Recent Update From The Main Street Gym

Hello Everyone, I am sending out the results of our compitition last Saturday night held at Sugar Ray Leonards Gym. Please see if yu can get it in you news. I sent the artical as a PDF and a word Doc, otherwise there is just one article and one picture. Thank You, Coach Hal

Pictured from left to right: Kobe Moore, Corey Moore, Shawn Woodfood, Eric Acosta, Rudy Calixto, Adam Calixto, Coach Chernoff Ivan Calixto.

Sugar Ray Lenard’s Gym, Landover MD

Main St Gym Boxers jumped out a to strong start Saturday night, when the first three young boxers from Salisbury emerged from the ring with impressive wins and some nice hardware.

Little Eric Acosta , who attends Fruitland Intermediate School started things off in the third bout of the night in front of a packed house. In only his second fight 8 year old Eric was eager to get his first win and start some momentum for the team. Eric emerged as the winner.

“I am so proud of this young boy, he is a good kid, and he is serious about training it makes my job as Coach fun. It is very rewarding to watch the reaction of a little guy like Eric to 400 people clapping when his hand is raised in victory. I told him to get us started and we will keep it rolling and that’s what he did.” Said Coach Hal Chernoff of the Main St Gym.

The very next bout for Main Street was 11 year old Kobe Moore, of Wicomico Middle School, he outworked his opponent in a very close contest and brought the number of wins for Main St Gym to two “Kobe has been a member of Main St Gym for a few years, and I have seen him finally understand how hard work is tied to success in the ring. Kobe is now starting to have a degree of success now that he is stepping up in his training”. Said Coach Chernoff.

Going into the next bout of the evening was Ivan Calixto , a student of Delmar Middle School, he was told he had his work cut out for him. Coach Chernoff said “It’s very hard to get a win in any close bout when we are in DC which was Calixto’s opponent’s back yard. No one likes to have someone come in and take three wins in a row, so I told Ivan to turn it up right from the first bell, counterpunching every time his opponent throws and putting out a higher punch count than his opponent; if he throws 3 punches you counter with five.” Coach Chernoff said that “ Calixto usually tends to tighten up a bit and look for power with every punch. That has cost him a few wins in the past, but on Saturday night he wanted the win so bad he was determined to follow the game plan. When it worked and his hand was raised as the winner, Calixto was as happy that he was able to relax and follow the instructions as much as he was about the win. I look at this bout for Ivan as a breakthrough and am curious to see what happens at the next show” Chernoff said.

A couple bouts later Main St Gym’s fourth boxer Corey Moore, who attends Wicomico Senor High School, climbed through the ropes in hopes of keeping the winning run going, but even in a well fought bout he was edged out of the win. “Although he was disappointed he showed very good skills and the crowd appreciated Corey’s effort”. Coach Chernoff said.

Main Street’s final competitor of the night was 21 year old Shawn Woodford of Salisbury. Shawn came back to the gym after a 3 year layoff from the sport and appears to be serious and eager to improve and see how far he can go. Although he land a hard shot and was close to closing the door in the first round, his opponent battled back and used superior conditioning to out work and out point Woodford. “Everyone likes to win but this loss really lit a fire under Shawn, because he did see some success in the first round and knows that conditioning played a factor.” Chernoff said.

Next up for Main St Gym, professional cruiserweight Alexis Guerrero will face veteran, Harvey Jolly 12-18-1 in Atlanta Georgia on Sept 15th. At 6’4” Jolly brings not only 31 fights of experience , but is considered a big puncher and a very solid test for Guerrero.