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Kansas super middleweight prospect Marco “El Tiburón” Romero goes back to the future this Saturday in Portland, Maine

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Kansas City, Maig. (Juny 9, 2025) - Kansas boxing phenom Marco “El Tiburon” Romero (7-0, 6 KOs) started his pro career a year ago on Father’s Day Weekend in Portland, Maine, and he returns there this Saturday night for his third fight in The Forest City.

Despite the Cross Insurance Arena being more than 1,500 miles from his home in Olathe, Kansas, the 19-year-old Romero feels that Portland has become his second home, where he kick-started his pro career, and has developed a surprisingly growing fan base.

Romero stopped Jonathan Gary (2-1) de juny 15, 2024, in the second round at Cross Insurance Arena. L'octubre passat, Romero defeated Orlando Salgado (3-5) in Portland by way of a third-round technical knockout at the Exposition Building.

This Saturday the gifted super middleweight prospect faces “The Conqueror” Nafys Anas Garner (4-2, 3 KOs), fighting out of Sacramento (TAL COM), in a scheduled 6-round bout at Cross Insurance Arena.

“I’m more motivated than ever and couldn’t be happier to see the plan unfolding like we talked about a couple of years ago with Coach John (Marró, manager/head trainer), Uncle Al (Valenti, advisor), el meu pare (Salvatore Romero, entrenador assistent) and Sergio (Flors, entrenador assistent).

“I’m ready and excited to be fighting again in Portland. I would love to bring a world title fight to Portland, where people appreciate good boxing. Traveling to fight is something I’m used to from my amateur days. Portland is like my second home because I’ve been treated so well there by everyone. I have big respect for Bobby Russo (promotor). He’s an amazing guy who has shown me respect from the start. He gave me my Golden Boy (Most Outstanding Boxer Award, Russo is President of the National Golden Gloves), when I won my division at the (2024) National Golden Gloves.”

(L-R) – Bobby Russo & Marco Romero “Marco is excited to be fighting again in his adoptive city of Portland, which has the best fight fans in America,” Brown remarked. “He’s hoping to display the talents that will eventually lead him to a world title. Marco’s been lucky to fight every two months all over America, which is helping him build a national fan base.”
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The Future of Boxing 18-year-old Marco “El Tiburón” Romero Kansas super middleweight returns to ring

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Tonight in Portland, Maine
Kansas City, Maig. (Novembre 7, 2024) - Twenty-three-time national amateur champion, 18-year-old Kansas super middleweight prospect Marco “El Tiburón” Romero (3-0, 2 KOs), returns this Saturday night to the scene of his successful pro debut this past June in Portland, Maine, 1,300 miles northeast of his home in Overland Park, Kansas.

A promotional free agent, Romero is matched against Orlando “El Marro” Salgado (3-5, 2 KOs) in a four-round bout on a card promoted by Bobby Russo’s Portland Boxing Club in Portland’s Exposition Building.

“I had my first pro fight there and I love Portland people, especially Bobby Russo (who is also President of the National Golden Gloves),", va dir Romero. “I loved the crowd, everybody was so welcoming, dir, ‘Go KC.’ There’s good energy and I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Romero, who will celebrate his 19º birthday on Nov. 19, is a special boxer and young man. The last 12 months have been absolutely amazing whirlwind for him in boxing.

Because he hadn’t reached the mandatory age of 18 encara, and his weight class (súper mitjà) wasn’t included in 2024 Olympic boxing, Romero never seriously considered waiting for a shot at making the U.S. Equip olímpic. En lloc, his eyes were on the prize of becoming a professional fighter.

El desembre passat, Romero captured top honors at the prestigious USA Boxing National Championships in Lafayette, Louisiana, followed closely by parlaying that to gold medal performance at the 2024 National Golden Gloves Tournament in Detroit.

Tot va dir, in the last 12 mesos, he was 9-0 in amateur competition, including three at The Nationals and five at The Golden Gloves, plus three pro victories for a remarkable 12-0 registre (three pro and 8 in elite national amateur competition) during this relatively short span.

The Romero Plan has always been to close out his incredible amateur career by winning The Nationals and Golden Gloves, at which he was also named Most Outstanding Boxer, known as the Golden Boy Award, and then turn pro. Mission accomplished!
(L-R) – National Golden Gloves President Bobby Russo and Marco Romero with his Golden Gloves belt and Golden Boy Award)

“I would have liked to have fought in the Olympics,”Va explicar, “because all of the good, young boxers were there, and we (U.S. homes) haven’t won an Olympic Gold Medal since Andre Ward in 2004. But I didn’t turn 18 until two weeks prior to the (París) Olympics and my weight class wasn’t contested there.

"Ara, I’m on a new journey as a pro. Honestament, there aren’t too many differences between the amateurs and pros. The weigh-ins are right before the fight in the amateurs and the night before as a pro. I don’t have any problems fighting without headgear or with smaller gloves. To me there are really no big differences. Vaig néixer per lluitar!”

Romero describes himself as a heavy hitter who throws every punch with bad intentions. He’s very explosive with ring intelligence, capable of punishing his opponent by breaking them down until they either quit because they can’t take any additional punishment or get put to sleep.

In Romero’s corner is a legend in his own right, 77-year-old John Brown, who is Marco’s head trainer and manager, in the same role he played for world heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison (48-3-1, 42 KOs) from his amateur days through his first 39 baralles com a professional, 1988 a 1993. The highlight, per descomptat, was Morrison’s 12-round unanimous decision over George Foreman for the vacant World Boxing Organization (OMB) títol de pes pesat.

Brown clearly doesn’t need to be in Romero’s corner to survive; però, John knows that Marco is a special fighter with tremendous upside, and he’s vowed to get him to the top of the boxing mountain.
“I’m really excited about this kid,” Brown remarked, “and my job is to make him successful for himself and his family. Marco is an amazing kid. He has experience having boxed 10 anys i 135 baralles com amateur. He has good looks and a good personality, great sense of humor, speaks very well in English and Spanish, maturity beyond his years, and a work ethic that’s difficult to find in boxing.

“He’s hungry to be successful in life and knows that boxing is the vehicle to get him there. And he’s with the right people who don’t need to feed people. Anything could go wrong like injuries or illnesses, but it’s all there for him and a clear path. In terms of potential, Marco is in a rare class as part of a typical Mexican American family, tight knit and expanding. He respects everyone and Marco is a once in a lifetime talent.”

Brown knows that a champion boxer needs a supportive team in his corner. Romero has that and much more. In addition to Brown, the team is comprised of Marco’s father, Salvador, who encouraged his son to become a boxer at the tender age of seven, and he has remained with Marco through every step of his boxing journey. Brown also brought in one of his former amateur champions, Sergio Flores, who is a very successful businessman. Flores handles the tough physical training aspects required for success in the ring along with mitt work to help keep Marco’s skills razor sharp.

Fans attending this Saturday night’s show in Portland can look back in a few years and say they saw The Future of Boxing, Marco "El Tiburon" Romero, when he was just an 18-year-old prospect starting out on his mission to greatness.
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RESULTATS FINALS DE LA CLASSE OBERTA del Campionat de Guants d'Or de Nova Anglaterra

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Membres de la classe oberta guanyadora-N.E. l'equip de Western NE ho celebra
(més fotografies de sota – tot cortesia de Jeffrey Freeman / KO Digest)
LOWELL, Missa. (Febrer 26, 2016) – L'oest de Nova Anglaterra va dominar les finals de classe oberta del Torneig de Campions de Nova Anglaterra, part de la 70º Campionat anual de guants d'or de Lowell Sun Charities, guanyant set de 10 partits d'ahir a la nit a l'històric Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Els vuit guanyadors de la classe oberta individual masculina van guanyar llocs a l'equip de Nova Anglaterra per al 2016 Campionats Nacionals de Guants d'Or, Maig 16-21, a Salt Lake City, Utah. L'equip de Nova Anglaterra inclou dos dels millors boxejadors del país, pes semipesado Elvis Figueroa i pes welter lleuger Jaime Ortiz Rodríguez (repetir campió NE), tots dos membres de N.E. campió per equips de classe oberta de Western NE. Burlington, MA pes ploma Amanda Pavone va capturar el seu sisè NE. títol.
“En l'últim 10 any,” va explicar el director executiu de New England Golden Gloves Bobby Russo, “no havíem anat bé. L'assistència va baixar una mica cada any. El mal temps de l'any passat ens va matar. Aquest any, encara que, l'emoció va tornar i l'assistència va augmentar un 30 per cent. Hi havia una multitud més jove i molts boxejadors novells tenien una bona base de seguidors, que hem de construir cada any. Aquest any hem tingut moltes bones baralles i bons boxejadors. La boxa torna a Lowell! Hem fet una gran temporada.
“L'equip de Nova Anglaterra serà molt fort. Tenim un equip jove, però molts d'aquests boxejadors tenen una experiència inestimable en la competició dels Jocs Olímpics júniors, de pes pesat a baix. Crec que tenim un equip impressionant que ho farà molt bé als Nacionals aquest any.”
Els campions per equips van ser Western N.E. a la classe oberta, N.E central. a la classe de novells.
Ahir a la nit també es van coronar tres campions novells de Nova Anglaterra. Vegeu els resultats complets a continuació i més imatges.
Els guanys de les organitzacions benèfiques Lowell Sun Guants d'Or Campionat van cap al enviament dels Guants d'Or de Nova Anglaterra campions dels Guants d'Or Nacionals Campionat, a més de donar suport als atletes locals i d'àrea gimnasos, els nois & Girls club, menjadors populars, refugis, fons càncer, beques i molts altres grans causes benèfiques.
RESULTATS FINALS DEL TORNEIG DE CAMPIONS DE NOVA ANGLETERRA
(guanyadors apareixen en primer lloc)
CLASSE OBERTA
Galls (114 lliures.)
James Aquino, Meriden, Connecticut (Fer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Joe Ferrer, Nou Bedford, Massachusetts (SNE)
Pesos ploma (123 lliures.)
Jacob Marrero, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Gabriel Morales, Portland, Maine (NNE)
PESOS PLOMES FEMENINS (125.lliures.)
Amanda Pavone, Burlington, Massachusetts (CNE)
WDEC4 (5-0)
Eydir Lima, Worcester, Massachusetts (Fer)
Pesos lleugers (132 lliures.)
Anuel Rosa-López, New Haven, Connecticut (Fer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Marcelino Debarros, Providència del Nord, Rhode Island
welters LLUM (141 lliures.)
Jaime Ortiz Rodríguez, Worcester, Massachusetts (Fer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Abraham Nova, Brookline, Massachusetts (CNE)
PESOS WELTER LLEUGERS FEMENÍ (141 lliures.)
Lindsay Kyajohnia, Westrook, Maine (NNE)
Passeig
Meisha Tuitt, Springfield, Massachusetts (Fer)
Welters (152 lliures.)
Antoni Laureano, East Hartford, Connecticut (Fer)
WDEC (4-1)
Josep Muese, Millis, Massachusetts (CNE)
Els pesos mitjans (165 lliures.)
Víctor Reynoso, Providència, Rhode Island (SNE)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Jalen Renaud, Springfield, Massachusetts (Fer)
Semipesats (178 lliures.)
Elvis Figueroa, New Haven, Connecticut (Fer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Henry Ventura, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts (SNE)
PESOS PESANTS (201 lliures.)
Derek Edmonds, Worcester, Massachusetts (Fer)
WDEC3 (4-1)
Jesús Flores, Methuen, Massachusetts (CNE)
CLASSE DE NOVICITS
PESOS CALLES FEMENINS (112 lliures.)
Alissa Dias, Boston, Massachusetts (CNE)
WRSC1 (1:27)
Raquel Albino, Woodbury, Connecticut (Fer)
PESOS PLOMES FEMENINS (125 lliures.)
Katherine Parker, Suite, Rhode Island (SNE)
WRSC1 (0:21)
Sierra Hoey, Danielson, Connecticut (Fer)
welters LLUM (141 lliures.)
Nathan Rosa, Lowell, Massachusetts (CNE)
WDEC3 (5-0)
José Masonet, Hartford, Connecticut (Fer)
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NNE – Nord de Nova Anglaterra (Burlington, Vermont)
CNE – El centre de Nova Anglaterra (Lowell, Massachusetts)
Fer – Oest de Nova Anglaterra (Holyoke, Massachusetts)
SNE – Sud de Nova Anglaterra (Riu de tardor, Massachusetts)
Premi Memorial Thomas Costello
El boxejador més destacat – Classe oberta

Jaime Ortiz Rodríguez
Premi Memorial Luis Ayala
El boxejador més destacat – Classe de principiants
(L-R) – Gabriel Morales & Bobby Russo
2016 Premi Memorial Rocky Marciano
Campió de pes pesat de Nova Anglaterra
Així doncs, Edmonds
Informació:
Director Executiu del Torneig: Bobby Russo
Director de concursants: art Ramalho
Cap de Funcionaris: Laurie Purcell
anunciador: John Vena
Lloc de celebració: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, Massachusetts
Refilo: @LowellGloves
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El centre de Nova Anglaterra (major Lowell) 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Second preliminary round results from Lowell

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LOWELL, Missa. (Gener 16, 2016) – The Central New England (major Lowell) preliminary-round of the 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship concluded last night at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium with 12 second-round matches in the novice class.
Knockouts (4) and shutout decisions were the theme last night as the large crowd really got into the exciting action, particularly the explosive knockout performances by Methuen (Massachusetts) de pes mitjà Yamarco Guzmán and Franklin (Massachusetts) de pes pesat Jared Gately.
The quarterfinals, featuring open and novice class matches, se celebrarà divendres que ve nit (Jan. 22) a Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Vegi la llista completa 2016 programa a continuació, així com els resultats d'ahir a la nit.
$70 for ’70 – A special offer to celebrate the 70º edition of the Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship is available to purchase: $70.00 season ticket (7 remaining events) in the balcony. Per comprar truqui a la taquilla a Lowell Memorial Auditorium1.866.722.8881 per Internet www.LowellMemorialAuditorium.amb. També es poden comprar entrades individuals per a esdeveniments $17.00, $15.00 o $12.00.
Els guanys de les organitzacions benèfiques Lowell Sun Guants d'Or Campionat van cap al enviament dels Guants d'Or de Nova Anglaterra campions dels Guants d'Or Nacionals Campionat (2016 a Salt Lake City, Utah), a més de donar suport als atletes locals i d'àrea gimnasos, els nois & Girls club, menjadors populars, refugis, fons càncer, beques i molts altres grans causes benèfiques.
Official Results
(winner listed first each match)
Divisió de novells
Pesos lleugers (132 lliures.)
Jacob Salomó (Brookline, Massachusetts – L'Anell)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Fabio D’Ambrosio (Revere, Massachusetts – Boxa de Somerville)
LLEUGERS FEMENÍ (132 lliures.)
Stephanie Khan (Brighton, Massachusetts – L'Anell)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Jen Almeida (Wilmington, Massachusetts – Jim McNally’s)
welters LLUM (141 lliures.)
Nathan Rosa (Lowell – West End)
WTKO3 (0:26)
Richard Tosi (Wakefield, Massachusetts – MK Boxing)
Welters (152 lliures.)
Kenny Larson (Salem, Massachusetts – Boxa de Somerville)
WTKO2 (2:00)
Joshua Wood (Lowell, Massachusetts – West End)
Els pesos mitjans (165 lliures.)
Yamarco Guzmán (Methuen, Massachusetts – Canal Street)
WTKO1 (0:43)
Cusaj Thomas (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts – Boxa Nonantum)
Sean McDonough (Milton, Massachusetts – TNT Boxing)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Brandon Brunell (Southbridge, Massachusetts – El club de George Foreman)
Peter Maher (Arlington, Massachusetts – Boxa de Somerville)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Adrian Gedney (Gloucester, Massachusetts – Gloucester,Boxa)
Semipesats (178 lliures.)
Justin Deflumeri, (Merrimack, NH – Nashua Pal)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Abdul Morelly (Providència, Rhode Island – Boxa al carrer Union)
Josep DaSilva (Gloucester, Massachusetts – Boxa de Gloucester)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Daniel McNamara (Allston, Massachusetts – Boxa de Boston)
PESOS PESANTS (201 lliures.)
Jared Gately (Franklin, Massachusetts – de Peter Welch)
WTKO3 (0:10)
Zachary Calmus (Gloucester – Redline Fight Sports)
Super pesat pesat (201+ lliures.)
Ryan Brooks (Weymouth, Massachusetts – Grealish boxa)
WDEC3
Floran Kacaku (Malden, Massachusetts – Redline Fight Sports)
Shane Begin (Brighton, Massachusetts – Boxa Nonantum)
WDEC3 (5-0)
James Anderson (Dorchester, Massachusetts – Dorchester Boxing Club)
70º programa anual del campionat de guants d'or de Lowell Sun Charities
(Lowell Memorial Auditorium – 6:30 p.m. portes obertes, 7:30 p.m. primer combat)
El centre de Nova Anglaterra (major Lowell)
Obert & Novice Quarterfinal Round – Divendres, Jan. 22
Obert & Semifinals de la classe del principiant, C.N.E. – Dijous, Jan. 28
Obert & Finals del Campionat de la Classe novells – Dijous, Febrer. 4
Torneig de Nova Anglaterra de la Champions
Semifinals de la classe del principiant – Dijous, Febrer. 11
Finals del Campionat de la Classe novells – Febrer. 18
Semifinals de classe oberta – Dimecres, Febrer. 24
Finals del Campionat Classe Oberta – Dijous, Febrer. 25
Informació:
Director Executiu del Torneig: Bobby Russo
Director de concursants: art Ramalho
Cap de Funcionaris: Lauri Purcell
anunciador: John Vena
Lloc de celebració: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, Massachusetts
Refilo: @LowellGloves
CONTACTAR: Bob Trieger, PREMSA Ple, 978.590.0470, bobtfcp@hotmail.com, @FightPublicist
SOBRE LOWELL SUN CARITATS: Establert en 1947, Lowell Sun Charities és una organització sense ànim de lucre la missió de la qual és enriquir la qualitat de vida dels nens, famílies, i la comunitat, oferint programes que promoguin el respecte i la dignitat. Arrelat en una tradició de cura i compassió, Lowell Sun Charities es va fundar originalment per respondre als reptes cada cop més creixents de la comunitat. 2016 marca el 70º any s'han celebrat els Guants d'Or a la gran ciutat de Lowell, Massachusetts.
Lowell Sun Charities és un programa comunitari que no només fa campions al ring, sinó que també fa campions a la vida. Cada any aquests joves esportistes es dediquen a un esport que ensenya disciplina, respecte, i un estil de vida net per tenir l'oportunitat de guanyar un prestigiós Campionat de Guants d'Or.