(Video of Clip of Chris warming-up Bobby Campbell for World Title Fight in Switzerland, below)
Chris Cardona (Boxing/ Kickboxing Trainer)
Chris has been actively involved in and teaching Kickboxing and Boxing for the past 30 years. He is the Owner of The Bellmore Kickboxing Academy. He was the founder of the original Wantagh Kickboxing Academy which opened up in 1993, to great success. The Bellmore Kickboxing Academy was opened when he and his students outgrew the smaller Wantagh facility. He and his partner Keith Trimble made the newer facility an even better success.
Chris trains full contact fighters, both amatuer and professional, as well as people who are just looking to get in terrific shape. His fighters have won championship belts in almost every weight division.
As a Full Contact Kickboxing/Boxing trainer, Chris' fighters have won these titles:
WKA Super Lightweight Championship of the World
Intercontinental Pro Heavyweight Championship, USA Pro Featherweight Championship
Tri State Pro Heavyweight Championship, NY State Pro Heavyweight Championship
NY State Pro Heavyweight Championship, NY State Pro Welterweight Championship
New York State Amateur Light Heavyweight Championship, and have fought for the World Title , three times. His fighters have fought at Madison Square Garden, Switzerland and on PAY-PER-VIEW and on ESPN2.
Chris Cardona is a licensed New York State Boxing Manager.
In addition to running his gym, Chris Cardona is also a professional actor, and he has used his fight expertise and fight scene choreography experience in numerous FILMS, TELEVISION SHOWS, and THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. He has worked with Sandra Bullock , James Earl Jones, Danny Aiello, William Devane, Steven Segal, Woody Allen, James Gandolfini, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Noth, and Robert Deniro.
He has costarred in an Indie Film with Sandra Bullock, playing a boxer, played the lead role on the FOX show COP FILES, and 2 episodes of the HBO series, THE SOPRANOS as Johnny Sac's bodyguard. Most recent work includes the recurring role of Carlo's Thug on ABC's ONE LIFE TO LIVE and a featured role on LAW & ORDER, SVU. and he just finished shooting a fight scene on THE GUIDING LIGHT, playing the Thug-for-Hire, along with former Heavyweight Champion Lou Savarese. Most recently he was cast in the co-starring role of Detective Jake Barba on the hit series LAW & ORDER: Criminal Intent.
