Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Popo Salinas is his own harshest critic. Following Salinas' victory over Canada's Namah Daghir, Salinas claimed that he needs to work harder and that if he were to have a realistic shot at making the US Olympic Team, he would need to devote more time in the gym and turn ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Read this article before advancing. Jack Loew gave me his side of this story a month-and-a-half ago. The emphasis was that he was unsure if he was still the trainer of Kelly Pavlik or not, and hadn't heard from him.
WFMJ aired comments by both Pavlik and Loew in a good piece ...
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Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Grab a pen and paper and write down the name of Popo Salinas. Fresh off of a P.A.L. National Championship, the 16-year old Youngstown fighter has his sights set on making the United States Boxing Team for the next Olympic Games. The number one-ranked amateur in his weight class nationally, put ...
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Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Wednesday night, the amateurs took center stage at St. Lucy's in Campbell for the Bob Roth Memorial Boxing Tournament. Jack Loew has put a lot of time and effort into the show as a tribute to Roth. The card was very entertaining and featured the emergence of Popo Salinas as ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
Dannie Williams got a taste of media exposure a couple of months ago fighting on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. Since then Williams has been busy getting ready for his first appearance on HBO Boxing, set for January. Over the last couple of months, Williams has not only been busy training, ...
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Jack Loew was mystified when Juan Salinas lost his first professional fight at the Covelli Centre in August. Loew did not make excuses knowing that an 18-year old kid might have growing pains going from the ranks of amateur to pro. Saturday, Salinas, now 1-1, erased all doubts against David ...
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Marco Hall entered his fight 1-0 with 1 KO. Roberto Harris was testing the waters of pro boxing for the first time. Harris may want to seek career alternatives after the shots he caught from Hall in a first round knockout.
"Jack [Loew] has me going in the right direction", said ...
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
Alejandro "Popo" Salinas is someone that Jack Loew has been hyping for two years. Salinas lived up to the hype a little when he captured the prestigious PAL Championship. The tournament win has a nice reward in the sense that when 2012 rolls around, Popo is automatically the top-rated amateur ...
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