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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) dette siste 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, mildt sagt. 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 Punkthåndtering – 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 (SLIK AS) 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), i form av et 12-round avgjørelse.

Ramirez decided that it was time to move up another division to cruiserweight because he was walking around at 200 pounds. oktober i fjor, 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 -Arabia.

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, men, especially if “Zurdo” becomes world heavyweight champion in the not-too-distant future.
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Torontos ubeseirede lett-tungvekter Kareem "Supreme" Hackett skal gjøre det første WBA Inter-Continental tittelforsvaret 30. mars på DAZN fra L.A..

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

LOS ANGELES (Mars 21, 2024) – Torontos ubeseirede World Boxing Association (WBA) Interkontinental lett tungvektsmester Kareem “Supreme” Hackett (12-0, 6 KOs) skal gjøre sitt første tittelforsvar i mars 30th mot Rowdy Legend Montgomery (10-5-1, 7 KOs) i en 10-runders kamp på et Golden Boy Promotions-kort med hovedtittelen WBA Cruiserweight World-tittelkampen mellom forsvarende mester Arsen Goulimarian og Hacketts stallkamerat, tidligere verdensmester i supermellomvekt Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez.

All handlingen vil bli streamet direkte på DAZN fra YouTube Theatre i Los Angeles.

WBA nr. 13 verdensrangerte Hackett fanget sin krone i september i fjor 20th i Plant City, Florida, når han dominerte 4-1 favoritt og tidligere ubeseiret Clay Waterman (11-0, 8 KOs) på vei til en enstemmig beslutning i 10 runder, der han vant alt 10 runder på to av dommernes målkort og ni på den andre dommerens.

"Jeg skulle gjerne ha kjempet tidligere, men det er slik denne virksomheten går," sa Hackett. «Det er vanskeligere å få kamper etter å ha vunnet tittelen min enn det var. Mye bra har skjedd siden forrige kamp. Jeg forstår. Jeg har en tittel og er verdensrangert. Jeg har en klarere vei mot et verdensmesterskap. Jeg setter pris på enhver mulighet til å komme i ringen.”

"Jeg har fått mer respekt siden jeg viste ferdighetene mine på ProBox.TV. (Annonsører) Juan Manual Marguez, Paulie Malignaggi og Chris Algieri ga meg mye rekvisitter, og det har vært veldig bekreftende.”

Hackett har fått uvurderlig erfaring med sparring av verdensmestere som «Zurdo» Ramirez, Dmitry Bivol, Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin, Sergio Mora, Mathew Macklin og David Benavidez.

Hackett har allerede etablert de første av en Toronto-bokser når det gjelder å kjempe på et Golden Boy Promotions-kort og bli WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight-tittelholder.

«Jeg er en banebryter for Toronto-boksing,” forklarte den gratis reklameagenten Hackett med stor stolthet. «Jeg vil ta med meg den første verdenstittelen hjem, Helt sikkert, og en dag de ubestridte og enhetlige titlene, også, Toronto er en storby med mye naturtalent, men jeg vet ikke hvorfor boksing ikke har trivdes der.»

Hackett trenes av den raskt voksende Julian Chua ved Brickhouse Boxing Club i Nord-Hollywood (SLIK AS) og administreres av 3 Punkthåndtering (3 PM).

"(Dmitry) Bivol står i spissen for lett tungvektsdivisjonen, og jeg vet at han er en sterk fyr," bemerket Hackett. "Vi har endret noen ting siden min siste kamp med slutten i tankene. Vi har tredoblet oss, styrkemessig, for når vi møter ham. Det er hovedendringen. Jeg føler at jeg er den mest smidige fighteren i divisjonen vår, og jeg jobber med å bli sterkere for å matche ferdighetene mine og ring IQ.»

I 2024, Hackett ønsker å legge til maskinvare og kjempe mot en topp-10 rangert motstander, men, i hvert fall for nå, han er glad for å være i kampen mot Montgomery i sitt andre hjem, Los Angeles.

«Jeg elsker at denne kampen er i LA," konkluderte Hackett. «Jeg trives godt i Los Angeles. Jeg føler meg hjemme her og kjemper andre steder i California. Jeg er også spent på å kjempe på et kort med overskriften av en av mine nærmeste venner i boksing (Southpaw)."

INFORMASJON:Nettsted: www.KareemHackett.comInstagram, Twitter & Tik Tok: @kareemwins
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Gilberto «Zurdo» Ramirez kjemper for arven sin

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Gilberto «Zurdo» Ramirez Kjemper for arven sin
LOS ANGELES (Mars 20, 2024) -- Tidligere verdensbokseorganisasjons supermellomvektmester Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs) kjemper for arven sin, starter mars 30th når han utfordrer ubeseiret World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight-verdenstittelholder Arsen “Feroz” Goulamirian (21-0, 14 KOs) på You Tube Theatre i Hollywood Park i Inglewood, California.

12-runden Goulamirian vs. Zurdo hovedbegivenhet gir et sterkt kort, promotert av Golden Boy Promotions i samarbeid med Y12 Boxing, som vil bli streamet direkte på DAZN.

Ramirez, 32, var den første meksikanske bokseren som tok en verdensmestertittel i supermellomvekt, og nå vil han duplisere den enestående bragden mot Goulamirian, den armenskfødte mesteren som bor i Frankrike og trener i Big Bear, California.

«Å bli den første meksikanskfødte verdensmesteren i cruiservekt og verdensmesteren i to divisjoner er veldig viktig for meg,sa Ramirez. «Arv er det eneste vi etterlater oss i denne verden, Jeg var stolt over å være den første meksikaneren som ble verdensmester i supermellomvekt, og jeg gleder meg til å bli den første igjen i cruiservekt.

"Jeg lærer fortsatt hver dag. Joe Smith var en tøff oppgave, og jeg måtte implementere noen nye ting til stilen min. Og denne kampen er ikke annerledes; hver leir prøver jeg å legge til noe nytt for å øke vinnersjansene mine. Jeg føler meg komfortabel med denne vekten. Naturlig, etter hvert som jeg ble eldre, det var tøffere å gjøre vekten og nå ser alt ut til å være lettere. Som jeg alltid sier, det finnes ingen bedre lærer enn erfaring i dette livet.»

Zurdos endelige mål, men, er å bli verdensmester i tre divisjoner, målrettet mot tungvektsdivisjonen når han har ryddet opp i cruiservektklassen.

"Det er fortsatt mange kamper som kan gjøres i denne divisjonen," forklarte Zurdo. «Jeg vil gjerne forene meg og/eller bli den ubestridte mesteren før jeg går oppover. Når alt er sagt og gjort, Målet mitt er å bli en multidivisjonsmester og avslutte karrieren min som en tungvekter.»

INFORMASJON: Nettsted: www.ZurdoPromotions.comFacebook: /ZurdoPromotions, /GilbertoZurdoRamirez Instagram: @zurdoramirez, @zurdopromotionsTwitter: @ZurdoPromotions, @GilbertoZurdoRamirez

OM ZURDO KAMPANJER: Hovedkontor i Las Vegas og Mexico, Zurdo Promotions er den fremste kampsporten/begivenheten ledet av tidligere verdensmester, Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez. Zurdo Promotions streber etter å være best på alle områder for å sette den nye standarden innen boksing. Besøk oss på www.ZurdoPromotions.com.