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Posted on December 17, 2024 by Heather
Introduction
Guillermo Gutierrez (11-2) is a 26 year old professional boxer, in the Super Flyweight division. Weighing approximately 115 lbs, he is fighting out of San Antonio, Texas, USA. His boxing manager is Gwen Legge from California, USA. She owns Eruption boxing and MMA management company. Mr. Gutierrez has been boxing since he was a young child.
Q&A Interview
FightMatrix: What made you interested in becoming a boxer?
Guillermo Gutierrez: Boxing kind of chose me. My father signed me up when I was a kid, and at that age, you just go along with whatever your parents decide. Over time, it just stuck with me.
FM: How do you see combat sports growing worldwide in the next decade?
GG: Aren’t combat sports already worldwide? Hopefully, they’ll grow even bigger on a mainstream level in the next decade.
FM: What did it feel like when you won your first bout?
GG: Winning my first amateur fight as a kid was amazing, but my pro debut was something special—it marked the start of my professional journey.
FM: Are you interested in any sports or hobbies besides boxing?
GG: I enjoy my peace and alone time, whether it’s hitting the park trails or spending time at the shooting range. There’s more to life than boxing 24/7.
FM: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
GG: Mentally, physically, financially, and spiritually better than I am now, Most High willing.
FM: At what age did you begin training to box?
GG: I started boxing at the age of 7.
FM: Do you have a fight currently scheduled? If so, when, where, and who is your next opponent?
GG: My next fight is possibly in February, but the details are still TBA.
FM: Do you typically train regularly or take a break in between fights? How many days a week do you train for a fight?
GG: I’m in the gym year-round. After fights, I usually take about a week off, and when preparing for a fight, I train six days a week.
FM: What is your favorite culinary dish? Do you cook? If you do cook, what’s the best dish that you can make?
GG: I’d say my favorite thing to cook is breakfast tacos. If you’re from South Texas, you know.
FM: Who is your favorite boxer of all time?
GG: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez.
FM: Who or what inspires you in life?
GG: My inspiration comes from the true and loving God of the Bible.
FM: I would like to know your thoughts on the crossover between boxing and MMA.
GG: It’s fun from a casual fan perspective and great for keeping people entertained.
FM: What else would you like your fans to know about you?
GG: I stay true to myself.
Conclusion
Mr. Gutierrez has a drive to succeed in what he sets out to do. He is disciplined, down-to-earth, and has passion for boxing. He stated that combat sports is big and it is his hope that it will grow mainstream even more in the next decade. Guillermo Gutierrez likes to spend some mindful time to himself. This is always healthy to be able to embrace alone and perhaps enjoy nature, such as he does. It was a pleasure to interview Guillermo. Along with his team, he brings entertainment to many spectators.
MMA & Boxing Columnist | Business Development Consultant
I have been a fan and avid viewer of all combat sports for over 20 years. I was once a Judoka, which is what eventually piqued my interest in Mixed Martial Arts.
For 25 years I’ve worked in healthcare, and now am trying to make something that was a hobby, into a full-time endeavor.
by Heather
Posted on November 1, 2024
Introduction
Gwen Legge was born on January 30th and raised in Long Island, New York. Starting from a young age, she had a passion for boxing. Her life journey took her from a career in combat sports apparel, to becoming a successful boxing manager.
Currently, Gwen owns a boxing and an MMA management company. She still partakes in her enjoyment of crafting stellar sports apparel for her brand, Eruption boxing. Yet, she currently only does this for the fighters she manages. This shows her love that she has for the combat sports industry and the great craftsmanship she has in apparel creation. Providing quality products and top-notch customer service has always been important to Gwen.
The reason that Mrs. Legge is so passionate about the boxing industry and other combat sports, goes back to the good old days. This is when she would hangout with her grandfather frequently. From what I understand, her and her grandpa had a special bond, especially when it came to watching sports. Gwen told me that her “grandfather was into every sport on the planet”. They would watch boxing especially fighters such as they’re favorite, which was Muhammad Ali, as well as Sugar Ray Leonard, Hagler, and others. Gwen Legge obviously loves being a boxing manager. I asked her if she foresees herself ever retiring. She said, that she will always be doing what she does now.
Since she has been involved in the combat sports industry for over forty years, I must say that she is impressive. I’m astounded at how much that Gwen has accomplished. Additionally, she is a genuine person and I can tell through communicating with her.
Career
Let’s take a look back into time to travel throughout a bit of Gwen’s history. This takes us through parts of her life until the present day. It is known to me that Gwen has created apparel for musicians at some point in her life. Two of the musicians that she had designed the interior and lining of their clothing include, Phil Collins and Howard Leese from the band Heart. When talking about being an apparel designer and creator, I can hear in here voice how she still loves doing some designs and she truly adores the entirety of her projects.
In 2009, Mrs. Legge began creating and designing combat sports apparel. During her early days, she was sponsoring some popular and exceptional combat sports fighters that I have seen during my life. These included household names such as: Reggie Johnson, Evander Holyfield, and Cris Cyborg.
Reggie Johnson was an absolutely amazing American professional boxer, as he has a record of 44-7-1. His career spanned from 1984 – 2008. He had 25 KOs throughout his career. Since 2011 he has been good friends with Gwen Legge.
On October 19th, 1962, in Atmore, Alabama, Evander Holyfield was born. He had a fabulous professional boxing career in the heavyweight division. This was evident by his record of 44-10-2. The duration of Holyfield’s professional career was from 1984 – 2011.
Gwen also sponsored the famous Mixed Martial Artist, by the name of Cris “Cyborg” Justino. She started out her Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) career at Show Fight 2, in Brazil on May 17, 2005. After losing this bout, she continued fighting and eventually fought in Strike Force and won her match-up against Gina Carano, in 2009. During Cyborg’s fight against Carano, Gwen Legge and Eruption sponsored Cyborg.
On October 19, 2024, in Saudi, Cris won a close and brutal match-up for the PFL Super Fight Championships. This was a title fight and she obtained a new belt by winning the bout. It is likely that Gwen was cheering her on, since she had known Cris Cyborg early on in her career.
Gwen’s Team & Trademark
Gwen began the Eruption trademark in her apparel line in 2009. In 2019, that name evolved into Eruption Boxing & MMA Management. Aside from Gwen Legge being the owner and manager of the company, it consists of quite a team. Her husband, John Legge, is the Chief Financial Officer of the business. He is heavily involved in the combat sports industry from utilizing his expertise as a software engineer, to the rapport he has built with the fighters and their clients. In Gwen’s absence, he steps right in, to work as a strong team to further build the trademark/brand.
Due to the COVID pandemic and with all gyms being closed, people were not in need of gloves. Therefore, Gwen wanted to officially become a boxing manager. So, of course due to her determination, that is exactly what she did. Mrs. Legge seems like the type of individual that is persistent and keeps on venturing out to new endeavors. That takes us to September of 2020, when she received her license as a boxing manager in the state of California. Soon after, she put a fabulous and strong team together for Eruption boxing management. John Legge had built an impressive website for his wife, Gwen. He is extremely creative and has created an aesthetically pleasing site. It even has the capability to speak to you, in any language that you want!
Gwen has an excellent management team of people. Alongside her, they make certain her brand of Eruption boxing has become a priority, to continue providing the best for her professional boxers. Team Eruption states: “We strive in taking our team of fighters to the highest levels in their Boxing & MMA careers. Our #1 goal is for us as we are always looking out for our fighters best interests FIRST all the time!” The Eruption boxing management team includes: Gwen Legge – The Manager; Jackie Kallen – Boxing Manager, Consultant, Advisor; John Legge – V.P./Chief Financial Officer; Roberto Ortiz-Barcenas – VP Hispanic Relations; Halim Zadat – Official International Spanish Narrator; Rex Huang – VP of Asia Fighter Relations. Gwen states in her website, Eruptionboxing.com, that she has been managing the following fighters: Guillermo Gutierrez & Peng Qu.
After meeting with Jackie Kallen and communicating with her, Gwen brought her in as a consultant. The two women are currently great friends and teammates. Kallen believes that women should assist one another and essentially uplift others to help them out. Her reasoning is due to women wanting and deserving equality.
Today approximately 90 percent of the boxing industry specifically, is male dominated. It is so nice that Jackie is working with Gwen to do whatever she can, to help her become even more successful in the industry. Many of you know Jackie Kallen was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 2024. She was a pioneer in the world of boxing: the first successful female boxing manager and the first ever female boxing promoter.
I see a lot of drive and similarities between Gwen Legge and Jackie Kallen, whom I also interviewed this year. Gwen has been a successful boxing manager and a creative combat apparel creator and designer. Jackie is a successful boxing manager, as well as a promoter, and a consultant. They both have over 40 years of experience working within the boxing industries. Each Woman has their own ways of empowering women and have helped to pave the way for other females within the boxing, as well as the combat sports industry as a whole. I want to reiterate something; these ladies are working in a 90 percent male dominated industry. It’s tough and sometimes one’s peers might not take a woman as seriously as a man, when doing business with them. That is right, even a successful woman must be assertive and persistent to be taken seriously in Gwen Legge’s and Jackie Kallen’s world.
Conclusion
I am grateful for individuals such as Gwen Legge, who have helped pave the way for women within various areas of the combat sports industry. She works extremely hard and it’s apparent that people notice her dedication and her life long love for combat sports, especially boxing. Gwen continues to empower women and be an inspiration to people within the combat sports world. It is obvious that she is well-known and extraordinarily passionate about combat sports, including boxing and MMA. Gwen mentioned that in the combat sports industry, “anything could happen”. For instance, something could take place during weigh-ins. If a fighter doesn’t make weight, then the opponent is able to decide whether or not they want to continue with the bout. This can be a mishap for all those involved.
After speaking with Gwen, I felt so motivated, that I immediately began writing this article on the wonderful interview she gave me. I suppose she motivated me by wanting to quickly get started. Gwen is a great person to communicate with, she is extremely kind, and funny as well. It makes me happy to know that she will continue her accomplished work, until the end of time. As Gwen told me, she will remain working forever. She is seriously like the energizer bunny, she never stops going. She is a truly beautiful person and I was excited to interview her!
MMA & Boxing Columnist | Business Development Consultant
I have been a fan and avid viewer of all combat sports for over 20 years. I was once a Judoka, which is what eventually piqued my interest in Mixed Martial Arts.
For 25 years I’ve worked in healthcare, and now am trying to make something that was a hobby, into a full-time endeavor.
Vince Juico, interview with Guillermo Gutierrez Sep 27, 2024
By Vince Juico – Sports For All Podcast
Under exclusive agency of Eruption Boxing Management
Peng Qu, a world class cruiserweight on his way to the USA. Peng, with a record of 15 Wins & 11 KO’s and 2 losses.
Eruption Boxing, is excited to have him on our team!
BERKS BOXING CORNER
By: Dean Berks
27th Aug 2024
James Hagler Jr. knows the weight and expectations his family name brings with it. When your grandfather is one of the greatest middleweight champions in history and one of the finest fighters of all-time, then the bar will, unfairly, be set to a ridiculous height that will be extremely difficult to reach.
His parents were more than aware of the pressure this would bring and steered their son away from the ring, directing him towards football, with the goal being to see him aim for a career in the NFL.
After grandfather Marvin had controversially lost to “Sugar” Ray Leonard, the defeat devastated not just him but his relationship with his family too. He went deep within himself, pushing everyone away, until he made a complete break and moved to Italy.
It was his ex-wife Bertha who held the family together. When James father, James Sr., started boxing, he did so to seek positive recognition from his own dad. He was a very talented amateur who was on the cusp of Olympic qualification, but he stopped boxing when he realised that the support he craved from Marvin would never come.
With boxing ingrained deep within his DNA, James Jr. felt the lure of the ring too strong to ignore. He had been taught the fundamentals from a young age and was a natural southpaw. At age 24, he had his first amateur bout. Between 2015-2019, he fought 10 bouts, winning 7 and losing 3, before deciding to turn professional.
He knocked out Michael Widmer in the first round on his debut in December 2019. But the pandemic put his career on hold for over a year, and he didn’t box again until March 2021 when he outpointed Clarence Brown over four.
A disqualification loss against Juston Stills when the referee halted proceedings due to Hagler’s repeated holding, put the first blot on his record. It was a strange decision as Hagler was controlling all of the action up to that point.
He outpointed fellow novice Heitor Mangaravitte Senra over four on his return but was then out of action for a year due to outside of the ring issues.
Then, on 20 May 2023, he suffered the harshest of learning curves when he was knocked out in three by Leonardo Ladeira. That was his most recent fight.
Like his grandfather, though, James is seeking to avenge that loss. First up, he is back in action in Nigeria on 26 October. After that, the fighter from Georgia wants Ladeira again.
Even though he has boxed at light-heavyweight, Hagler sees himself settling at super middle. He’s also aware that he needs to be more active to help gain any real momentum.
Hagler knows that the boxing world of today is a very different one than the one his grandfather fought in. Where his grandfather had to wait seven years and over fifty fights to become world champion, many of today’s fighters are achieving this in under twenty.
With that in mind, he knows it’s time to really get his head down and go to work. Especially if he wants to hear the words “Hagler” and “champion” in the same sentence. Is Grandad watching? Only time will tell.
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by Vince Juico
Posted By Vincent Juico on August 15, 2024
In the cutthroat and male-dominated world of boxing and mixed martial arts, one has to be assertive and have an instinct for success.
Fortunately for Eruption Boxing Management, as above so below, which explains why the battery of boxers and fighters under Gwen Legge immediately assert themselves as soon as the bell rings.
I sent Eruption Boxing’s Gwen Legge an invitation to be a guest on my program Sports For All. She has committed to appearing on the program as she continues to navigate through her busy schedule to appear on my podcast to tell her story and how her journey is going in a male-dominated sport.
Owning, managing, and operating a boxing and MMA management company is both high risk and high reward but Gwen is ready, 30-plus years in sales and marketing have prepared her for it.
Managing the careers of four professional boxers is no easy task but in the few times I’ve had a conversation with the native New Yorker who has been a Californian for the last 40-plus years, I’ve gotten a sense that she doesn’t get rattled and she is grace under pressure and she has a blueprint as to where she wants to take Eruption in the next several years.
In those 30-plus years, she’s built a name for herself through the business and working relationships she’s built. It also helps that these relationships proudly wear her clothing line and fight gear.
In the world of combat sports specifically boxing where unfortunately you have your share of unscrupulous managers and promoters, Gwen takes care of the careers she manages.
She’s very transparent with the fighters she works with and she tells them how it is.
According to an interview on eshemagazine.com, “I as a Manager look for these specific traits in a person, which are their attitude, demeanor, honesty, being a good listener, reliable, and are humble.” I’d like to think there still are boxers and fighters out there who have the aforementioned qualities, especially those who have not proven themselves yet.
Gwen’s company is well organized. She owns, operates, and manages her organization, boxers, and fighters based on values such as hard work, honesty, integrity, trust, sacrifice, and genuine empathy and compassion.
Managing a stable of boxers and fighters is challenging because you’re dealing with different characters, personalities, and tendencies, and they each have their different set of circumstances.
If you’re a boxer or fighter looking to make an impact in combat sports, you’ll need a high-character individual, and being a sales and marketing veteran of 30 plus years, highly respected, and with a rock solid reputation, Gwen brings a lot to the table.
According to nyweekly.com, “My goal in this industry,” Gwen tells us, “is to help my fighters achieve the highest level of goals and to contribute my utmost to the Boxing & MMA industry in the Sport of Boxing.” If you’re starting in boxing and MMA, it would be good to have Gwen in your corner if you know what’s good for you.
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