{"id":14720,"date":"2011-08-17T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T18:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=14720"},"modified":"2011-08-17T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T18:33:39","slug":"boxing-news-bazooka-joe-linenfelser-ready-to-explode-on-final-2011-espn2-fnf-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=14720","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News: Bazooka Joe Linenfelser Ready to Explode on Final 2011 ESPN2 FNF card"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Whether or not his swing bout airs on this week\u2019s ESPN Friday Night Fights (FNF) card, welterweight prospect \u201cBazooka\u201d Joe Linenfelser (9-1-1, 6 KOs), a 23-year-old boxer from Rockford, Illinois, plans to steal the show.<\/p>\n

The final ESPN FNF card of the year, live from Hammond, Indiana, showcases 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade vs. The Contenders\u2019 champion Grady Brewer in the main event and former world champion David Diaz vs. Hank Lundy. Never-the-less, Linenfelser plans to rock the Horseshoe Casino.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be great, whether or not I actually get to fight on ESPN,\u201d Linenfelser said. \u201cI know there are four other good fighters on the card with great records and reputations, but people who watch my fight are going to go away asking when I\u2019ll be fighting again.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a six-round fight, Linenfelser will face his most difficult test to date, tough veteran Ruben \u201cModern Day Warrior\u201d Galvan (27-17-4, 10 KOs), who has only been stopped four times. Galvan has been in the ring against world champions such as Zab Judah, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Paul Spadafora, as well as world title challenger Dmitriy Salita.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeating Galvan will give me more credibility and hopefully get me ranked by one of the regional organizations,\u201d Linenfelser added. \u201cIt\u2019ll help put me on the map and get me a shot at Henry Coyle in a few months. For now, though, I\u2019m fully focused on Galvan. He is a veteran who has fought a lot of good guys. I really don\u2019t know too much about him, but I\u2019m a young, hungry pup and I know that I bring more to the table than him.\u201d<\/p>\n

When he made his pro debut October 8, 2005, stopping 181-fight veteran Donnie Penelton in the opening round of their fight in Iowa, 17-year-old Joe was the youngest professional boxer in the United States.<\/p>\n

In October of 2008, Linenfelser registered his signature victory versus former NABA & NBA champion \u201cFearless\u201d Fernando Hernandez, who Joe had previously defeated in a kickboxing fight. Linenfelser put Hernandez to sleep in the fifth round and then into retirement right after their fight in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Next up for \u201cBazooka Joe\u201d was an eight-round throw-down with 1996 Cuban Olympian Ivan Leden (12-8-1), in Milwaukee, that Linenfelser won by decision.<\/p>\n

Linenfelser was inactive for 14 \u00bd months (2010-2011) due to an injury suffered in the ring, until his triumphant ring return this past April against Jeremy Marts in Chicago. Linenfelser dropped Marts once in the fifth and twice from body shots in the final round en route to a win by unanimous, six-round decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took a year off and during that time I concentrated more on body shots,\u201d \u2018Bazooka Joe\u201d explained. \u201cI\u2019d always been \u2018Bazooka Joe,\u2019 throwing bombs and knocking guys out. But I found out that, the better the opponent, the harder it is to knock \u2018em out with just head shots. Body shots tear-down an opponent and then you go upstairs to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Linenfelser has fought almost exclusively as a junior middleweight \u2013 his only loss was in a fight in which he weighed 171 \u00be pounds \u2013 but he\u2019s dropped down to welterweight for this fight and plans to continue fighting at 147.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no problems making 147,\u201d he concluded. \u201cThere was a time that I had some personal problems, but I started praying a lot and everything just seemed to fall into place for me. My speed and stamina has improved. I\u2019m as strong as ever and I\u2019ve been running 12 miles a day. When I fought at 154, I\u2019d balloon-up as high as 187 between fights. Now, I eat and drink right and my weight doesn\u2019t go way up.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father (manager Jeff) has been telling me for a long time that I should be fighting at 147. I haven\u2019t felt this good since I was 14. I\u2019m excited to fight at this weight. I\u2019m on a nutritious diet and take vitamins. I used to be on a \u2018wrestling diet\u2019 to make weight because I lost weight the wrong way. I\u2019m living healthy and feeling real strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Whether or not his swing bout airs on this week\u2019s ESPN Friday Night Fights (FNF) card, welterweight prospect \u201cBazooka\u201d Joe Linenfelser (9-1-1, 6 KOs), a 23-year-old boxer from Rockford, Illinois, plans to steal the show. The final ESPN FNF card of the year, live from Hammond, Indiana, showcases 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade vs. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,242,4723],"class_list":["post-14720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-espn2-fnf","tag-joe-linenfelser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}