Storylines: Colbert was born and raised in Brooklyn.

I hung in there, but he beat me up and that made me want to come everyday.”.

They knew when the ball was in the air, he was taking it and going home with it and that’s how it is in the boxing game.

The former Junior Olympian, 2x National Champion, and 2014 Daily News Golden Gloves winner is currently 5-0 (2 KOs) as a professional.

Either you have it or you don’t. A lot of people said I looked good, but to myself, I felt sick. I wasn’t expecting there to be coaches, I just expected there to be a ring.

“Chris is a good young prospect,” said Malignaggi. “When my body calls for it, when God calls for it and Al Haymon calls for it, I’ve got a great team behind me and my team know what they’re doing. In boxing, it’s hit and not get hit, it’s not called knockout.”. Find out more about cookies

“None of these prospects want to fight me. “My last fight, because I was sick. Colbert’s nickname used to be called “Lil B-Hop” after Hopkins.

I had pneumonia,” he said. He only fought once in 2016, scoring a UD win over Antonio Dubose in June. The fast rising 22-year-old is confident of victory despite the apparent step up in opposition. He was the first person to qualify for the 2016 Olympic trials.

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1 at 123 pounds, later winning a National title in 2015 and earning an opportunity to qualify for the Olympics before turning pro at the age of 18.
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“To be honest, I’m not really rushing,” he said. “Sparring is sparring.

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I know I could have knocked him out, but my body wasn’t letting me.”. [Hernandez] brought out the dog in me, I had to sit down and bite down and fight him every single round.

“A lot of these fighters don’t have that. He was featured in the Netflix documentary “Counterpunch.” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7022034/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2 [imdb.com], Questions and/or comments can be sent to Anson at [email protected] and you can follow him on Twitter @ansonwainwright, GET THE LATEST ISSUE AT Ultimately, Shakur Stevenson won the birth on the Olympic squad. Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! His father, who is also his trainer, was a skilled amateur in his own right, winning the New York Golden Gloves novice championship in 1986 and later the PAL. “Everybody thought he could knock me out because his power was going to be too much for me, but like I told Al Haymon from day one, this is going to be a walk in the park for me, it’s going to be easy and I stuck to my word and I stopped him.

When they time is right, I’ll be ready.”.

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