{"id":80673,"date":"2019-06-13T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T19:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=80673"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:16:45","slug":"a-closer-look-at-wbo-super-featherweight-champion-jamel-semper-fi-herring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=80673","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at WBO Super Featherweight Champion Jamel \u201cSemper Fi\u201d Herring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=80673\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=80673\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-80674 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/F4LzYgLM_400x400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/F4LzYgLM_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/F4LzYgLM_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/F4LzYgLM_400x400.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Jamel \u201cSemper Fi\u201d Herring has been a fighter practically all his life as a U.S. Marine and elite boxer.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Herring (20-2, 10 KOs), fighting out of Cincinnati, has come full circle since he started boxing at the age of 15. \u201cI started because I was doing poorly in school, cut from the basketball team,\u201d he explained on why he chose the Sweet Science. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to be in the streets. It was not my character, so I had to find something else to do. A friend introduced me to boxing and I stuck with it. I eventually got my grades back up and made high honor roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Herring also developed into an Olympic boxer, mostly while he was serving nine years in the U.S. Marines, and even when he was deployed twice in Iraq. He compiled an 81-15 amateur record, including top honors at the 2011 &amp; 2012 Armed Forces Championships, 2011 U.S. Olympic Trials and 2012 US Nationals gold medalist, along with a silver medal at the 2010 World Military Games. He was the first active duty U.S. Marine to qualify for the US Boxing Team since 1992, as well as the first U.S. Marine to compete in the 2012 Olympics.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUBB_l1uX-g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\u201cI boxed a little during my second deployment during free time,\u201d he noted. \u201cI came back from my second deployment toward the end of 2007 and began boxing for the Marine Corps in 2008. Most of my amateur career came under the Marine Corps. I learned a lot traveling with the Marine Corps. I got to see more styles and competed in national tournaments as a Marine. They also had the funding to send me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of his amateur career was representing his country at the 2012 Olympics in London as captain of Team USA. Although he lost (19-9) in the opening round to two-time Kazakh boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov, who won gold at the 2013 World Championships and later at the 2016 Olympics, the opening Olympic ceremonies was the most memorable moment of his entire amateur boxing career for a special reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the anniversary of my daughter\u2019s passing,\u201d Herring said. \u201cIt let me know that no matter what, you can still accomplish anything, even through ups and downs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the 2012 USA Olympic Team Herring captained included present day world champions in the pro ranks such as Errol Spence, Jr., Claressa Shields and Marcus Browne, former world champion Rau\u2019Shee Warren, and world title challengers Terrell Gausha, Michael Hunter and Dominic Breazeale.<\/p>\n<p>Herring remains close to USA Boxing, saying: \u201cUSA Boxing helped me because of the relationships I created, many of which still remain today. I met other fighters from around the world that I kept good relationships with. It also helped me become more of the people-person I am today. Being team captain taught me patience, because I had to deal with a lot of personalities, I still use those traits today. And I\u2019m still close to my Olympic teammates today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=79327\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=79327\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-79305 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Writers250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Writers250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Writers250-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] Newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Jamel \u201cSemper Fi\u201d Herring has been a fighter practically all his life as a U.S. Marine and elite boxer. 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