Boxing tips to gym owners from ex-RP king Jun Llano
By Alex P. Vidal
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 30 Oct 2007
?Sa hirap ng buhay ngayon, maraming kabataan ang nag papanggap na maging boxer para lang maka libre sa pagkain at tulugan (Because of poverty, many youngsters would pretend nowadays to join boxing in order to avail foods and shelter).?
Thus was the observation made by Felipe ?Jun? Llano, Jr. or popularly known as Jun Llano, crownholder of Philippine superbantamweight belt from 1992-94, who will soon officially join in the ranks of the country?s professional boxing trainers.
A father of two daughters (a 20-year-old nursing student and a 19-year-old fast food crew in Cabuyao, Laguna), the 44-year-old Llano warned boxing gym owners and managers from just easily taking in pseudo boxers who don?t even understand what jab and hook means.
?When these so-called boxers apply to train in the gym, gym owners or instructors should ask them to pose and throw a punch so we can unmask the charlatans from the authentic boxers,? Llano, who rose into prominence in 1986 when he knocked out in the 5th round world no. 1 119-lb rated Jong Kwan Chung in Seoul, warned in Tagalog dialect.
Llano, now 44, is the latest addition in the training staff of Aljoe Jaro Boxing Stable in Binangonan, Rizal. ?I started only two weeks ago and I will have my GAB license (as trainer) next year,? he said.
?Si Aljoe kasabay ko noon ng nagboboksing pa kami. Mabait na tao yun noon pa kaya swerte talaga ang mga boksingero ngayon dahil nararamdaman ni Aljoe ang kanilang sitwasyon,? narrated the Surigao-born Llano who was managed by former barangay captain Alex ?Bomber? Pamiloza and promoted by the late Grego Garcia.
An auto mechanic graduate, Llano, who blew his chance to pocket the OPBF jewels with a 10th round KO loss to Yuichi Kasai in Tokyo in 1995, considers national light-flyweight boss Sonny Boy Jaro as the hottest Filipino prospect for a world crown.
Sonny Boy Jaro retained his crown last Oct. 28 by hammering out a devastating one-round TKO win over Alfred Nagal in one of the double RP title fights assembled by the Aljoe Jaro International Promotion in Thunderbird Resort and Casino, Rizal.
?Nandoon ako tumutulong magbigay ng instruction pero hindi ako maka akyat sa ring dahil wala pa akong lisensia,? said Llano, who began his caterpillar-like career in 1984 with a four-round decision win over Roberto Granciosa at the Elorde Sports Complex in Paranaque.
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