Luis Nery vs Brandon Figueroa

REED, what happened to that guy from the Olympics you were managing or promoting or whatever it was?

 

"The Latin Legend" Luis Yanez; Co-Captain of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team...Teammates w/Deontay Wilder, Gary Russell, Demetrius Andrade, Sadaam Ali, etc...

REED's Official Capacity in Yanez's Camp was "Biographer", But Even w/the Olympic Splash and Instant Celebrity it Created in Dallas/Ft. Worth (His Pro Debut was in the Same Venue the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars Play In), Publisher's Wanted to See HOW His Pro Career Played Out Before Financially Committing to the Project; Understandably So...

REED was Also the Matchmaker of Yanez's 3rd Pro Fight, for the Texas State Title...Wrapped the Belt Around His Waist Afterwards and Everything...VERY Cool Experience...Did His 4th Pro Fight Too...

Basically, Yanez Was Mis-Managed & Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Tooooooooooo INACTIVE...

Especially in the Beginning, Olympians are Fighting 5-6 Times a Year; the Most Yanez Ever Fought in a Calendar Year was 3 Times...A 360 Day Stretch of Inactivity Followed By a Nearly 400 Day Stretch of Inactivity, Followed By a 14 Month Stretch and Finally a 5 1/2 YEAR Stretch...

All the While, Yanez Started a Family, the ONLY Trainer he Ever Had Died, He Drifted a Bit and Next Thing You Know, He's In his 30's...But w/an Undefeated 7-0-1 Record Intact, Zanfer Promotions Signed Yanez and Got Him a Fight...

Yanez was Hoping for a Bit of a GIMME For his 1st Bout Back in More Than 5 Years, but Zanfer PROMISED Even if He Lost, it Wouldn't Show Up On Boxrec Anyways...The Fight Itself was Held Waaaaaaaaaaaaay Off the Grid, Up in the Mountains of Mexico, from What REED's Been Told....

Well, Yanez LOST and a Week Later the L SHOWED UP On Boxrec...Since Then, Zanfer's Basically Relegated Him to OPPONENT Status, Offering Bouts w/11-0, 9 KO Type of Dudes and/or Significantly BIGGER Fighters....

Yanez Has Been Training Amateur Fighters a Bit, Has a CLOSE Relationship w/Vergil Ortiz's Co-Trainer and Hasn't Officially Retired, for What it's Worth...

Beyond That, Yanez Was and Still Is a Dear Friend of REED's...He's a Swaggy, Fun Loving, Diminutive, Prince Naseem Type of Dude, Even Now...Impossible to Have a BAD Time In Yanez's Presence...





REED

 

Damn. Cool stories but it sounds like you SHOULD have been his manager.

 

Correct me if im wrong, but seems his heart wasnt fully in the sport, at least when it comes to being a pro fighter

 

It's an excellent division, this. You got MJ in there as well, who's extremely entertaining and skilled.

 

After Navarette moved to 126 it became interesting. Fulton is a bit of a stinker though.

MJ? I'm blocking on who that is.

 

Please don't make me spell his name...

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/828415

 

How did he lose his title?

 

I have no idea.

 

Roman going life and death with Payano just shows how fucking great Inoue is BTW.

 

MJ Akmadaliev, Unified Champion...Beat Danny Roman...




REED

 

Watch REED''s video.

He didn't lose it.

 

REED Can't Think of Anyone in Inoue's Weight Range That Comes Out FAVORABLY In a Head to Head - Common Opponent's Comparison...

These Days, Inoue's Fallen in Love w/His POWER, Resulting In His DEFENSE Looking Sub-Par the Last 2 Bouts, But He's Still THAT Dude, Regardless...

The Most Consistently IMPRESSIVE Fighter in the World, Currently...




REED