He was actually one of the first boxers I met, or got to watch when I first started getting into boxing” said trainer and boxing analyst Russ Anber to Boxing Insider on Thursday. said. “Sadly, really, the Melo fight was the fight which catapulted Melo to superstardom. Sadly at the expense of JC Leclair…but that was certainly a memorable fight, and a fight that like I said, made Melo.”br legacy that more should revisit, acknowledge, and honor.