} Elsewhere, Billy Joe Saunders clashes with Willie Monroe Jr in the same division The bouts are a welcome change after the Mayweather vs McGregor spectacle By Jeff Powell for the Daily Mail $trg_elem.before('X'); All rights reserved. It was a simple fact that Willie Jr. was willing to accept. Check out BoxingActionMagazine.com for the latest Boxing News, Boxing Updates, and Results. Whether or not Willie Sr.’s absence may have made a difference is unknown. What people are going to see is a more-assertive Willie Monroe Jr. Willie Monroe Jr. wins unanimous decision against Hugo Centeno Jr. Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. dedicated his 10-round middleweight bout against Willie Monroe Jr. to his father, who has been hospitalized with heart ailments. “He thought there were some things he could show me, and some things that I could brush up on. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ Middleweight contender Willie El Mongoose Monroe Jr. has reconnected with his father and hopes to continue his winning streak this Saturday night when he faces Hugo Centeno Jr. in the co-main event of # PBConFS1. We started a nice, slow reconciliation. But there was something missing, that one connection father and son once had when Willie Jr. was an amateur. After the Sanders setback, Monroe Jr. (23-3, 6 KOs) has won two in a row. It was Willie Sr. that trained him and worked his corner then. He has a nice, little sub left hook. My dad said we would take it a day at a time. “My dad’s parents basically raised me. The same thing goes with his father (Willie Lee Monroe, a super middleweight who posted a 24-4-2 record), who I never got a chance to know either. # CentenoMonroe. “He thought there were some things he could show me, and some things that I could brush up on. //-->. But Willie Sr. is making a difference now. PBC Previously unseen footage shows Willie Monroe Jr initially refusing to face off with Billy Joe Saunders before being forced into another fiery encounter. temp_fight_alert_graphic(); “I know I’ll have to win every round, seeing that this fight is in this guy’s backyard. I’ll change gears for this fight.”. Willie Sr. made every one of his son’s fights—except two, against Billy Joe Sanders in England, in September 2017, and against Gennady Golovkin in Los Angeles, Ca., in May 2015. “I hardly know my nephew, to be honest with you,” Monroe said. “He’s the one who’s going to have to adjust. He would hear his voice above all others in the din of the crowd, and Monroe Jr. knew his father had his best interest at heart. During his father's weigh-in, Billy Joe Saunders' son showed no mercy and punched the lower part of Willie Monroe Jr. For some it was just a joke, but others found him ill-bred and blamed his father, who could have done something but just stood around, posing for pictures. function temp_fight_alert_graphic() { Playing next. Copyright © 2019 Boxing Action Magazine. “The only two fights he wasn’t there for was Sanders and Golovkin. The fight is taking place closer to Oxnard, Ca., where Centeno is from, from Monroe’s Rochester. Boxing Action Magazine thrives to be the Best in all things Boxings. Luis DeCubas Jr. was instrumental in guiding Monroe Jr.’s path back. Kel Mitchell was his first celebrity guest on Willie Moore Jr. Live Flatout TV Show. Browse more videos. BY LEM SATTERFIELD Adrian Granados talks fight strategy and assesses former two-division world champion Danny... Vergil Ortiz Jr. passed his hardest test to date with flying colors. There was frustration after the Sanders loss. Get the latest fight announcements, fighter spotlights, and other I started working out of his gym, and when my dad closed it down, I started working with my other amateur coaches.”. He’s a good fighter. But there was something missing, that one connection father and son once had when Willie Jr. was an amateur. Boxer's Son Punches Father's Opponent In The Nuts. The child doing the punching is the son of Billy Joe Saunders, the current WBO middleweight champion. My dad is getting to know my style. British world champion Billy Joe Saunders is set to take on Willie Monroe Jr. During the weigh-ins, Saunders' son thinks the fight is already taking place and decides to take it upon himself to start punching and kicking Willie in his Willie. He has also trained Middleweight Willie Monroe Jr., from Rochester, who has a 19-1 record and six knockouts. “I’m more patient,” Monroe Jr. said. Father and son worked exclusively with one another—just the two of them—during their Florida training camp. jQuery('body').append('
