Christopher Romulo

A portrait of Chris Romulo

Christopher Romulo is a martial arts champion and trainer.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Professional career

Romulo is a champion Muay Thai fighter,[5][8][9] having won the WKA Super Middleweight North American title in 2010.[3][4][10] Romulo began his career as an amateur in 1996 when he was 21 years of age.[3][4] Romulo's amateur career includes 5 titles, and as a professional he was 13–3 [10 KOs] and won the WKA super middleweight North American title in 2010.[4][11] During his career, Romulo won several Muay Thai titles, including a US National Championship, a North American Championship, and a Bronze medal in Bangkok in the World Cup.[12] Proud of his Filipino heritage, Romulo always entered the ring with the Filipino flag wrapped around him like a cape.[7][13] Romulo retired from active competition at the age of 37 after 16 years in the sport.[3]

Coaching career

Romulo built a training center in Rockaway in 2009.[13] It was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy but has since been rebuilt.[4][8][14][15][16][17][18][19] Romulo owns and operates the training center with his wife Sarah.[3][5][6][10]

Personal life

Romulo was the first in his family to be born in the United States. His father was Carlito Romulo and his mother was Lucita Fernandez Romulo.[13] Romulo grew up in Queens Village.[2][7] Romulo is married to Sarah (a fitness trainer and boxer[9]) - they own and operate a gym and martial arts training centre together.[2] Romulo has two children.[2]

Community involvement

In 2009, Romulo was selected alongside mixed martial arts stars Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith as a spokesperson for the American based anti-bullying campaign Bullying...We’re Kickin’ It, which was founded in 2007. Its mission is to “help encourage positive behavior and bring attention to the long-term effects of bullying behavior.” Working with the Bullying...We’re Kickin’ It anti-bullying campaign has given Romulo a chance to work with children who are in the same situations that he was in while growing up.[3][4][20]

Romulo is also actively involved in the Muaythai Preservation Project which provides support for local children through scholarships to train and learn the sport.[21][22][23]

Professional record

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MAFighting.com". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "They beat Mother Nature in a fight in the Rockaways". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Muay Thai Authority, "Chris ‘Mr Classic’ Romulo retires from Muay Thai", 8 December 2011
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ChampionsWay. "WKA USA". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Muay Thai Is Life, "All it takes is heart", by John Wolcott, 12 October 2011
  6. 1 2 The art of manliness, "Manliest Sport: Muay Thai?" by Raphael Lunskin, 13 May 2012
  7. 1 2 3 PhilStar, "Pinoy flag in the Muay Thai Ring", by Edmund Silvestre, 28 September 2008
  8. 1 2 "BattleRock brings Muay Thai to Rockaway". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Kickin' it righteous at Rockaway". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  10. 1 2 "CROM's Battle By The Beach - September 20, 2013 - www.rockawave.com - Wave of Long Island". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Muay Thai in the Rockaways Fights Back - FIGHTLAND". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Louangvilay, Romey. "Chris Romulo Explores the Bare Knuckle Roots of Muay Thai - FIGHT! Magazine". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 Administrator. "DIDN'T WIN BUT IS HONORED: Fil-Am nominee Chris Romulo for North American Muay Thai Fighter of the Year". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  14. ↑ Muay Thai Authority, "Chris Romulo - A Muay Thai Lifer", 10 May 2011
  15. ↑ "Muay Thai Comes Together to Help Chris Romulo". 6 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "A Benefit for Those who have Benefited so Many – the Romulos". 16 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "Battle Rock 1: Top Notch Muay Thai in a Rock-Solid Part of the City". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  18. ↑ The Rockaway Times, "Battle Rock Returns to Rockaway", 25 June 2014, by Bianca Fortis
  19. ↑ V Magazine, "Fight for Rockaway", by Elliott David
  20. ↑ Writer, DEREK HARPER Staff. "Boxing stars, pageant queens team up to knock out bullying". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  21. ↑ Muaythai Project, 9 May 2012
  22. ↑ Muaythai Project, 9 November 2012
  23. ↑ Muaythai Project, 3 March 2014

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