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PBC Fighter LeHoullier cruises to 19-0, looks sharp in tune-up bout

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With major bouts scheduled for May and July, Portland Boxing Club brawler Jason "The Hammer" LeHoullier was looking for a tune-up in Saturday night?s main event at the Rochester (New Hampshire) Community Center. What he got was eight rounds of heavy-bag work against an opponent who didn't seem to have much interest in punching back.His opponent, Jerome Elder

of Indianapolis, IN, broke out his version of the rope-a-dope, laying back on the ropes, taunting his opponent and hoping to weather the storm until LeHoullier punched himself out.

It can be an effective tactic (all nine of Elder's wins have come by knockout), but only against boxers who get tired. Unfortunately for Elder, LeHoullier got stronger as the fight wore on. After spending much of the opening round sizing up his opponent, LeHoullier backed Elder into the corner and unloaded with a half dozen hooks. Elder clowned for the crowd, dismissing the punches, then he ate a half dozen more. More...

"It could have been the hotdog guy and Walcott would have taken his advice."

Over 100 championship belts; three kids in the Olympic trials; the reigning women?s World Amateur Welterweight Champion; two U.S Boxing Championships; five National Golden Glove titles; and an 18-0 welterweight pro, Jason LeHoullier, who is starting to garner some national attention. Not a bad run for a non-profit club that started 15 years ago in a hollowed out shell of a building in southern Maine. Coach/promoter Bobby Russo's Portland Boxing Club (PBC) recently broke

Coach Bobby Russo works with World Amateur Welterweight Champ Lisa Kuronya. Click for larger image © Shawn French Saddo Boxing

the 100-title mark at the Northeast Regional Golden Gloves, and the Portland native was named coach of the year for the third time in a decade. I sat down with coach Russo to talk about teaching the sweet science, growing up in the fight game and the infamous Ali-Liston II, which Russo attended at age 10.. More...