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Three Fighter Locker stable members competing in The Olympics

Shiya amazwana

BOSTON (June 6, 2021) – Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker managerial company will have three representatives competing in Tokyo this summer in the Summer Olympic Games.

Colombian light flyweight Yuberjan “El Tremendo” Martinez, who captured a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics in Brazil, is currently rated fourth in the world by AIBA. His main opposition figures to be Artur Hovhannisyan (Armenia), Oscar Collazo (E-Puerto Rico) futhi Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov (I-Uzbekistan).

Martinez lost in the 2018 Olympic championship final to Uzbekistan’sHasanboy Dusmatov, 3-0.   A decorated amateur, Martinez won gold medals at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2018 South American Games, silver at the 2019 Pan American Games and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, and bronze at the 2017 World Amateur Championships.

Another 2-time Olympian is Dominican Republic lightweightLionel de los Santos, ngubani ilinganiselwe No. 3 by AIBA behindLazaro Jorge Alvarez (Cuba) futhiTsendbaster Erdenebat (I-Mongolia).  Santos, who was eliminated in the last Olympics in the preliminary round, is already 3-0 as a professional with three first-round knockouts.

Santos, 26, was a silver medalist at the prestigious Pan-American Games in 2019, where he lost to 3-time Pan-Am gold medalistLazaro Alvarez, the 3-time World amateur champion and 2-time Olympic bronze medalist.

The third Fighter Locker Olympian is Colombian middleweightJorge Vivas, a 33-year-old who won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Imidlalo.

“Adding these fighters to the Fighter Locker family was a huge accomplishment,” managerRyan Roach said. “These guys are the best of the best in the world. You’re talking less than one-percent chance of making an Olympic team and two of three of my fighters are going back to the Olympics for the second time.

“After the Olympics, I will quickly transition these fighters into the professional ranks, as long as they are healthy and so forth. We have four fight dates set for them and representing their homelands proudly. I am very honored to represent these young men and guide their careers.”

Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers include California super flyweightRocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (21-1, 6 Kos), Troy, NY ABF American West super lightweightRay Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez(12-0, 9 Kos), Toronto, Canada welterweight West Haven, CT super welterweightJimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (17-5-2, 6 Kos), super middleweight“The Amazing” Shawn McCalman(7-0, 4 Kos), U.S. Army super bantamweightDaniel Bailey, Jr. (5-0, 4 Kos), engasindiLeonel de los Santos(2-0, 2 Kos), a 2-time Dominican Republic Olympian, Boston featherweightTroy Anderson, Jr. (1-0, 1 KO), pro-debuting Dominican Republic welterweightJuan Solano, and Salt Lake City, 2016 Brazilian Olympic silver medalistYuberjen Martinez, Brazilian OlympianJorge Vivas, Colorado super middleweight Marvin “Too Much” Cordova, Jr. (23-2-1, 12 Kos), West Palm Beach, FL light heavyweight Robert Daniels, Jr. (4-0, 4 Kos),  Utah brothers, super engasindiIgnacio Chairez (8-0-1, 5 Kos) and lightweightGabriel Chairez (3-0-1, 2 Kos).

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USA Boxing Converts Abandoned Department Store Into National Training Gym for Preparations for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Shiya amazwana

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – When the boxers of the USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Team arrived in Colorado Springs, Colorado. this week they walked into a new training facility with just over six months left until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and even less time to their qualification tournaments.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, USA Boxing athletes have not been allowed to train in the national boxing gym at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center (USOPTC) since March 2020 and have had to continue to make adjustments to their training plans, which included training at the French National Training Center in Paris in late 2020.

After being told they would not be allowed to begin 2021 at the USOPTC, the coaching and national office staff had to find a new home to begin the final preparations for the qualification tournaments taking place in May and June.

“After spending most of 2020 waiting to be allowed entry back into our national gym at the Colorado Springs OPTC, it was time that we took matters into our own hands and established a training space that can properly accommodate our team’s training needs,” said Matt Johnson, USA Boxing High Performance Director.

USA Boxing ended 2020 and the beginning of 2021 moving all equipment, which included four boxing rings, numerous heavy bags and strength and conditioning equipment, from their gym at the USOPTC to an abandoned department store in a mall in Colorado Springs to hold training camps, while housing the boxers and coaching staff at the nearby Hotel Eleganté.

“We are able to continue to move forward in this COVID environment by applying multi-layer protection protocols, pre-travel testing, mandatory mask wearing, social distancing, regular cleaning, regular rapid antigen testing, daily health surveys and follow up PRC pool testing, as well as provide a top notch training facility in our temporary facility, which we are greatly thankful for John Bushman, owner of Hotel Eleganté and the training facility, to help provide these opportunities to our boxers,” stated Mike McAtee, USA Boxing Executive Director.

“The training facility and environment we have created has greatly reduced the risk to our boxers and coaches. USA Boxing strives to fulfill our stated mission to our boxers, ‘… (to) inspire the tireless pursuit of Olympic gold and enable our boxers and coaches to achieve sustained competitive excellence…’ in the face of a worldwide pandemic.”

The first training camp of 2021 began Jan. 14 and will run until Feb. 18, before the boxers head to Bulgaria and Spain for international competitions. USA Boxing will hold the final training camp before the America’s Olympic Qualification Tournament at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, in Chula Vista, Calif., in another makeshift boxing gym, which held the final training camp of 2020 in November.

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I-Houston Heavyweight Boxer Darius Fulghum ibeka umsebenzi wabahlengikazi ukuze baphoqelele ukuphupha iphupho lama-Olimpiki

Shiya amazwana

Colorado Springs, Lap. (February 26, 2020) - Abathengi be-amateur bavame ukuthatha izindlela ezihlukile ohambweni lwabo kanye neHouston HeavyweightUDarius Flezy ubeke umsebenzi wakhe ngaphandle kwendandatho yokubanjwa ukuphishekela amaphupho akhe okubopha.

UGulghum wayengumbhali esikoleni esiphakeme ebuyela e-killeen, Texas. Waqala ukubopha ngaphakathi 2015 futhi ngokushesha bathuthukise uthando lwe- "Sweet Science,"Kakhulu ngenxa yalokho kube ngumdlalo womuntu oyedwa. Akadingi ukuncika kubalingani beqembu, ukhetha ukunqoba noma ulahlekelwe ngokwakhe. Yize ayenethalente ngokwanele ukuba abe yi-wrestler collegiate, bekungaba nzima kakhulu emndenini wakubo emndenini wakhe.

"Ngaba nalokho okuncintisanayo futhi bekukuhle kakhulu lapho ngiqala ukufaka isibhakela,"UDariyuis wathi." Bengazi ukuthi ngingenza noma yini ngibeka ingqondo yami. Ngifuna ukucacisa kabusha isibhakela. Angisiye umbhadi ojwayelekile okhule emigwaqweni. Angithandi nokulwa; Nginezifiso futhi angikaze ngilwe nomgwaqo. "

I-Fulghum eneminyaka engama-23 njengamanje ihlele ngokuqinile ekumeleleni izwe lakhe emidlalweni yama-Olimpiki Tokyo 2020. I-Pro Boxing izolandela kepha, okwamanje, Uqeqesha kanzima ukuze ufanelekele ukuncintisana kuma-Olimpiki ngokubeka phakathi kwabasebenzi abathathu abaphambili emqhudelwaneni wezemfundo yaseMelika, Mashi 26-Ephreli 3, EBuenos Aires, Argentina. Kuzoba nethuba elinye "ithuba lokugcina", uma kudingeka, Emhlabeni ufanelekile, May 13-14, in Paris, lapho okuphezulu okuphezulu kuzokufanelekela ama-Olimpiki.

"Kunzima kangako ukungacabangi ngama-Olimpiki ngaso sonke isikhathi,"Uyavuma." Ngizama ukungacabangi ngakho kakhulu, Kepha kusengqondweni yami ngoba ngiphuphe ngokuba yi-Olimpiki futhi ngisondele kakhulu manje. Ngenze imihlatshelo ibe yi-Olimpiki futhi ngizoba yi-Olimpiki impilo yami yonke.

"Ngilalela abaqeqeshi bami. Ekushiseni komzuzu, Lapho izinto zicindezela kakhulu, Ngizizwa nginjenge-underdog futhi ngenza umzuzu ngokuphelele. Kwakungenziwa-noma-kufa ezivivinyweni ze-Olimpiki. Ngiyenqaba ukulahlekelwa. "

Ngokuqinisekile uFulgham waphendula ngokucindezela kwezilingo ngemfashini eyakhayo, kukhungathekisa izintandokazi zangaphambi kovivinyoU-Adrian Tillman e nxazonke kuvulwa, bese ugibela abaphikisi kuze kube yilapho evikeze isihloko.

"Abantu babengazi mina,"UFulgham wachaza." Bengingaphansi ngoba angincintisanayo emiqhudelwaneni eminingi ngoba bengiphakathi (ubuhlengi) isikole. Ama-fainals ami ayehlala ngoDisemba (ngasikhathi sinye njengama-USA Nationals).  Ngibe nekhefu ehlelweni lwami ngaphakathi 2018, Lapho ngizuze indondo yegolide emqhudelwaneni kazwelonke weGolden Gloves. Kuyindlela nje yami eyayisebenza ngayo. Ngakho-kunjalo, Angizange ngilwe emiqhudelwaneni eminingi, Kepha ngakwazi ukweqa lapho kubaluleke kakhulu. "

UGulghum usanda kuncintisana kumqhudelwano wakhe wokuqala wamazwe omhlaba emqhudelwaneni ohlonishwayo waseStrandja eBulgaria, ukunqoba omunye wemidlalo emibili. Isipiliyoni, noma, yayiyigugu, Cishe ukushintshana ngomsebenzi ngokulungiselela ukulungiselela ama-Olimpiki.

"Akukhona ukuphela komqhudelwano wami wokuqala wamazwe omhlaba,"Waphawula, "Bekungokokuqala ngibhalwe phansi ngaphandle kwe-headgear (Njengoba kuzoba njalo kuma-Olimpiki), Futhi ngalwa nalokhu ngivela emazweni aphesheya ngezitayela ezahlukene. Kwakuyisipiliyoni esihle ngoba manje ngeke ngikwazi ukungiphuphuthekisa ku-Olimpiki Qualifier. "

Amalungu e-USA Boxing Olimpiki Yeziqu Zeqembu, NjengoFulghum, basekhefy ngaphambi kokubuya ukuze bakwazi ukuqeqeshwa nabalingani bakhe e-United States nasePararympic Center eColorado Springs.

"Ngibike lapho okokuqala kwalokhu okwedlule ngoJanuwari 2nd futhi ngiyakuthanda,"Kuqashelwe uGulghum." Wonke umsubathi uphupha ukuqeqeshwa nabasubathi abaphezulu lapho kungekho ziphazamiso kanye nabaqeqeshi abaphezulu. ngivuka, udle, ukulala, Qeqesha futhi wenze lokho futhi ngosuku olulandelayo. Leso yisimiso sami. "

UGulghum uthole iziqu zakhe zabahlengikazi ekugcineni, Kepha njengamanje nangekusasa elisheshayo ligxile ngokuphelele ekufakweni kwesibhakela.

"Ngibeka imfundo kuqala futhi ngithole iziqu zami,"UGulgham waphetha." Ngizohlala ngibe nomhlengikazi ngemuva kokubhaliwe. Kepha ngiphuphe ngokuya kuma-Olimpiki sonke ngesikole. Ngibeka isibhakela sokubanjwa futhi manje sengibeke ubuhlengikazi ohlangothini ukuze ngikwazi ukubeka konke kimi. Bengingafuni ukujikisa ubuhlengikazi kanye nesibhakela. Angikwazanga ukuba ngcono ngaleyondlela.

"Ngihlela ukuguqula i-pro ngoba ngithanda i-boxing kakhulu. Ngidinga ukufaka ibhokisi lapho ngisemncane. Ngizohlala ngiseduze."

UDarius Fulgam uthathe indlela ejikelezayo empilweni ngenxa yokuba ngumhlengikazi kuya kwesibhakela. Kuzokufanelekela, noma, Uma ekwenza kube yiTokyo njengengxenye yeqembu lase-USA le 2020 Olympics.

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Mayelana ne-USA Boxing:  Ukuqhakambisa nokukhulisa isibhakela se-amateur se-amateur e-United States kanye nokukhuthaza ukuphishekela okungakhathali kwegolide lama-Olimpiki futhi kuvumela abasubathi nabaqeqeshi ukufezekisa ubuhle bokuncintisana obuqhubekayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, I-USA Boxing izama ukufundisa bonke ababambiqhaza umlingiswa, ukuzethemba nokugxila abakudingayo ukuze babe ompetha abanamandla nabahlukahlukene, Kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwendandatho. I-USA Boxing yiqembu elilodwa, Isizwe Esinye, Ukuya ngegolide!

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USA Boxing featherweight Andrea Medina closing in on 2020 Olympic spot in Tokyo

Shiya amazwana

Colorado Springs, Lap. (February 10, 2020) – Coming off consecutive runner-up finishes in major tournaments, USA Boxing featherweightAndrea Medina is within one tournament of representing her country in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Ngo-December, the 20-year-old Medina lost a split decision toLupe Gutierrez at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing, futhi 4-1 toIulia Tsyplakova (Ukraine) last month at the Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria. The Chula Vista, California boxer was recently named to USA Boxing’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Boxing Qualification Team.

“Placing second at the trials only made me more eager to get that Olympic Qualification spot,” Medina said. “I just wanted to show USA Boxing that I was the one to represent at 57 kilograms. I am only going to get better and I cannot wait to show the world everything that I got.

“For it (Strandja) being my first ever international tournament, I was very proud of how far I got in the tournament and getting that silver medal. I was very happy with all my performances and I am excited to get back to work on things I need to improve on. Aside from all that, going to a different country was awesome and I can’t wait to travel more doing what I love the most.”

Medina and her Team USA stablemates are currently training in Colorado Springs at the state-of-the-art United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center. To qualify for participation in this year’s Olympic Games, Medina needs to finish among the top three in the 57-kilogram (125 lbs.) division at the America’s Qualification Tournament, Mashi 26-Ephreli 3, EBuenos Aires, Argentina. One final opportunity at the World Qualifier in Paris, France, in which she could qualify for the Olympics by placing among the top five.

“It means the world to me to be on the USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Team,” Medina added. “It is everything I have been working for since I started competing at eight years old and I cannot believe the Olympic Games are only in a few months. Making history in San Diego by being the first person to make the Olympic Team for boxing is a big deal for my family, my city and myself. I cannot express how excited I am to have come this far, but there is still so much to do, and I am ready.

“I feel that I work better under pressure and I truly believe that I will qualify for Tokyo, whether it be in Argentina or France, but my main goal, khona manje, is to train hard to get that gold in Argentina.”

Medina believes her major strength inside the ring is her ability to adjust during a fight. She prefers fighting on the outside, but she can brawl if needed, because she enjoys throwing a lot of power punches.

Medina also realizes that she’s in a prime place regarding the rising popularity of female boxing, following in the USA Boxing footsteps of two-time Olympic gold medalistClaressa Shields and Olympic bronze medalistMarlen Esparza, along with past USA Olympians such asQueen Underwood futhiMikaela Mayer.

“Female boxing is only going to get bigger,” Medina predicted. “Being a female fighter today means a lot to me, because I have been doing this for 15 Eminyakeni manje, and seeing it grow year after year only shows how strong females are and what we can accomplish. I predict that, in the future, boxing will not be seen as a man’s sport, but will be neutral for both men and women.”

Competing at the Olympics has been a life-long dream for Medina, but she also has plans for her immediate future.

“Reaching the Olympics has been my main goal throughout my boxing career,” Andrea remarked, “so now that it is so close makes me want to work even harder. Other goals of mine are to graduate from college and get my own condominium, which I will do after all this is over.

“I plan on turning pro after the Olympics, most likely at the beginning or middle of 2021, so I can finish school and give my body some rest and recovery.”

Andrea Medina is so close to being an Olympian and everything associated with that accomplishment that she can practically reach out and feel it. Just one more step, whether in Buenos Aires or Paris, and it’ll be mission accomplished for her.

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Mayelana ne-USA Boxing:  Ukuqhakambisa nokukhulisa isibhakela se-amateur se-amateur e-United States kanye nokukhuthaza ukuphishekela okungakhathali kwegolide lama-Olimpiki futhi kuvumela abasubathi nabaqeqeshi ukufezekisa ubuhle bokuncintisana obuqhubekayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, I-USA Boxing izama ukufundisa bonke ababambiqhaza umlingiswa, ukuzethemba nokugxila abakudingayo ukuze babe ompetha abanamandla nabahlukahlukene, Kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwendandatho. I-USA Boxing yiqembu elilodwa, Isizwe Esinye, Ukuya ngegolide!