The Champion Behind the Brand
Fighter. Coach. Builder of champions.
Raised in Queens. Golden Gloves champion. Retired professional. USA Boxing coach.
Washington “Wacho” Hago
Real ring experience. Real progress.
Washington “Wacho” Hago is a New York Golden Gloves Champion, retired professional boxer and longtime USA Boxing coach. Raised in Queens, he carries forward the hard-earned knowledge of traditional boxing while using modern performance tracking to help every athlete see real progress.
“You do not have to be born a champion. You can be bred into one—one disciplined day at a time.”
ChampionBreed: breeding champions one day at a time.
The ChampionBreed Lineage
Passed down fighter to fighter.
Coach Wacho was trained by Samuel Simmons, his mentor and today his business partner at ChampionBreed, and by Manuel “Diablito” Calderon, retired fighter and master cutman. The knowledge passed down to every ChampionBreed athlete comes straight from New York boxing history.
- Lost Battalion Hall · Queens, NY
Vic Zimmet
Trained Samuel Simmons at the Lost Battalion Hall in Queens, New York.
- Featherweight great
Sandy Saddler
One of the most feared featherweights of his time. Trained Samuel Simmons when he turned professional.
- Mentor · Business partner
Samuel Simmons
Coach Wacho’s mentor, and now his business partner at ChampionBreed.
- Retired fighter · Master cutman
Manuel “Diablito” Calderon
Trained Coach Wacho. A master cutman you will find in the corner at major fights at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center.
- Head coach
Washington “Wacho” Hago
1996 New York Daily News Golden Glove Champion, retired professional and USA Boxing coach since 2009.
From the archive
Golden Gloves to the pros.
Real History. Real Gym. Real Team.
The work speaks for itself.
