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Boxing’s next great boxing trainer Julian Chua is a rising star in the gym, ring and corner

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Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez isChua’s first true world champion
(L-R) – Jesse Vargas, head trainer Julian Chua and two-time World Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez

LOS ANGELES (November 6, 2024) -- One of the hottest young trainers in boxing is Julian Chua, even though he still hasn’t received the high-level respect he deserves from many boxing fans and promoters.

When Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (46-1, 30 KOS) dethroned previously undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight World Champion Arsen “Feroz” Goulamirian (27-0, 19 KOS) denne sidste marts, Chua’s stock took off because “Zurdo” is the first world champion the 33-year-old Chua developed into a world champion.

The journey Chua took to become the head trainer of “Zurdo,” who is only two months younger than Julian, was unusual, to say the least. At that time, Ramirez was 39-0 and the first of Mexican heritage to be world super middleweight champion, as well as a promotional free agent. “Zurdo” and his manager, David Suh (3 Point Management – 3PM), were conducting a search for a new head trainer and the list included some of the top coaches in the country. Chua was a relatively unknown commodity outside of southern California who at that time was training fighters at the famed Wildcard Gym in Hollywood (F.EKS) under Hall of Fame Trainer Freddie Roach (he had also trained Chua when he was an amateur boxer from Indiana).

I 2018, Suh reached out to Chua to inquire if he’d be interested in training Ramirez, adding that he was also speaking with several other top names. Først, Ramirez really didn’t know who Chua was, at least, until they met at a coffee shop in Santa Monica to get to know each other. After that meeting, Ramirez gave Julian a chance to train him. The rest, selvfølgelig, is part of modern-day boxing history.

“We clicked right away,” Chua added. “We learned things about each other and how we liked to train. I’ve always studied a lot and did some research about how he had been trained because I wanted to help him improve. I was getting four fighters ready in L.A. and ‘Zurdo’ couldn’t go there for sparring. I told him that I couldn’t leave these fighters to go and train him in Long Beach. We still wanted to work with each other and ‘Zurdo’ made it work. I went to Long Beach (where Ramirez trained at Hill Street Boxing & Fitness Gym) twice a week and he came to Wildcard three times.”

Chua made his debut at Ramirez’ new head trainer in 2019, when Ramirez moved up in weight to fight as a light heavyweight, stopping Tommy Karpency in four rounds. COVID-19 restrictions adversely affected Ramirez’ activity, but he learned and improved by continuing to work with Chua in the gym. “Zurdo” signed a promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions, gaining added exposure fighting on the DAZN, and he reeled off four more consecutive victories through the middle of 2022, after which he lost for the first time in his pro career to WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol (20-0), ved hjælp af en 12-round beslutning.

Ramirez decided that it was time to move up another division to cruiserweight because he was walking around at 200 pounds. Sidste oktober, Ramirez made his cruiserweight debut, albeit at a 193-pound catchweight, against former world light heavyweight champion and Bernard Hopkins conqueror Joe Smith, Jr. (28-4). “Zurdo” won a unanimous 10-round decision to become the mandatory challenger for Goulamirian.

“’Zurdo’ is the first world champion I’ve ‘built’ but I’ve been brought in to work with some world champions on their weaknesses – Regis Prograis, Steph Fulton and Alycia Baumgardner,” Chua commented. “It’s a lot more difficult that way because you can’t really have an impact in only two or three months. I’ve been working with ‘Zurdo’ for five years and I’ve had it good. He has a lot of natural talent and has always been a smart fighter, but he picked ‘nuts-and-guts’ too often in his decision making. He didn’t need to get hit so much even though he has a great chin. He has such a beautiful style and he’s so intelligent.”

“He’s such a natural. Mexicans are uppercut kings. I noticed that, defensively, Arsen didn’t move his head or feet much. He was so wide that he was open up the middle for uppercuts, left or right, and that was our master plan. We worked on ‘Zurdo’ not throwing his uppercuts from too far away. He had been wide but, in this fight, he smothered his opponent inside. He did a lot of technical work and he’s always been a versatile fighter. I have him boxing more off his back foot. He could bully opponents with his size at 168, but he doesn’t have that same physical luxury to impose his size at cruiserweight. He’s using his boxing skills more.”

Chua admits he cherished Ramirez capturing the WBA crown, professionally as well as personally. And he also believes “Zurdo” can become the first Mexico-born heavyweight world champion, the same as he was as world super middleweight and cruiserweight champion.

“It meant the world to me,” Chua spoke about ‘Zurdo’ becoming the WBA Cruiserweight World Champion. “The expression on my face when they announced the scores showed how much it meant to me. I’m still fighting for my respect with fans and promoters, especially after the Bivol fight. ‘Zurdo’ is too slick. I believe in this guy! I can see him moving up to heavyweight, but I want to clean up some more things defensively. Sometimes he keeps his head too low, and I don’t want him testing his chin so much. Depending on who the heavyweight champion is when he’s ready, I believe he can be heavyweight champion of the world with his activity so slick and prioritizing his defense. We’re going to double down. As Abel Sanchez (Goulamirian’s trainer) said at the post-fight press conference, he didn’t think ‘Zurdo’ was so slick, offensively and defensively.”

Chua is preparing “Zurdo” to take on WBO Cruiserweight Chris Billam-Smith (20-1, 13 KOS) in a unification match on November 16th in Riyadh, Saudi -Arabien.

In addition to several mixed-martial-arts fighters, Chua is also the head trainer for pro boxers such as WBA world super flyweight challenger and WBA #6-rated John “Scrappy” Ramirez (13-1, 9 KOS), undefeated Hawaiian middleweight prospect Jordan “The Patriot” Panthen (9-0, 8 KOS), 2012 Ukrainian Olympian welterweight Taras Shelestyuk (19-0-1, 11 KOS), undefeated New York City welterweight Arnold Gonzalez (15-1, 7 KOS), Armenian super bantamweight Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan (21-5, 17 KOS), and former WBA Inter-Continental Champion “Supreme” Kareem Hackett (12-1, 6 KOS), af Toronto.

Catch the Chua experience, Julian is making a name for himself in boxing circles and drawing fighters to work with him at Brickhouse Boxing Club in North Hollywood, California. The best is yet to come, dog, especially if “Zurdo” becomes world heavyweight champion in the not-too-distant future.
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Torontos ubesejrede letsværvægter Kareem "Supreme" Hackett skal lave 1. WBA Inter-Continental titelforsvar den 30. marts på DAZN fra L.A..

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Kareem Hackett (R)(Foto kredit: Cris Esquida/15:00)

LOS ANGELES (Marts 21, 2024) - Torontos ubesejrede World Boxing Association (WBA) Interkontinental let tungvægtsmester Kareem “Supreme” Hackett (12-0, 6 KOS) skal lave sit første titelforsvar i marts 30th mod Rowdy Legend Montgomery (10-5-1, 7 KOS) i en 10-runders kamp på et Golden Boy Promotions-kort med overskriften af ​​WBA Cruiserweight World titelkampen mellem forsvarende mester Arsen Goulimarian og Hacketts staldkammerat, tidligere verdensmester i supermellemvægt Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez.

Al handlingen vil blive streamet live på DAZN fra YouTube Theatre i Los Angeles.

WBA nr. 13 verdensrangerede Hackett erobrede sin krone i september sidste år 20th i Plantebyen, Florida, når han domineret 4-1 favorit og tidligere ubesejrede Clay Waterman (11-0, 8 KOS) på vej til en enstemmig beslutning i 10 runder, hvor han vandt alt 10 runder på to af dommernes scorekort og ni på den anden dommers.

"Jeg ville gerne have kæmpet før, men det er den måde, denne forretning går," sagde Hackett. "Det er sværere at få kampe efter at have vundet min titel, end det var. Der er sket meget godt siden min sidste kamp. Jeg forstår. Jeg har en titel, og jeg er verdensrangeret. Jeg har en klarere vej mod et verdensmesterskab. Jeg sætter pris på enhver mulighed for at komme i ringen.”

"Jeg får mere respekt, siden jeg viste mine færdigheder på ProBox.TV. (Meddelere) Juan Manual Marguez, Paulie Malignaggi og Chris Algieri gav mig en masse rekvisitter, og det har været meget bekræftende.”

Hackett har fået uvurderlig erfaring med at sparre verdensmestre som "Zurdo" Ramirez, Dmitry Bivol, Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin, Sergio Mora, Mathew Macklin og David Benavidez.

Hackett har allerede etableret de første af en Toronto-bokser med hensyn til at kæmpe på et Golden Boy Promotions-kort og blive WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight-titelholder.

"Jeg er banebrydende for Toronto-boksning,”, forklarede den gratis kampagneagent Hackett med stor stolthed. "Jeg vil have den første verdensmester med hjem, sikkert, og en dag de ubestridte og forenede titler, for, Toronto er en storby med en masse naturtalent, men jeg ved ikke, hvorfor boksning ikke trives der."

Hackett trænes af den hurtigt voksende Julian Chua i Brickhouse Boxing Club i North Hollywood (F.EKS) og administreres af 3 Point Management (3 PM).

"(Dmitry) Bivol står i spidsen for letsværvægtsdivisionen, og jeg ved han er en stærk fyr,” bemærkede Hackett. "Vi har ændret nogle ting siden min sidste kamp med slutningen i tankerne. Vi er tredoblet, styrkemæssigt, for når vi støder på ham. Det er hovedændringen. Jeg føler, at jeg er den mest adrætte fighter i vores division, og jeg arbejder på at blive stærkere for at matche mine færdigheder og ringe IQ."

I 2024, Hackett ønsker at tilføje hardware og kæmpe mod en top-10-rangeret modstander, men, i hvert fald for nu, han er glad for at være i sin kamp med Montgomery i sit andet hjem, Los Angeles.

"Jeg elsker, at denne kamp er i LA,” konkluderede Hackett. "Jeg har det godt i Los Angeles. Jeg føler mig hjemme her og kæmper andre steder i Californien. Jeg er også spændt på at kæmpe på et kort med overskriften af ​​en af ​​mine nærmeste venner i boksning (Southpaw)."

INFORMATION:Websted: www.KareemHackett.comInstagram, Twitter & Tik Tok: @kareemwins
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Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez Kæmper for sin arv

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Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez Kæmper for sin arv
LOS ANGELES (Marts 20, 2024) -- Den tidligere verdensbokseorganisations supermellemvægtsmester Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOS) kæmper for sin arv, fra marts 30th når han udfordrer det ubesejrede World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight verdenstitelindehaver Arsen “Feroz” Goulamirian (21-0, 14 KOS) på You Tube Theatre i Hollywood Park i Inglewood, California.

12-runders Goulamirian vs. Zurdo hovedbegivenhed giver et stærkt kort, promoveret af Golden Boy Promotions i samarbejde med Y12 Boxing, som vil blive streamet live på DAZN.

Ramirez, 32, var den første mexicanske bokser til at erobre en verdensmester i supermellemvægt, og nu vil han kopiere den hidtil usete bedrift mod Goulamirian, den armenskfødte mester, der bor i Frankrig og træner i Big Bear, California.

"At blive den første mexicansk-fødte verdensmester i cruiservægt og verdensmester i to divisioner er meget vigtigt for mig," sagde Ramirez. "Arv er det eneste, vi efterlader i denne verden, Jeg var stolt over at være den første mexicaner, der blev verdensmester i supermellemvægt, og jeg kan ikke vente med at blive den første igen i cruiservægt.

"Jeg lærer stadig hver dag. Joe Smith var en hård opgave, og jeg var nødt til at implementere nogle nye ting til min stil. Og denne kamp er ikke anderledes; hver lejr forsøger jeg at tilføje noget nyt for at øge mine chancer for at vinde. Jeg føler mig godt tilpas ved denne vægt. Naturligt, da jeg blev ældre, det var sværere at lave vægten, og nu ser alt ud til at være nemmere. Som jeg altid siger, der er ingen bedre lærer end erfaring i dette liv."

Zurdos ultimative mål, dog, skal blive verdensmester i tre divisioner, sigter mod sværvægtsdivisionen, når han har ryddet op i cruiservægtklassen.

"Der er stadig mange kampe, der kan laves i denne division,” forklarede Zurdo. "Jeg ville elske at forene mig og/eller blive den ubestridte mester, før jeg rykker op. Når det hele er sagt og gjort, mit mål er at blive en multidivisionsmester og afslutte min karriere som en sværvægter."

INFORMATION: Websted: www.ZurdoPromotions.comFacebook: /ZurdoPromotions, /GilbertoZurdoRamirez Instagram: @zurdoramirez, @zurdopromotionsTwitter: @ZurdoPromotions, @GilbertoZurdoRamirez

OM ZURDO-KAMPAGTER: Hovedkvarter i Las Vegas og Mexico, Zurdo Promotions er den førende kampsport/begivenhed ledet af tidligere verdensmester, Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez. Zurdo Promotions stræber efter at være den bedste på alle områder for at sætte den nye standard inden for boksning. Besøg os kl www.ZurdoPromotions.com.