Ronald Siler is a boxing coach at the Cincinnati Golden Gloves gym.
14 Facts About Ronald Siler
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Ronald Siler grew up without his mother after she joined the Army when he was an infant and lost contact and at times without his troubled father Ron Sr, too.
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Boxing since age 7, stringbean Ronald Siler almost quit the sport when he lost his first three bouts.
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Ronald Siler continued, though, and his hard-punching style won his next 50 fights.
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Ronald Siler came back to win the National Golden Gloves in 2000, at the Olympic trials however he lost to Nonito Donaire and his brother Glenn Donaire.
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Ronald Siler repeated the win at the National Golden Gloves in 2003 and won the US championships in 2004.
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Ronald Siler made his long-awaited pro debut in January 2010 with a TKO win over Almensor De La Cruz.
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Ronald Siler had been stopped multiple times for driving without a license.
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Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Norbert Nadel placed him on probation in 2003 after national trainer Emanuel Steward vouched for Ronald Siler, calling him the top prospect for the 2004 Olympics.
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Ronald Siler is accused of becoming belligerent after a police officer tried to stop him from cutting in a security line.
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Ronald Siler was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and obstruction of official business.
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On July 17,2009, Ronald Siler was shot and wounded in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
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Ronald Siler was one of two men shot and suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.
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On July 4,2011, Ronald Siler was shot in the arm in Cincinnati's West End neighborhood.