The gym has been managed since the 1970s by Cuban trainer Julian Delgado. It has a tiger as a logo, probably in allusion to Journey's hit "Eye of the Tiger", from the movie Rocky III.
The gym was managed since the 1970s by Cuban trainer Julian Delgado, until Evangelista Cotto replaced him during the early 2000s.
On March 3, 2005, former Olympic boxer Joseph Serrano was shot in the head as he was leaving the gym, causing consternation among those present when the incident happened.
This was the first violent, non-boxing related incident to happen in the gym; in 1984, a prominent boxer who trained there was murdered outside his apartment at a nearby apartment complex.
BairoaGym is a boxinggym located in the Bairoa barrio area of Caguas, Puerto Rico.
El gimnasio Bairoa, as it is known in Spanish, is a famous boxinggym in Puerto Rico because of the list of world champions and top contenders who have trained there.
This was the first violent, non-boxing related incident to happen in the gym; in 1984, a prominent boxer who trained there was murdered outside his apartment at a nearby apartment complex.
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