Lance Darren Goodall Jr. biography: 13 things about boxer born in Jersey City, New Jersey

Lance Darren Goodall Jr. was an undefeated American professional boxer and a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He was born in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States to Lance Darren Goodall Sr. and Dakota “Debra Daub” Yaniero.

As a little boy, Lance Jr. was a victim of bullying. He started boxing when his parents felt the need for him to be fit and trained enough to defend himself.

Fitness was a large part of Lance Jr.’s life. A resident of Manatee County, Florida, USA, he owned and operated Venom Fitness, which has branches in New Jersey and Florida.

Lance Jr. was 5’10” tall. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1997, he began boxing.
2. In 2013, he opened the first branch of Venom Fitness in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida. In 2015, he opened another branch in Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey.
3. On March 14, 2015, he made his professional boxing debut in Jersey City where he defeated Portland Pringle via technical knockout.
4. On May 8, 2015, he defeated Alex Asbury via technical knockout in Newark, New Jersey. On June 13, 2015, he defeated Dave Tomaso via unanimous decision in New York City, New York, USA.
5. On January 28, 2017, he defeated Gary Hudson via technical knockout in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
6. On March 31, 2017, he defeated Juan Celin Zapata via technical knockout in Philadelphia.
7. On May 4, 2018, he fought Tahlik Taylor in Whippany, Morris County, New Jersey. It ended in a draw, which changed his professional boxign record to 5 wins, 0 loss and 1 draw.
8. In 2019, he opened a Venom Fitness branch in Osprey, Sarasota County, .
9. In 2020, the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced the Venom Fitness gyms in Wyckoff and Sarasota to be closed so he and his team started providing online workouts.
10. In 2011, he graduated from Berkeley College in Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. In the same year, he started training “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Danielle Staub, Lauren Manzo and Ashlee Malleo.
11. He was engaged to Gabrielle Hayward, who was also born in New Jersey. In December 2020, she gave birth to their son.
12. In October 2021, a teenager, then 12, became his Brazilian jiu-jitsu student at his Venom Fitness gym in Osprey. Later, the two allegedly mostly communicated about sexual topics via Snapchat and he would send the teenager videos of sexual battery involving them at his gym. He allegedly asked the teenager not to tell anyone. The teenager’s father later found videos and photographs of the inappropriate sexual activities and contacted the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.
13. On July 28, 2023, investigators from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office tried to contact him at his residence in Manatee County where they found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 32.