Main St Gym Competes In Baltimore

From left to Right Kobe Moore, Rudy Calixto, Corey Moore, Ivan Calixto

Du Burns Arena, Baltimore,

Main St Gym traveled to Baltimore Friday night to do battle at the Du Burns Arena in front of a large crowd of boxing fans.

The Du Burns arena, home of the Baltimore Blast soccer team, was the transformed into a boxing ballroom with all tables at full capacity.

Four young boxers from the Main St Gym were on hand and matched up for a great night of competitive fights.

Corey Moore, a 15 years old student of Wi Hi, started the night out with good lateral movement and started landing clean punches early. In the third round, Moore appeared to need more conditioning to continue his assault and started to fade in the third leaving Moore just short on points. Corey has very slick movement and is now putting his years of experience to use. He won a Silver medal this year at the regional Silver Gloves Tournament in N.C.and has make a jump up in competition and experience, but has shown that this is where he belongs.

Ivan Calixto then stepped in the ring and dominated Jesse Montana of Baltimore Boxing with a lopsided victory. What made the win special was that Calixto had lost three separate times to Montana and proved that his step up training is paying off.

In Main St Gym’s third bout of the night, Rudy Calixto jumped through the ropes to a crowds chant of “Rudy, Rudy” from the the movie of the same name. It has become standard when the 12 year old Calixto fights. “Rudy has not just come a long way with his skills, but he has a very unique ability to draw fans from where ever we go.

People we don’t even know are yelling Rudy and are just drawn to him. Calixto went on to put in a very sharp performance against a national caliper fighter from Charm City Boxing, to get the well deserved win. “ Rudy has a very respectable record at 8-2, but at this point of his career I am more concerned with how he trains and performs, than who get s the bigger trophy. Tonight he performed very well and it resulted in a good win, but that’s not always the case, wins and loses can be subjective but a good performance will always move you forward”. said Coach Hal Chernoff.
In the last bout of the night Kobe Moore 11 years old went into the bout giving up a significant weight advantage, but fought very well, landing solid shots and moving side to side and turning his foe to avoid much of his opponents attack. It was one of the closest bouts of the evening, with one judge scoring it even on points and two judges seeing Moore with a one point deficit. “Kobe really turns it up in the ring and is one of those kids that performs better in competition than in the gym. This was a real exciting fight that the crowd loved. It was so even, which makes the bout even better. Kobe did great and I am very proud of him, just as I am all these young men.

They work so hard in the gym and then climb through the ropes to put it all out there and test themselves and perform for the crowd. Most people have no idea what it takes to get up in the ring, in front of that many people, up there all alone to box. Then they have to remain composed to execute properly and that is what makes it so special. In most sorts the focus is on a team, but in boxing All eyes are on you.

I feel safe to say, you might want to start following these young men now. because their boxing future looks very good", added Chernoff.