“When I came out of the womb, I was throwing punches… I love kicking butt.”
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ماذا: Days ahead of his 135-pound title unification showdown with ميكي غارسيا (38-0, 30 كوس), IBF Lightweight World Champion روبرت جونيور عيد الفصح. (21-0, 14 كوس) reflects on the path that has led to the most important night of his career in a video feature released today by SHOWTIME Sports®.
Born and raised in Toledo, أوهايو, Easter dreamt of one day accomplishing what his father, also a professional boxer, was never able to accomplish: becoming a world champion.
“My dad had a short career and I made a promise to myself that I would make him live out winning a world championship through me,” said the 27-year-old Easter. “Winning a world title was a life-changing experience for me. We both lived out our dreams at that moment.”
عيد الفصح, who has made three successful defenses since winning his world title in an exciting contest over Richard Commey in 2016, decided to make the move to conduct training camp with Kevin Cunningham in West Palm Beach ahead of السبت night’s unification against the WBC Lightweight Champion Garcia. Cunningham has worked with former world champions Devon Alexander, Cory Spinks and Adrien Broner and recently spurred Gervonta Davis to a dominant knockout of Jesus Cuellar.
“Moving to West Palm Springs took me out of my comfort zone,” Easter said. “I knew Kevin Cunningham had a strong camp and there’s no slacking in his program. I can really focus on boxing and on me.”
Live coverage of the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 10 عصرا. و/7 عصرا. PT and also features Cuban heavyweight slugger لويس أورتيز (28-1, 24 كوس) returning to action to face former world title challenger رازفان Cojanu (16-3, 9 كوس) and opens with unbeaten super lightweight contender ماريو باريوس(21-0, 13 كوس) مع الأخذ on hard-hitting جوزيه الرومانية (24-2-1, 16 كوس) في مواجهة من 10 جولات.