Today on Beyond The Cage, we welcome social media sensation & boxing coach, Samantha Romiti to the studio. We discuss her deep love for boxing, how she was able to improve her skills while being injured and her transition to becoming a full time coach.

Beyond The Cage is a weekly podcast hosted by Gabe Benchimol & Jamie Mancini where they interview guests in the combat sports world across the planet.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:43 Why Samantha Chose Boxing
7:05 Samantha would cry about not being at boxing practice
8:57 Managing your ego as a fighter 
10:47 Some fighters don’t question why they actually fight
11:39 Samantha’s blunt personality
12:45 How Samantha developed a selfless personality
14:07 Andre Ward’s influence on Samantha
17:43 The importance of the boring work
18:41 Samantha’s methodology for improvement
19:28 The comfort zone kills all progress
19:59 How Samantha learned to tailoring her constructive criticism for different students
22:05 The responsibility of a coach & overtraining
25:06 Brain damage & CTE
26:56 The reason why Samantha loves the haters 
31:04 Opening up her own gym
33:52 The inspiration for the name "Counter Back Studio"
34:57 Samantha’s clientele & love for working with teenagers
36:22 Why Samantha prefers hanging around older people 
36:55 Jamie’s non-stop energy
37:24 How Samantha is now monetizing her content
39:14 Samantha’s sick moves
40:13 How to blow up on social media
42:35 Being authentic is the best form of selling
43:16 Samantha on Jake Paul’s boxing ability
44:45 Do you have to market yourself in boxing to be successful?
47:02 Boxing’s inability to give the fight the fans desire
49:14 Eddie Hern as a promoter
49:24 Certain boxing fights just happen too late
50:32 The fights Samantha looks forward to the most
51:17 How Women’s boxing is heating up