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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, Maio. (Xuño 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) en xuño 15, 2024, in the second round at Cross Insurance Arena. O pasado mes de outubro, 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), 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 (Marrón, manager/head trainer), Uncle Al (Valenti, advisor), my father (Salvatore Romero, asistente de adestrador) and Sergio (Flores, asistente de adestrador).

“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, ME
Kansas City, Maio. (Novembro 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),” Romero said. “I loved the crowd, everybody was so welcoming, proverbio, ‘Go KC.’ There’s good energy and I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Romero, who will celebrate his 19th 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 aínda, and his weight class (super-medios) wasn’t included in 2024 Olympic boxing, Romero never seriously considered waiting for a shot at making the U.S. Equipo Olímpica. Pola, his eyes were on the prize of becoming a professional fighter.

En decembro pasado, 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.

Todo contado, no último 12 meses, 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 rexistro (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,” he explained, “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.

"Agora, I’m on a new journey as a pro. Honesta, 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. I was born to fight!”

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 loitas profesionais, 1988 para 1993. The highlight, claro, was Morrison’s 12-round unanimous decision over George Foreman for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) título dos pesos pesados.

Brown clearly doesn’t need to be in Romero’s corner to survive; con todo, 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 years and 135 loitas afeccionadas. 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, Frame "El Tiburon" Romero, when he was just an 18-year-old prospect starting out on his mission to greatness.
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RESULTADOS FINAIS DA CLASE ABERTA do Campionato de Luvas de Ouro de Nova Inglaterra

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Membros da clase aberta gañadora-N.E. O equipo de Western NE celebra
(máis fotos de embaixo – todo por cortesía de Jeffrey Freeman / KO Digest)
LOWELL, Masa. (Febreiro 26, 2016) – O oeste de Nova Inglaterra dominou as finais de clase aberta do Torneo de Campións de Nova Inglaterra, parte da 70th Campionato anual de Luvas de Ouro de Lowell Sun Charities, gañando sete de 10 partidos onte á noite no histórico Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Os oito gañadores da clase aberta individual masculina conseguiron prazas no equipo de Nova Inglaterra para o 2016 Campionato Nacional Luvas de Ouro, Maio 16-21, en Salt Lake City, Utah. O equipo de Nova Inglaterra inclúe dous dos boxeadores mellor clasificados do país, medio-pesados Elvis Figueroa e peso welter lixeiro Jaime Ortiz Rodríguez (repetir campión do NE), ambos os membros de N.E. campión por equipos de clase aberta de Western NE. Burlington, MA peso pluma Amanda Pavone capturou o seu sexto NE. Título.
“No último 10 anos,” explicou o director executivo de New England Golden Gloves Bobby Ruso, “non levabamos unha boa carreira. A asistencia descendeu un pouco cada ano. O horrible tempo do ano pasado matounos. Este ano, aínda, a emoción volveu e a asistencia aumentou un 30 por cento. Había un público máis novo e moitos boxeadores novatos tiñan boas bases de seguidores, que temos que construír cada ano. Este ano tivemos moitos bos combates e bos boxeadores. O boxeo está de volta en Lowell! Fixemos unha gran tempada.
“O equipo de Nova Inglaterra será moi forte. Temos un equipo novo pero moitos destes boxeadores teñen unha experiencia inestimable na competición dos Xogos Olímpicos Júnior, de peso pesado abaixo. Creo que temos un equipo impresionante que o fará moi ben nos Nacionais este ano.”
Os campións por equipos foron Western N.E. na clase aberta, central N.E. na clase de novatos.
Tamén onte á noite coroáronse tres campións novatos de Nova Inglaterra. Vexa os resultados completos a continuación, así como máis imaxes.
Os rendementos das Caridade Lowell Sun Golden Gloves campionato vai enviar os campións Luvas New England Ouro para as luvas de Ouro Nacional Championship, ademais de apoiar atletas locais e ximnasios da área, os rapaces & Girls Club, cociñas de sopa, abrigos, fondos de cancro, bolsas de estudo e moitos outros grandes causas de caridade.
RESULTADOS FINAIS DO TORNEO DE CAMPIÓNS DE NOVA INGLATERRA
(gañadores listados primeiro)
clase Aberta
Bantamweights (114 lb.)
James Aquino, MERIDEN, CT (Facer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Joe Ferrer, New Bedford, MA (SNE)
Pesos plumas (123 lb.)
Jacob Marrero, Bridgeport, CT (Facer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Gabriel Morales, Portland, ME (NNE)
pesos plumas femia (125.lb.)
Amanda Pavone, Burlington, MA (CNE)
WDEC4 (5-0)
Eydir Lima, Worcester, MA (Facer)
Pesos lixeiros (132 lb.)
Anuel Rosa-López, New Haven, CT (Facer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Marcelino Debarros, North Providence, RI
luz welterweights (141 lb.)
Jaime Ortiz Rodríguez, Worcester, MA (Facer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Abraham Nova, Brookline, MA (CNE)
Welterweights femia claro (141 lb.)
Lindsay Kyajohnia, Westrook, ME (NNE)
Paseo
Meisha Tuitt, Springfield, MA (Facer)
Welterweights (152 lb.)
Antonio Laureano, East Hartford, CT (Facer)
WDEC (4-1)
Joseph Muese, Millis, MA (CNE)
Medio-medio (165 lb.)
Víctor Reynoso, Providencia, RI (SNE)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Jalen Renaud, Springfield, MA (Facer)
Medio-pesados (178 lb.)
Elvis Figueroa, New Haven, CT (Facer)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Henry Ventura, North Dartmouth, MA (SNE)
Pesos pesados (201 lb.)
Derek Edmonds, Worcester, MA (Facer)
WDEC3 (4-1)
Xesús Flores, Methuen, MA (CNE)
CLASE Novice
bantamweights femia (112 lb.)
Alissa Dias, Boston, MA (CNE)
WRSC1 (1:27)
Raquel Albino, Woodbury, CT (Facer)
pesos plumas femia (125 lb.)
Katherine Parker, Suite, RI (SNE)
WRSC1 (0:21)
Sierra Hoey, Danielson, CT (Facer)
luz welterweights (141 lb.)
Nathan Rosa, Lowell, MA (CNE)
WDEC3 (5-0)
José Masonet, Hartford, CT (Facer)
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NNE – Norte de Nova Inglaterra (Burlington, VT)
CNE – Central New England (Lowell, MA)
Facer – Oeste de Nova Inglaterra (Holyoke, MA)
SNE – Sur de Nova Inglaterra (Río Fall, MA)
Premio Memorial Thomas Costello
Boxeador máis destacado – Clase aberta

Jaime Ortiz Rodríguez
Premio Memorial Luis Ayala
Boxeador máis destacado – Clase de novatos
(L-R) – Gabriel Morales & Bobby Ruso
2016 Premio Memorial Rocky Marciano
Campión de peso pesado de Nova Inglaterra
Entón, Edmonds?
Información:
Director Executivo Torneo: Bobby Ruso
Director de competidores: Art Ramalho
Xefe de Oficiais: Laurie Purcell
Presentador de Ring: John Vena
Foro: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA
Chilro: @LowellGloves
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Central New England (Greater Lowell) 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Second preliminary round results from Lowell

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LOWELL, Masa. (Xaneiro 16, 2016) – The Central New England (Greater 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 (MA) medios Yamarco Guzman and Franklin (MA) peso-pesado Jared Gately.
The quarterfinals, featuring open and novice class matches, will be held vindeiro venres noite (Xan. 22) no Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Vexa a completa 2016 cronograma continuación, así como os resultados de onte á noite.
$70 for ’70 – A special offer to celebrate the 70th edition of the Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship is available to purchase: $70.00 season ticket (7 remaining events) in the balcony. Para adquirir chamar a taquilla Lowell Memorial Auditorium en1.866.722.8881 ou orde en liña en www.LowellMemorialAuditorium.con. entradas para eventos individuais tamén están dispoñibles para compra para $17.00, $15.00 ou $12.00.
Os rendementos das Caridade Lowell Sun Golden Gloves campionato vai enviar os campións Luvas New England Ouro para as luvas de Ouro Nacional Championship (2016 en Salt Lake City, Utah), ademais de apoiar atletas locais e ximnasios da área, os rapaces & Girls Club, cociñas de sopa, abrigos, fondos de cancro, bolsas de estudo e moitos outros grandes causas de caridade.
Official Results
(winner listed first each match)
División de novatos
Pesos lixeiros (132 lb.)
Jacob Salomón (Brookline, MA – The Ring)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Fabio D’Ambrosio (Revere, MA – Somerville Boxeo)
leves femia (132 lb.)
Stephanie Khan (Brighton, MA – The Ring)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Jen Almeida (Wilmington, MA – Jim McNally’s)
luz welterweights (141 lb.)
Nathan Rosa (Lowell – West End)
WTKO3 (0:26)
Richard Tosi (Wakefield, MA – MK Boxing)
Welterweights (152 lb.)
Kenny Larson (Salem, MA – Somerville Boxeo)
WTKO2 (2:00)
Joshua Wood (Lowell, MA – West End)
Medio-medio (165 lb.)
Yamarco Guzman (Methuen, MA – Canal Street)
WTKO1 (0:43)
Cusaj Thomas (Chestnut Hill, MA – Nonantum Boxeo)
Sean McDonough (Milton, MA – TNT Boxing)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Brandon Brunell (Southbridge, MA – The Club de George Foreman)
Peter Maher (Arlington, MA – Somerville Boxeo)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Adrián Gedney (Gloucester, MA – Gloucester,Boxeo)
Medio-pesados (178 lb.)
Justin Deflumeri, (Merrimack, NH – NASHUA PAL)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Abdul Morelly (Providencia, RI – Union Street Boxing)
Joseph DaSilva (Gloucester, MA – Gloucester Boxeo)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Daniel McNamara (Allston, MA – Boston Boxeo)
Pesos pesados (201 lb.)
Jared Gately (Franklin, MA – de Peter Welch)
WTKO3 (0:10)
Zachary Calmus (Gloucester – Redline Fight Sports)
pesos pesados ​​SUPER (201+ lb.)
Ryan Brooks (Weymouth, MA – Grealish Boxeo)
WDEC3
Floran Kacaku (Malden, MA – Redline Fight Sports)
Shane Begin (Brighton, MA – Nonantum Boxeo)
WDEC3 (5-0)
James Anderson (Dorchester, MA – Club de Boxeo Dorchester)
70th calendario anual de Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship
(Lowell Memorial Auditorium – 6:30 p.m. portas abertas, 7:30 p.m. primeira loita)
Central New England (Greater Lowell)
Aberto & Novice Quarterfinal Round – Venres, Xan. 22
Aberto & Semifinais clase Novice, C.N.E. – Xoves, Xan. 28
Aberto & Novice Clase finais do Campionato – Xoves, Febreiro. 4
New England Torneo de Campións
Semifinais clase Novice – Xoves, Febreiro. 11
Novice Clase finais do Campionato – Febreiro. 18
Abertas semifinais Clase – Mércores, Febreiro. 24
Clase Aberta finais do Campionato – Xoves, Febreiro. 25
Información:
Director Executivo Torneo: Bobby Ruso
Director de competidores: Art Ramalho
Xefe de Oficiais: Lauri Purcell
Presentador de Ring: John Vena
Foro: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA
Chilro: @LowellGloves
Contacto: Bob Trieger, PRENSA Tribunal Pleno, 978.590.0470, bobtfcp@hotmail.com, @FightPublicist
SOBRE LAS CARIDADES DE LOWELL SUN: Establecida en 1947, Lowell Sun Charities é unha organización sen ánimo de lucro cuxa misión é enriquecer a calidade de vida dos nenos, familias, e a comunidade, ofrecendo programas que fomenten o respecto e a dignidade. Enraizada nunha tradición de coidado e compaixón, Lowell Sun Charities foi fundada orixinalmente para responder aos desafíos cada vez maiores da comunidade. 2016 marca o 70th ano celebráronse as Luvas de Ouro na gran cidade de Lowell, Massachusetts.
Lowell Sun Charities é un programa comunitario que non só fai campións no ring, senón que tamén fai campións na vida. Cada ano estes mozos deportistas adícanse a un deporte que ensina disciplina, respecto, e estilo de vida limpo para ter a oportunidade de gañar un prestixioso Campionato de Luvas de Ouro.