Some of you may remember one of the Norwegians I trained was Alexander Martinsen. When he first came to me it was to learn to fight Southpaws, as his biggest rival was a Russian who lived in Norway who was #1 in the Country. Alex was #2. It took 2 camps but after the second one, not only did he defeat that guy but he ended up winning the Scandinavian Championship in his division, and was a sure thing for the European Championships, which would have qualified him for the Olympics. Internal politics in Norway prevented that as they simply chose not to send him and the one other fighter they sent lost.
Alex still went on to keep coming here and eventually he was in 2 camps with Caleb Plant. The one for Feigenbutz, and most famously the one for Canelo. After that he and I kind of had a bit of a falling-out, until last year. He came with the other 5 Norwegians I work work and apologized for his behavior in neglecting our relationship. We reconciled and he did a lot of very good sparring and growing here. Since then he's had his 2nd Pro fight, with Alex Hagen as his head coach and corner man (primarily because I'm not over there lol). Here's how that went:
