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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 (Nóvember 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) síðasta mars, 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 Punktastjórnun – 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 (EINS) under Hall of Fame Trainer Freddie Roach (he had also trained Chua when he was an amateur boxer from Indiana).

Í 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. Í fyrstu, 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, Auðvitað, 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), með því að 12 umferð ákvörðun.

Ramirez decided that it was time to move up another division to cruiserweight because he was walking around at 200 £. Í október síðastliðnum, 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, Sádí Arabía.

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), of 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, þó, especially if “Zurdo” becomes world heavyweight champion in the not-too-distant future.
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Ósigraði léttþungavigt Toronto, Kareem “Supreme” Hackett, mun verja 1. WBA titilvörn 30. mars á DAZN frá L.A..

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Kareem Hackett (R)(Photo inneign: Cris Esquida/15:00)

LOS ANGELES (Mars 21, 2024) - Ósigrað World Boxing Association í Toronto (WBA) Intercontinental léttþungavigtarmeistari Kareem “Supreme” Hackett (12-0, 6 Kos) mun verja sína fyrstu titil í mars 30th gegn Rowdy Legend Montgomery (10-5-1, 7 Kos) í 10 umferða leik á Golden Boy Promotions-spjaldinu undir fyrirsögn WBA Cruiserweight heimsmeistaratitilbardagans á milli Arsen Goulimarian sem á titil að verja og hesthúsafélaga Hacketts., Gilberto „Zurdo“ Ramirez, fyrrverandi heimsmeistari í ofurmillivigt.

Öllum hasarnum verður streymt beint á DAZN frá YouTube leikhúsinu í Los Angeles.

WBA nr. 13 heimsmetinn Hackett náði kórónu sinni í september síðastliðnum 20th í Plant City, Florida, þegar hann ráða 4-1 uppáhalds og áður ósigraði Clay Waterman (11-0, 8 Kos) á leið til 10 umferða samhljóða ákvörðunar, þar sem hann vann alla 10 umferðir á tveimur skorkortum dómaranna og níu á hinum dómaranum.

„Ég hefði viljað berjast fyrr en svona gengur þetta fyrirtæki,“ sagði Hackett. „Það er erfiðara að fá bardaga eftir að hafa unnið titilinn minn en það var. Margt gott hefur gerst frá síðasta bardaga mínum. Ég skil. Ég er með titil og er á heimslistanum. Ég á skýrari leið í átt að heimsmeistaratitli. Ég þakka öll tækifæri til að komast í hringinn.”

„Ég fæ meiri virðingu síðan ég sýndi hæfileika mína á ProBox.TV. (Fréttamenn) Juan Manual Marguez, Paulie Malignaggi og Chris Algieri gáfu mér fullt af leikmunum og það hefur verið mjög sannfærandi.”

Hackett hefur öðlast ómetanlega reynslu af því að spara heimsmeistara eins og „Zurdo“ Ramirez, Dmitry Bivol, Peter "Kid Súkkulaði" Quillin, Sergio Mora, Mathew Macklin og David Benavidez.

Hackett hefur þegar komið fyrstur með hnefaleikakappa frá Toronto hvað varðar bardaga á Golden Boy Promotions kort og verða handhafi WBA Inter-Continental léttþungavigtar titils..

„Ég er brautryðjandi fyrir hnefaleika í Toronto,“Hackett, ókeypis umboðsmaður kynningar, útskýrði með miklu stolti. „Ég vil fá fyrsta heimsmeistaratitilinn heim, fyrir víst, og einn daginn hinir óumdeildu og sameinuðu titlar, of, Toronto er stór borg með mikla náttúruhæfileika, en ég veit ekki hvers vegna hnefaleikar hafa ekki þrifist þar.“

Hackett er þjálfaður af hraðvaxandi Julian Chua í Brickhouse Boxing Club í Norður-Hollywood (EINS) og stjórnað af 3 Punktastjórnun (3 PM).

"(Dmitry) Bivol er í fararbroddi léttþungavigtarinnar, og ég veit að hann er sterkur strákur,“ sagði Hackett. „Við höfum breytt nokkrum hlutum frá síðasta bardaga mínum með lokin í huga. Við höfum þrefaldast, styrkslega séð, því þegar við rekumst á hann. Það er aðalbreytingin. Mér finnst ég vera liprasti bardagamaðurinn í deildinni okkar og ég er að vinna að því að verða sterkari til að passa við hæfileika mína og greindarvísitölu."

Í 2024, Hackett vill bæta við vélbúnaði og berjast við topp 10 andstæðing en, allavega í bili, hann er ánægður með að vera í baráttu sinni við Montgomery á sínu öðru heimili, Los Angeles.

„Ég elska að þessi bardagi er í LA,“ sagði Hackett að lokum. „Mér líður vel í Los Angeles. Mér finnst ég vera heima hér og berjast á öðrum stöðum í Kaliforníu. Ég er líka spenntur að berjast á korti sem einn af nánustu vinum mínum í hnefaleikum hefur fyrirsögnina (Southpaw)."

UPPLÝSINGAR:Website: www.KareemHackett.comInstagram, Twitter & Tik Tok: @kareemwins
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Gilberto „Zurdo“ Ramirez að berjast fyrir arfleifð sinni

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Gilberto „Zurdo“ Ramirez að berjast fyrir arfleifð sinni
LOS ANGELES (Mars 20, 2024) -- Gilberto „Zurdo“ Ramirez, fyrrum ofurmillivigtarmeistari Alþjóða hnefaleikasambandsins (45-1, 30 Kos) er að berjast fyrir arfleifð sinni, byrjun mars 30th þegar hann ögrar ósigruðu World Boxing Association (WBA) Arsen „Feroz“ Goulamirian heimsmeistaratitil í krúsvigt (21-0, 14 Kos) í You Tube leikhúsinu í Hollywood Park í Inglewood, California.

Goulamirian vs. Aðalviðburður Zurdo segir sterkt spil, kynnt af Golden Boy Promotions í tengslum við Y12 Boxing, sem verður streymt beint á DAZN.

Ramirez, 32, var fyrsti mexíkóski hnefaleikakappinn til að vinna heimsmeistaratitil í ofur millivigt og nú vill hann endurtaka þennan fordæmalausa árangur gegn Goulamirian, meistarinn sem er fæddur í Armeníu sem býr í Frakklandi og æfir í Big Bear, California.

„Að verða fyrsti Mexíkó-fæddi heimsmeistarinn í krúsvigt og tveggja deilda heimsmeistari er mjög mikilvægt fyrir mig,“ sagði Ramirez. „Arfleifð er það eina sem við skiljum eftir í þessum heimi, Ég var stoltur af því að vera fyrsti Mexíkóinn til að verða heimsmeistari í ofurmillivigt og ég get ekki beðið eftir að verða sá fyrsti aftur í krúservigt.

„Ég er enn að læra á hverjum degi. Joe Smith var erfitt verkefni og ég þurfti að innleiða eitthvað nýtt í stílinn minn. Og þessi barátta er ekkert öðruvísi; í hverri herbúðum reyni ég að bæta við einhverju nýju til að auka möguleika mína á að vinna. Mér líður vel í þessari þyngd. Eðlilega, eftir því sem ég varð eldri, það var erfiðara að þyngjast og nú virðist allt vera auðveldara. Eins og ég segi alltaf, það er enginn betri kennari en reynsla í þessu lífi."

Lokamarkmið Zurdo, þó, er að verða þriggja deildar heimsmeistari, miðar á þungavigtardeildina þegar hann hefur hreinsað upp þyngdarflokkinn.

„Það er enn hægt að berjast í þessari deild,“ útskýrði Zurdo. „Ég myndi elska að sameinast og/eða verða óumdeildur meistari áður en ég fer upp. Þegar allt er sagt og gert, Markmið mitt er að verða fjöldeildarmeistari og enda feril minn sem þungavigt.“

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UM ZURDO KYNNINGAR: Höfuðstöðvar í Las Vegas og Mexíkó, Zurdo Promotions er fyrsta bardagaíþróttin/viðburðurinn undir forystu fyrrverandi heimsmeistara, Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez. Zurdo Promotions leitast við að vera bestur á öllum sviðum til að setja nýjan staðal í hnefaleikum. Heimsæktu okkur kl www.ZurdoPromotions.com.