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By Thomas Gerbasi - A few years back, Orlando Cruz had enough of boxing. A member of the same 2000 Puerto Rican Olympic boxing team that produced world champions Miguel Cotto and Ivan Calderon, Cruz was expected to become the third member to pick up a title, but it just wasn’t panning out that way, with back-to-back losses to Cornelius Lock and Daniel Ponce De Leon leaving him in limbo a decade into his pro career.
“I had no more interest for fighting,” said Cruz. “Thankfully for my manager, Juan De Leon, and his brother, (former world cruiserweight champion) Carlos De Leon, helped me. We sat down and talked and he said you need to focus more and be disciplined, and right now, I’m different. I’m hungry for the glory and the victory, and to get the belt and be champion.”
Winner of four consecutive bouts since a nearly 20-month layoff following the loss to Ponce De Leon, the 32-year-old’s life today bears scant resemblance to what it looked like in 2010, and not just because he will be challenging Orlando Salido for the vacant WBO featherweight title on the Tim Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez Pay-Per-View undercard this Saturday in Las Vegas. [Click Here To Read More]
“I had no more interest for fighting,” said Cruz. “Thankfully for my manager, Juan De Leon, and his brother, (former world cruiserweight champion) Carlos De Leon, helped me. We sat down and talked and he said you need to focus more and be disciplined, and right now, I’m different. I’m hungry for the glory and the victory, and to get the belt and be champion.”
Winner of four consecutive bouts since a nearly 20-month layoff following the loss to Ponce De Leon, the 32-year-old’s life today bears scant resemblance to what it looked like in 2010, and not just because he will be challenging Orlando Salido for the vacant WBO featherweight title on the Tim Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez Pay-Per-View undercard this Saturday in Las Vegas. [Click Here To Read More]
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