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- Gary Shurley
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- Gary w/ his lovely wife!
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- Gary & his boy Blu!
Gary Shurley is a man of many belts. Founder, CEO, boxing and MMA guru, sales director, promoter and, yes, he is even a film lover and supporter! Originally from the Bay Area, Gary’s background is Nicaraguan, Irish and Cherokee Native American. He started in the fight game when he was 16 years old.
“I love anything to do with fighting including a good old brawl,” says Gary.
Gary has been coaching for 30 years and has acquired many nicknames, such as Coach, Doc and Ball Peen Gary. He’s been running a boxing crew at Roseville PAL since 1995 while still maintaining his coaching obligations. He elaborates on his thoughts on MMA and fighters,
“I love the MMA. These guys are the best of the best. I feel very connected to the fighters because we are a breed apart from the norm. My dad once told me there are two kinds of people. There are herd bound, which are the followers and the talkers, and then there’s the mustangs like us. They don’t like rules and they take chances. They’re not afraid to fight or bleed.”
Gary is not one to sit and relax. He’s out hitting the streets and looking for action. Here are a few words he has on this,
“I run a tough crew. I love enjoying life with family and friends and meeting new people and I’m always willing to try something new. I was also taught to never think you are better than anyone. I don’t have much but I have my word and my integrity.”
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- Gary w/ Tony Lopez
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- Gary w/ Team Alpha Male
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- Gary w/ Tony & the bearded B!
The one studios crew has had the pleasure of experiencing Gary’s words to be truth. He is an intense guy, sure. And we like it! But from his intensity things get done and so comes honesty and action. He is a selfless type of person who is out to help others and asks little, if anything, in return.
Gary has given countless hours towards the Fight 4 Your Life cause to provide boxing training, props, costuming gear, actors and locations. It is through Gary we were able to meet Tony “The Tiger” Lopez, who ended up being cast as Tony “The Tiger” Mercado, which is a key role in our humble project. We can’t thank Gary, as well as his lovely wife Lorraine, enough for being committed to F4YL. Without him on our team this project would have some troubled waters indeed!
As busy of a guy as he is, Gary has lots of avenues for contact. But a few good one are…
MMA Video Productions’ Facebook
And be sure to look out for a special appearance by Gary in Fight 4 Your Life when you see the film! Oh, wherever is he???
– The one studios crew
