I’m not doing the (东西). I want to wear the boots before the suits, 你知道?” Montella said. “六个月后 I was the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in New England. It blew my mind. I found a place that was home.”
他赢了 14 他 21 业余打架, 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.
拳击, 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.”
开盘上 九月 10 被设定为 7 P.M. 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. Tickets start at $25 和可在 www.TheColisee.com or by calling the Colisee box office at207.783.2009, 延期 525.
有关事件,并拼牌更新的详细信息, 请访问推广的网站 www.NewEnglandFights.com. 此外, 你可以在观看视频NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, 按照他们的Twitter @nefights并加入官方Facebook集团“新英格兰战斗。”
路易斯顿, 缅因 (八月 12, 2016) - 新英格兰战斗 (NEF) 返回刘易斯顿 九月 10, 2016 与格斗促销活动的下一个活动一起, “NEF 25: 英雄 & 恶棍。” The fight card will feature both mixed-martial-arts and professional boxing bouts. 今天早些时候,, the fight promotion announced the first pro boxing bout signed for the event. 布兰登蒙特拉 (4-0, 3 科斯) 将在 托利森刘易斯 (2-1, 1 KO) 在四回合轻重量级的较量.
Montella graduated from Carrabec High School in North Anson, Maine in 1998. 不久之后, 蒙特拉加入美国海军陆战队 (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. 他拥有并经营 The Way, 沃本有限责任公司拳击馆, 马萨诸塞州. 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, 然而, in the boxing ring. Lewis took a fight on one day’s notice against veteran John Webster (8-7-1, 6 科斯) 在秋季 2014. He would dominate that fight and win by decision. Lewis followed up that performance with a stoppage of Zenon Herrera (0-2) 去年, earning himself a crack at Brandon Berry’s (11-2-1, 7 科斯) Northeast Junior Welterweight Title earlier in 2016. Lewis predicts nothing short of an all-out slugfest with Montella on 九月 10.
“I’m expecting a battle,” 刘易斯说. “I know I’ll be prepared for one. Expect a war! I’m not going to talk about it – 我要告诉它, and losing isn’t an option.”
新英格兰战斗“下一个事件, “NEF 25: 英雄 & 恶棍,” 发生在 星期六, 九月 10, 2016 在安德罗斯科银行Colisée酒店在路易斯顿, 缅因. 门票开始只是 $25 而在销售现在 www.TheColisee.com 或致电在Colisée酒店票房207.783.2009 X 525.
有关事件,并拼牌更新的详细信息, 请访问推广的网站 www.NewEnglandFights.com. 此外, 你可以在观看视频NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, 按照他们的Twitter @nefights并加入官方Facebook集团“新英格兰战斗。”
Hyannis, 马萨诸塞州 (五月 15, 2016) - 新英格兰战斗 (NEF), 美国的头号地区拼促销, 举办了最近一次活动, “NEF 23: CAGE THE CAPE” 周六晚上在海恩尼斯青年队 & Community Center (HYCC) in Hyannis, 马萨诸塞州. HYCC 已具备举办首场经批准的综合格斗比赛的能力 (MMA) 科德角曾经举办过表演. 场馆开放了楼上的步行道,为只能站着的球迷提供更多活动空间. NEF 颁发的八打卡让观众整夜热血沸腾.
十二子队, 总部设在海恩尼斯和汉诺威, 马萨诸塞州, 是一个完美的 5-0 在晚上. 法比安·米兰达 (3-0), 托马斯·李·戴维斯, JR. (2-0), 艾德·福伦扎 (1-0), 和 凯莉·奥赫恩 (1-0) 球队在卡的业余部分取得的所有胜利.
这是奥赫恩与 安吉拉年轻 (1-2) 杨在班戈的综合格斗 (MMA), 缅因州将被所有与会者铭记多年. 两名女子来来回回,经过三轮艰苦的较量,最终奥赫恩被评委一致判定获胜。’ 记分卡. 这场战斗将是一场激烈的竞争 “年度扑灭” 那时在东北 2016 结束了.
纯子队成员 布伦丹·巴特斯 (1-0) 在当晚的主赛中通过技术击倒获胜 迈克·汉森 (4-4). 这场比赛是伊斯特姆人的职业首秀, 马萨诸塞州和瑙塞特地区高中的杰出摔跤手. 比赛从汉森早期的混乱中反弹,导致裁判暂停Ť 1:46 第一轮.
的全部结果 “NEF 23”:
职业格斗
布伦丹战役def. 迈克·汉森 (Mike Hansen),TKO, 圆 1
马特·丹宁DEF. 德里克·肖雷 (Derek Shorey) 通过脚后跟钩, 圆 1
Crowsneck布廷DEF. 鲁本·雷德曼 TKO, 圆 1
业余格斗
凯莉·奥赫恩辩解. 通过一致决定安吉拉年轻
艾德·福伦扎. 弗兰克·约翰逊通过医生停工, 圆 3
维克多·欧文 Def. 特雷西·施里巴(Tracey Schryba)KO, 圆 1
托马斯·李·戴维斯, JR. DEF. 安东尼·斯皮尔斯KO, 圆 1
法比安·米兰达 后卫. 史蒂夫·邦(Steve Bang)通过扶手, 圆 2
NEF返回安德罗斯科银行Colisée酒店的Lewiston, 缅因州六月 18, 2016 同 “NEF 24: 乐土(上帝允许给亚伯拉罕的地方。” 门票“NEF 24”开始只是 $25 而在销售现在 www.TheColisee.com 或致电在Colisée酒店票房207.783.2009 X 525.
有关事件和战斗卡更新的详细信息, 请访问推广的网站 www.NewEnglandFights.com. 此外, 你可以在观看视频NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, 按照他们的Twitter @nefights并加入官方Facebook集团“新英格兰战斗。”
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