Hugo Centeno Jr.

Name: Hugo Centeno Jr
Alias: The Boss
Birth Name: Hugo Pablo Centeno
Hometown: Oxnard, California, USA
Birthplace: Oxnard, California, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 185cm
Reach: 192cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Eric Brown

Biography

As an amateur, Hugo has amassed an impressive record of 90 wins and 8 loses while compiling a list of national championships and titles that comprise a virtual showcase of amateur boxing tournaments: The Jr. Olympics; the national silver gloves; the national PAL tournament; the state PAL championship; the turquoise gloves and the diamond belt championships just to name a few. An impressive resume of victories for any amateur fighter to say the least, and accomplishments made that much more impressive by the fact that a good part of his training regimen has come out of a small garage in his own backyard in Oxnard, California.

Bitten by the boxing bug at the tender age of seven, Hugo tried joining a nearby boxing gym but was surprised to find himself turned away because they thought he was too young to start training. Hugo finally settled into a local Boys and Girls club where he began to cut his teeth at the sport of boxing. Hugo proved to be a fast learner and quickly began developing the skills necessary to prove to anyone and everyone that, despite his young age, he was indeed a true and talented boxer.

Over the next few years Hugo continued to train hard and to sharpen his boxing skills at several local gyms. It was obvious to all who watched him train and fight that Hugo was indeed the real thing, and certainly the type of up-and-coming boxer that everyone was going to keep their eyes on. In fact it's worth the space to note that the gym that had originally turned Hugo away, was soon inviting him with open arms to train with them; an invitation Hugo and his father graciously declined. Besides, It was around this time, when Hugo was 12 years old, that Hugo's father, Hugo Centeno Sr., made the decision to start training his son at home; a decision that both father and son look back on with no regrets what-so-ever.

At first, their "gym" was just a run down wooden shed sitting out in the backyard of their old house. There was not a lot of room to work in and there was not a whole lot of boxing equipment to work out with, but the little wooden shed served the purpose, and the two of them, very well. Hugo continued to improve his skills and continued to amass a winning boxing record along the way. Four years later Hugo's family moved into a new house and without hesitation, Hugo Sr. dedicated and converted the entire garage into a boxing gym for his son.

As fate would have it, stepping into a real gym was actually not too far down the road. Hugo's manager Robert W. Lewis has really stepped up to open Centeno's Boxing Gym in Oxnard California. Now Hugo and a large following of like minded boxers, have a real gym to call their own.

When asked recently what it was like to have his father train him, Hugo responded, "A lot of people think that having my dad as my trainer makes it easier on me. But I think he's tougher on me than anyone else because he knows what I'm capable of and he pushes me to train that way. But I can live with that and I respect him for that because I know he only wants the best for me. I'll be the first to say that my father deserves all the credit for bringing me to where I am today."