Ronnie Shields is the new trainer of the Cuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux and the election has brought him closer to an old teammate from the Cuban boxing team, Erislandy Lara, with whom from now on he shares training in the city of Houston (Texas).
"After so long we are training with the same team again to remember the times of the national team," Erislandy Lara wrote on her Instagram account, accompanied by a photo of both.
The news has also been spread by journalist Jorge Ebro, who has recounted what the change means for Rigondeaux, which would not have been a reflection of a deterioration in relations with Pedro Díaz, his previous coach, but rather the need to find new ones. roads in the final stretch of his sporting career.
Rigondeaux, double Olympic champion and former professional champion at 122 pounds, arrived in Houston on November 18 to spend a long season, and the next day he experienced his first day of training with Shields, considered the man who has led the summit to Erislandy Lara.
Along with Rigondeaux, trainer and former boxer Ramón Garbey, and young Eduardo Pérez, who is preparing for a fight on December 15, traveled from Miami.
“Seeing Lara with Rigondeaux is something really positive. There is a lot of unity. The only bad thing is the cold, but we fight that in the gym,” said Eduardo Pérez.
Ronnie Shields has trained Lara for more than ten years and has also taken over the training of double amateur champion, Joahnys Argilagos, who will make his professional debut at the beginning of next year.
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