At just 24 years old, Ellwood City’s Jordan Carr is a young man with a humble attitude, a relentless work ethic, and a knockout dream. By day, he’s juggling a full schedule—working in construction and apprenticing at a local barbershop—but when the gloves go on, he’s all business in the boxing ring.
He’ll take his signature dedication and focus into the ring tomorrow, Saturday, November 1, at the Steel Standing Fight (promoted by Hazard Pay Fight Co.) from 7 to 11 p.m. at AHN Montour Sports Complex in Coraopolis.
“I am so excited to be able to live out my dreams,” Carr said.
His love for boxing began early. At just 11 years old, his dad, Joshua, took him down to the Ellwood City Police Boxing Club, and he found himself drawn to the sport’s discipline and intensity. By 12, he was training at the Ellwood City Police Boxing Club under the guidance of longtime local coach Jack Maine, who quickly saw potential in the focused young fighter.
Carr said Jack Maine was a career steering trainer and to this day he maintains a great relationship with him.
“He really helped me a lot,” Carr said.
He had his first fight at 12 and ended up winning, which became an appealing outcome for Carr.
“I found boxing to be a fascinating sport, brutal, but fascinating. It truly gives you a fighter mentality in life in general. One that makes you refuse to give up.”
Ellwood City Police Boxing Club wasn’t just a place to learn boxing for Carr, it was a place to look up to and later live up to local legends like Rosalindo Morales and Devin Siegfried also Ellwood City Police Club boxers who went on to find success in the ring and also in life.
“I was just a young guy looking up to them. I look up to them as boxers but also more than that. I like what they stand for. I respect them as men. Devin was my main mentor, and I really respect Rosie in his role as a father.”
Following his ten years at the Ellwood City Police Boxing Club, Carr began training at Beaver Valley Boxing, which is the gym owned by his dad, under his trainer Ben Frisk.
More than a decade after Carr first stepped into the ring, his hunger to win hasn’t faded. He remains 2-0, undefeated in his professional career, heading into this Saturday’s Steel Standing Fight, a milestone moment in his young career. And although Carr is beyond thrilled to have won the Appalachian Boxing Organization belt in Pittsburgh, he is reaching much higher for the World Boxing Council belt.
“ABO is cool but I want WBC.”
Balancing work, training, and everyday life hasn’t been easy, but Carr says the grind only fuels him further.
“I’m used to hard work, and boxing has taught me to persevere” Carr said. “Whether it’s on a job site, in the barbershop, or in the ring—it’s all about putting in the time and never giving up.”
Ellwood City has a way of producing fighters—both in and out of the ring—and Carr embodies that hometown grit. With his undefeated record, he’s already proving he has the skill and determination to climb the ranks.
As fight night approaches, Carr’s message to the young boys who now look up to him (He was shy and humble when he imagined being the role model for a new generation just like the fighters he once looked up to.) is simple: “When you start out boxing is not a fun sport. It’s repetitive things and actions, but those are the things that make you as a fighter. Once you get through the starting point of repetition and get to move on to the sparring … that’s when the sport of boxing becomes fun. You just have to stick with it. Boxing is a life-changing experience. It beats you down sometimes and you are on top of the world sometimes. There’s nothing better than winning a fight. And you have to remember; it’s only you in that ring facing the results. There’s no one else to blame when you lose it’s all on you. And the celebration when you win is big.”
He is grateful for the support from his trainers and his family including his dad; mom, Amanda; little brother, Nico; and his sister, Gina. And also his social media marketer and graphic designer Hayley Hartle.
“I wouldn’t be where I am today without them.”
Carr said he won’t give up on his dream as he fights his way to the top—one punch, one round, one dream at a time.
“I want to be the best in the world.”
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