5'6" Nicole M. Ocasio born on October 18, 2000, of Tampa,
Florida, is an amateur boxer, who currently fights at 132 lbs. Her
father, Henry Ocasio is her coach, and their club name is the
Gladiators.
In an interview on social media, Nicole was asked how she got
into boxing, and why she decided to get into the sport.
Nicole said, "At 14, I use to run track then I got sick and I
was hospitalized with pneumonia. I was very weak, I lost a lot
of weight and I couldn’t do much. My father took me to the
boxing gym he used to train to get conditioning so I could go
back to do track stronger, instead I fell in love with boxing
and it became a big part of my life."
There was an excellent interview of Nicole when she was 19 years
old by Damon Gonzalez where she talks in more detail about her
goals in boxing, about her early times when she first walked
into the gym and more.
Nicole has said that her biggest inspiration and motivation
in the sport comes from all of the women boxers, and gives
credit to all of their hard work and perseverance. In
addition that they have finally been able to be recognized and be allowed to compete in the
Olympics for the first time in boxing at the 2012 Olympics.
Nicole adds, "My parents
motivates me the most for their endless support of me being in
the sport."
So what does Nicole bring to the ring? Her greatest
assets? She said that she feels her speed and footwork are
her greatest assets.
Nicole has trained with pro boxer
Noemi Bosques in Florida.
Her current amateur boxing record
is 18-3 as of this date. Nicole has had many career
highlights thus far in her young career. Some of the
highlights were the following:
Nicole winning to the #1 Boxer from Argentina by unanimous
decision in the 2017 Ringside World Championship;
National Titles Won: 2017 Youth National Champion in Salt Lake
City, Utah. 2017 Ringside World Champion, 2017 National Women
Golden Gloves Champion, 2016/2017 Junior and Youth Sugar Belt
National Champion.
WBAN will continue to update boxing fans on this up and coming
boxing star in the making---and don't be surprised if she
decides to go Pro, in her video interview she talked about being
an amateur vs. a pro!
