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Marrí Hübner: Road to the Pros

Lucas Coradini

Lucas Coradini

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Hey, guys!

I'll be using this thread to share the journey of my fighter Marilia Hübner towards professional boxing. As some of you know I've been training Marilia since 2015, firstly as a Muay Thai fighter (ammy & pro) where she was one of the top females in the state, and then after 2022 as an olympic boxer, where we managed to get 2 state titles, a couple gold medals in nation wide tournaments and 2 podiums at the nationals.

We didn't need much thought to decide that the time has come to try our (hers lol) hands at the pros. At 35 years of age even if she managed to capture gold at the nationals that spot at the national team would elude her.

When it happens it will also my debut as a professional boxing trainer/cornerman. I cornered my fair share of professional Muay Thai and MMA fighters, but boxing just seems like a whole other level, so I'm very excited about it.

In march I've moved from Brasil to Costa Rica, as I was invited to be the muay thai and boxing trainer at a martial Arts/surf themed resort Jungles Edge in Playa Nosara. Marilia finally arrived here a week ago and we've been slowly adjusting some things before we go on tour looking for sparring throughout the country.

These are some sneak peek clips of how she looks after almost two months without training doing what she needed to do before flying here (I'm sorry about the fast pace of the editing, you know how it goes with social media):



That's it! Hope you enjoy the ride with us, peace y'all
 
Nice movement from Marri. I also noticed her arms are really freaking long. Definitely will have a reach advantage. I have short t-rex arms which sucks for boxing lol.

I'm just curious about both her's and your decision to transition to boxing instead of sticking with Muay Thai. Personally, I just fell in love with boxing and no other martial arts really did it for me after. I wonder what makes other people want to try other sports.
 
DoctorTaco said:
Congrats man, talk about a dream gig
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So far, so good! Been meeting a lot of cool people from all over the world, both fighters and enthusiasts, and this town is gorgeous
pugilistico said:
Nice movement from Marri. I also noticed her arms are really freaking long. Definitely will have a reach advantage. I have short t-rex arms which sucks for boxing lol.

I'm just curious about both her's and your decision to transition to boxing instead of sticking with Muay Thai. Personally, I just fell in love with boxing and no other martial arts really did it for me after. I wonder what makes other people want to try other sports.
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yes lol and she's always making fun of me because my arms are "shortened".

We always trained boxing on the side when we were fighting Muay Thai, but the main reason not getting fights. There were no Muay Thai females at her weight class in our state and travelling is expensive. She was training hard, getting hurt, and never fighting. So we looked first at kickboxing, but unsurprisingly there were no fights there either. So we gave boxing a shot. It was funny, because at first she was like "I don't have any desire to box" but after she wrecked the state champ in a regional tourney she was invited to make the state team for the nationals so things kind of changed haha

Also during her Muay Thai career she was fighting twice a year, then at the nationals she fought 3 times in a week. It was really easy to make the decision. She already have more boxing fights than Muay Thai/Kickboxing fights now.
 


Marilia training with two of the amateur teens that I train here. Omar, the boy, is 13-3 and Dana, his sister, is 4-1. They haven't fight under my banner, yet. I'm probably taking them to the national at the end of October.
 
No consideration for her trying MMA?
I've done a lot of all 3 (MuayThai/Boxing/MMA) and being in the cage was by far my favourite.
 
thecoldbloodedone said:
No consideration for her trying MMA?
I've done a lot of all 3 (MuayThai/Boxing/MMA) and being in the cage was by far my favourite.
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I heard this a lot over the years when I was teaching Muay Thai at an MMA gym in Brasil around 2015/16... She never showed the same passion and interest in grappling that she shows in striking, and I, as a coach, never encouraged her to do so.

Also because we're from Brazil, and most MMA athletes there have some Jiu-Jitsu experience... Now I think it's too late to start focusing on learning grappling. That ship has sailed.
 


a couple updates:
- Now we have a date! Marilia will be debuting at an event on November 30th
- We went to a town called Filadelfia to meet Don Jose Rodriguez, who's one of the most accomplished trainers in the country, and will promote his first professional boxing event
- There she sparred with three different girls: two teenagers who still fight amateur and one young adult who is a 5-0 professional https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/1221776
- I'm not getting into details but after the sparring he granted us a spot at the event and told us we should invest in building Marilia's record because she's not a journeywoman (or carerista in his words). She have what it takes to make a career out of it. Pretty flattering :D

It's crazy how even after hearing about it for my whole combat sports life it still surprised the hell out of me that it's really how things work in this sport. That is, building your record, also known as beating the shit out of unworthy opponents, until we get the attention of a promoter with money and connections to find a titleshot somewhere. At this early stage we'll not see the colour of the dollar bills, too. Everything will be paid by us and whatever sponsors we manage to get, including the opponents purse.

Such a dramatic contrast with how things worked when we where Muay Thai fighters lol but also with a much better perspective for the future.

But anyway, we'll also not try to do what someone in their early twenties would do... there's a very popular female boxer here that is unbeaten with more than 10 wins and she's still fighting people with negative records. We may do that for 6 or 7 fights and then do our best to try to get into the rankings.
 
Lucas Coradini said:


a couple updates:
- Now we have a date! Marilia will be debuting at an event on November 30th
- We went to a town called Filadelfia to meet Don Jose Rodriguez, who's one of the most accomplished trainers in the country, and will promote his first professional boxing event
- There she sparred with three different girls: two teenagers who still fight amateur and one young adult who is a 5-0 professional https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/1221776
- I'm not getting into details but after the sparring he granted us a spot at the event and told us we should invest in building Marilia's record because she's not a journeywoman (or carerista in his words). She have what it takes to make a career out of it. Pretty flattering :D

It's crazy how even after hearing about it for my whole combat sports life it still surprised the hell out of me that it's really how things work in this sport. That is, building your record, also known as beating the shit out of unworthy opponents, until we get the attention of a promoter with money and connections to find a titleshot somewhere. At this early stage we'll not see the colour of the dollar bills, too. Everything will be paid by us and whatever sponsors we manage to get, including the opponents purse.

Such a dramatic contrast with how things worked when we where Muay Thai fighters lol but also with a much better perspective for the future.

But anyway, we'll also not try to do what someone in their early twenties would do... there's a very popular female boxer here that is unbeaten with more than 10 wins and she's still fighting people with negative records. We may do that for 6 or 7 fights and then do our best to try to get into the rankings.
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This is the way. Professional boxing is a business, you gotta play the game
 
DoctorTaco said:
You can see and feel the hammer when she gets the jab cross range perfect like that. Great job coach
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Thanks, man!

Costa Rica right now is going through red alerts because of heavy raining and floods in a lot of the country and we're not sure anymore if this is happening. This week will be the one that we'll find out. Maybe we'll have to settle for a WSB style match at the end of december... better than nothing, as we will still be able to use the custom uniform and display our sponsors and patrons.

-_-
 
Update: The event was cancelled and Marilia is going back to Brasil. She'll enroll in the Jogos Abertos do Interior de São Paulo for a week long tournament where she will likely have between one and three 3x3min rounds bouts. After that she may come back for a WSB style match at the 23rd of december here in Costa Rica again. If the WSB doesn't happen she'll be ready to come back as soon as I get a match for her here.

It's a shame, but it is what it is, and even though the fight didn't come to fruition, she managed to spar in front of very influential people in the country and her name is out there. We made contact with boxing people from Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panamá, Argentina and Costa Rica.

And now a pro boxing scene is starting to bloom in Brazil... 2025 will be a good year for us.
 
Update: Marilia won the tournament in São Paulo. Since the 48kg isn't contested at the nationals (the lower weightclass is 50kg), and this tournament is also nationwide and it's her 3rd consecutive gold medal, I'm safe to say that she's the best 48kg in the country. On to the next!

 
@Lucas Coradini thanks for the updates and writing this together! 👍 was interesting to read and discover this thread! And good luck to Marri! You guys have a german fan now :)
 
BroRogan said:
@Lucas Coradini thanks for the updates and writing this together! 👍 was interesting to read and discover this thread! And good luck to Marri! You guys have a german fan now :)
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Thanks you very much, man! German now have the unified WBC, WBO and WBA female atomweight champion with Tina Ruppretch, definitely someone we look up to. Cheers!
 
Lucas Coradini said:
Update: Marilia won the tournament in São Paulo. Since the 48kg isn't contested at the nationals (the lower weightclass is 50kg), and this tournament is also nationwide and it's her 3rd consecutive gold medal, I'm safe to say that she's the best 48kg in the country. On to the next!

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Congrats Coach!
 
Some cool pics from her latest fight
Predator & prey:
Hunter & Prey.jpgThis girl... when I was a fighter I remember it was like walking to the gallows every single time. But Marilia smiles walking into the ring, smiles during the fight and feints with her eyebrows

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The opponent was no joke, tho! She is part of a new program by the Brazilian boxing team to develop prospects and got a silver medal at the latest nationals. She had speed on Marilia, but Marilia was able to time her and beat her to the punch most of the time
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This left hook put a big smile on my face. Dealing with double/high blocks guards was something that we trained extensively during her stay with me these past months. The body shots, too
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stepping in with hard counters to shorten the distance
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