Internationally renowned boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has come full circle, right back to the famed 5th St. Gym in South Beach, where he once visited as a teenager to learn and now trains fighters out of six days a week. Born in Havana, Cuba, Cuellar’s family resettled in Miami when he was three with Orlando…
Undefeated Cuban sensation, and one of the most exciting prospects in the boxing game, Rances “Kid Blast†Barthelemy (12-0, 10 KOs) will fight Gerardo Robles (14-9, 6 KOs) for the vacant UBO International Super Featherweight title on July 29 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. “Fight Nights at The Cosmopolitan†is presented by Leon Margules…
Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Yan Barthelemy improved to 12-2, 4KO’s and a perfect 4-0 since teaming up with trainer Orlando Cuellar and signing with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing. The Cuban won a ten round unanimous decision over Francis Ruiz (9-4, 4 KOs)…
This Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Yan Barthelemy (11-2, 4KO’s) will square off against Dominican Francis Ruiz (9-3, 4 KOs) in the opening bout on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. Barthelemy was originally scheduled to face Chris Avalos (18-1, 15KO’s) but Avalos was forced to…
Gary Shaw announced today that undefeated Cuban super featherweight prospect Luis Franco has joined the roster of Gary Shaw Productions. Franco, 28, was a member of the 2004 Cuban Olympic boxing team and has over 400 amateur bouts under his belt, including two victories over WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa.
Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision win over 20-year-old Dutch prospect Harry Duiven, jr. in Hattersheim, Germany. “La Sombra†controlled the fight from the first bell on and outboxed his opponent over eight rounds taking his own record to 10-0-0 (6) while Duiven jr. dropped to 12-3-1 (10).