New wave of boxing brothers: Kamedas, Gamboas, Barthelemys, Molinas, Guzmans, Linares

They say boxing is in the blood or it’s in the genes, and what better proof can be found than successful fighting families? Fathers and sons and boxing brothers proved many times that this is more than an urban legend. The Marquez Brothers and the Klitschkos are the most well known brothers today, and I bet you've heard of the Simms twins, the Donaires the Ibragimovs, the Hattons, the Pacquiaos, the Petersons, the Cottos, the Diaz brothers, probably the Caballeros, the Solis brothers, the Abrahams and many more.

However, I'm happy to introduce a few names you might've missed. Feel free to add names of young brothers yourself!


THE MOLINA TRIO
- 19 year-old Javier Molina represented the US in Beijing, and after losing in the 1st round, he turned pro. He's now at 2-0 (2KOs) and fights at welterweight
- Javier Molina's older twin brother, Oscar Molina fights for Mexico and still an amateur. He didn't qualify for the Olympics, but maybe he can do it next time or turn pro
- Carlos Molina is the oldest of the three, he's a 24 year-old lightweight with a record of 9-0 (5KOs)

THE LINARES TRIO
- 24 year-old Jorge Linares is a highly skilled, entertaining, unbeaten (27-0, 18KOs) 2-time champ and a SFW belt-holder with a lot of star potential, but being Venezuelan means he's having troubles taking over the US market, which is a shame - so he fights for Japan's Teiken Promotions
- Nelson Linares, 27 is a LMW also having problems getting international popularity, in his 6-year pro career he put a 17-0-1 record together but without meaningful wins
- Carlos Linares, 20, is the youngest, who moved to Japan with Jorge, but his promising MW career quickly had a setback when he was stopped in his 3rd fight a year ago. He won his other 4 all by 1st round KOs

THE KAMEDA TRIO
- Koki Kameda the legend is the most accomplished in the family so far, at 22 he’s a former LFlyW titleholder challenging top flyweight Daisuke Naito in November. He’s at 20-0 (13KOs)
- Daiki Kameda, 20, (together with his father and brother Koki) caused Japanese boxing’s biggest scandal in recent times, when he, with the urge of the family, used all sorts of unprofessional and dirty tactics vs. the champ Naito, and was suspended for a year with father Shiro losing his trainer license. He lost to Naito but will challenge Denkaosan Kaovichi, the Thai fighter who upset Takefumi Sakata, in October. Daiki is at 15-1 (11KOs)
- Tomoki Kameda, 18, the youngest of the brothers, turned pro a year ago, fights at SBW and has a record of 9-0 (8KOs)

THE GUZMANS
- Joan Guzman, 33, is one of the most talented and largely disappointing fighters of the last decade. The once feared SBW puncher missed the opportunity to be a 4-division champion today (SBW, FW, SFW, LW) with a possibility of a 5th at LWW. He’s physically very gifted, speed, reflexes, defense, skills, everything is superb but his power is gone and due to major setbacks, weight-problems and due to lack of professional attitude, he’s just a 2-division champion. Still without a loss, his record stands at 29-0 (17KOs)
- Jose Guzman, 25, started pro boxing 3 years ago and fights at LW with a record of 8-0 (5KOs)

THE MURRAYS
- John Murray, 24, is the British LW champion, who’ll fight John Thaxton on Oct. 3rd. He’s at 27-0 (15KOs)
- little brother Joe Murray, 22, represented the UK in Beijing, and joined the Ricky Hatton Promotions this year. He fights at SFW, his current record is 3-0

THE PRESCOTTS
- Breidis Prescott, 26, is well known for upsettin Amir Khan is 54-seconds, but he got upset himself in July, losing his unbeaten record to Miguel Vazquez on points. The Colombian puncher is at 21-1; 18KOs
- Daulis Prescott has a similarly impressive KO record but lacks quality names. He fights at FW and has a record of 18-0 (14KOs)

THE BEDAKS
- Zsolt Bedak, 25 repredented Hungary in Athens and beat Abrner Mares before losing in the 2nd round. He’s 14-0 (4KOs) as a pro and fights at SBW
- Pal Bedak, a 2-time Olympian started his pro career a year ago, he’s 5-0 (3KOs) at FlyW

THE DIRRELLS
- Andre Dirrell, 26, a bronze medalist in Athens, enters the Super6 SMW tourney on Oct.17, fighting Carl Froch for the WBC belt. He has a record of 18-0; 13KOs
- Andre's little brother, Anthony, 24, went through a serious illness when he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma back in 2007. He went through chemo and returned to the ring a few months later. He’s unbeaten @ 18-0 (15KOs)

THE CHAVEZ BROTHERS
- Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., 23, is the very hyped son of the great JCChavez. Jr. is exciting and packs a good punch, but easy to hit and too limited to reach for the top. However, there might be room for improvement. He fights in Sept. 12 next, his padded record stands at 39-0-1 (29KOs)
- Omar Chavez, 19, was involved in a very unfortunate incident recently: after his July 18 fight, opponent Marco Nazareth collapsed and went into a coma and passed away a few days later. Omar fights at LWW and has a record of 17-0 (13KOs)

THE BARTHELEMYS
- Many said that of the 3 Cubans leaving the Island 2 years ago (Barthelemy, 29, Gamboa, Solis), Yan, an Olympic Gold Medallist is the most talented. However the skilled counter-puncher lacks power and aggressiveness and lost his 7th fight vs. a nobody. He bounced back and now holds the WBC Latino BW title, so his career at 8-1; 1KO is far from being over
- Rances Barthelemy, 28, turned pro just 3 weeks ago, and scored 2 quick 1st round KOs. With power and aggressiveness, he might have a better run at the pros than his successful former amateur brother

THE GAMBOAS
- Yuriorkis Gamboa, 27, shook up the world in just a year, scoring spectacular KOs vs. legit competition inside 10 fights, and picked up a world title in his 15th. However despite all the talent and fan-friendly style, he got knocked down many times and needs to correct the defensive mistakes to live up to the hype. Returns vs. Whyber Garcia to defend the WBA FW belt on Oct. 10
- Yoelvis Gamboa, 21, is a member of Yuri’s Ciclon Promotions and made his successful pro debut a week ago, winning all 4 rounds

 

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Not bad, man, not bad!

 

Oh yeah, Daiki Kameda just won a tune-up and now looks to fight Denkaosan Kaovichit on October 10.

 

Thx. Like I said, I focused more on the lesser-known brothers.

Yeah, Roinet is Celestino Caballero's little brother. He lost to Daniel Ponce de Leon on Saturday. Koki and Tomoki Kameda both won by TKO.