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Detroit bantamgewicht actieheld James Gordon Smith (11-0, 6 KO) knows what boxing fans in Detroit have come to expect from him… and he doesn’t mind one bit.
“People want to see you exciting in there; we are in the hurt business,” aldus Smith. “They don’t want to pay to see a guy running the whole fight. It’s not exciting that way. I fight the way fans love. You make more money that way.”
The thrill-a-minute Smith will face Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hongaarse oudejaarsavonddeuren (10-3-1, 5 KO) in the co-main event of promoter Dmitriy Salita’s special Sunday edition of his “Detroit Brawl” serie aan Januari 22, 2017, bij de Masonic Tempel in Detroit.
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“Ik wil om te vechten. All that boxing and trying to look pretty. It’s not for me. I’d rather get in there and go to war. It’s more exciting.”
26-year-old Smith was 110-9 as an amateur and won four national championships and two silvers and a bronze in the National Golden Gloves.
“Once I turned 21, I started realizing my fighting style was more of a pro style. I was handling guys and then they were saying I was losing on points. That’s when I realized amateur boxing wasn’t for me anymore. I talked to my coaches, Keith Jackson and Theotrice Chambers, and they told me it was time.”
Smid, who is hopeful of making his national television debut in the near future, says he’s been fine tuning his style, while leaving all the thrills in place.
“We’ve been working on defense and not getting hit as much and on putting punches together. I’ll be trying to average 100 to120 punches a round. I would love to fight on ShoBox this year. Dmitriy Salita is looking for a date for me in mid-March. I just want to fight on TV. With my style and the way I fight, all it would take is for fans to see me fight one time and they’ll see what I can do. All I need is the right opponent. It’ll be beautiful. It will be like Micky Ward against Gatti.”
Smith also says he’s not worried about competing in his first eight-round fight.
“It’s a good fight for my first eight-rounder. Hij is een goede vechter. I’ve seen him a couple times. He looked decent on YouTube. He’s got good hand speed. When he’s in shape, he lets his hands go and has good boxing skills, but I’m always in great shape, so I don’t really worry about the rounds. I get in as good of shape as you can be in and then I throw punches the whole fight, no matter how many rounds. Meer, it’s very exciting to fight in front of my friends and family. It gives me the extra motivation to work even harder. You never want to look bad at home.”
In het hoofdevenement van acht ronden van de avond, Detroit's eeuwige weltergewicht poortwachter en fanfavoriet Lanardo “Pijnserver” Tyner (30-10-2, 19 KO) zal het opnemen tegen Nagykanizsa, De Hongaarse Istvan Dernanecz (10-4, 7 KO).
In een van de belangrijkste ondersteunende aanvallen, kruisergewicht Alexey Zubov (13-1, 8 KO), van Magnitogorsk, Rusland, zal het opnemen tegen Boedapest, De Hongaarse Andras Csomor (18-14-1, 14 KO).
Ook zal de voormalige uitdager van de cruiserweight wereldtitel in actie komen “Orkaan” Junior Wright (15-2-1, 12 KO) van Evanston, Illinois, maakte zijn zwaargewichtdebuut tegen Damon McCreary uit Detroit (15-6, 11 KO) in een zes-rounder.
In a bantamweight six-rounder, ongeslagen bantamgewicht Ja'Rico “Koning van de Grote Meren” O'Quinn (4-0, 3 KO) zal het opnemen tegen Chicago's Angel Carvajal (2-5).
In a super lightweight four, Detroit is verjongd “Bliksem” Larry Ventus (7-11-1, 3 KO) zal het opnemen tegen de ijzeren kaak van Florida, Jesus Lule (9-20-1, 1 KO).
Populaire en ongeslagen superweltergewicht Ardreal Holmes (4-0, 2 KO) van Flint, Michigan, is scheduled to fight Macon, Georgia’s Bryan Goldsby (3-1).
Undefeated Alabama super featherweight Dwayne Zeigler (5-0-1, 5 KO) will face Aaron Hollis (3-3, 2 KO) of Cincinnati in a four-round super featherweight fight.
Kronk welterweight Jacob Bonas (2-0-1, 1 KO), Toledo super middleweight DeAndre Ware (8-0, 6 KO) and undefeated Detroit heavyweight Marcus Carter (1-0, 1 KO) will face opponents that are yet to be announced.
Op Fight Night, deuren open 4:00 pm en de gevechten beginnen bij 5:00 pm. De vrijmetselaarstempel bevindt zich op 500 Tempelstraat in Detroit.
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