{"id":1880,"date":"2010-03-31T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T04:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:28:39","slug":"tony-jeter-discusses-his-boxing-career-with-rsr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=1880","title":{"rendered":"Tony Jeter Discusses his Boxing Career with RSR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1880\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1881\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"JeterHeader\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/JeterHeader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Interview by Jeff Stoyanoff and Mike Zepeda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I have been embedded in this local scene for so long that everybody knows me.\u00a0 I\u2019m a white guy and I can fight a little bit so that makes me more noticeable.&#8221;&#8211;Tony Jeter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the niche which boxing occupies in the sports world, there is only room enough for the superstars; only room enough for the spectacular talents and the bigger than life personalities.\u00a0 In the shadows, the business of boxing goes on much as it always has filled with fighters who will almost undoubtedly never know the bright lights of a mega fight.\u00a0 Middleweight Tony \u201cMo Betta\u201d Jeter is 8-2 with 7 KO\u2019s in a nine year professional career fighting exclusively in the DC Metro area.\u00a0 The 34 year old Jeter is hardly a newcomer however; he has come by his ring skills honestly honing those skills in over 800 amateur fights.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The amiable Jeter offers a thorough look at the cruel and ultimately unforgiving business of boxing.\u00a0 Jeter is a study in duality; on the one hand, he is a fighter rushing against time as he tries one last time to work his way into the TV fight he has always coveted, just one more fighter dreaming of gaining his shot.\u00a0 Yet, on the other hand, he is a local name navigating the dirty business of the sport as other fighters attempt to lure him into fights he knows he doesn\u2019t need.\u00a0 He is at once seeking and sought after, hungry fighter and savvy businessman, eager charge and wise mentor.\u00a0 In an interview with Ringside Report, Jeter provides a window into the recesses of boxing as he tells of his journey in boxing; a journey that predictably is long and winding and yet, far from over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0Boxing in the Beltway has a loyal and voracious following and you certainly seem to be a significant player in that region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Me, I\u2019m one of those guys.\u00a0 I am one of the most talked about guys whether they love me or hate me and there are a handful of guys, critics, but I am definitely a well known boxer out of this area.\u00a0 I can fight a little bit; I had a lot of amateur fights, but I think it\u2019s my personality.\u00a0 People either love me or they hate me; there is no gray area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0It seems like it goes with the territory in boxing overall.\u00a0 No matter whom it is some people seem to love what they do and others are not sold at all about their abilities.\u00a0 I can see that you seem to have a way of attracting attention on both sides of the equation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, and I think it\u2019s just a handful of guys.\u00a0 Overall, I think I am a liked guy and I am a known guy especially in this area.\u00a0 I mean, you\u2019re talking about my having a nine year career with seven years of inactivity.\u00a0 What kills me is having people be as critical of me as they are.\u00a0 I mean, I\u2019m 8-2 with a seven year layoff.\u00a0 You take Cory Spinks with a record of 19-0 and he is fighting guys who are 0-1 and they just call it building a record.\u00a0 You take guys that they take from the Midwest and we\u2019re talking about blue chip guys or guys down south and these are like Olympic alternates and they\u2019re 10 or 15 and 0 and they are fighting guys who are 0-1 or 0-9 and they\u2019ve been stopped nine times.\u00a0 So, you can take a handful of guys in this area and they are just over critical; they are over jealous of me.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Bumpus fought in 2001 and 2002.\u00a0 His last fight came on April 18th, 2002.\u00a0 His professional record stands at 6-0-1, 1 KO.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another loss, you take the James Shedrick loss; I was winning every second of that fight.\u00a0 At the end, my coaches looked at the scorecards and I had won every round.\u00a0 But, with a minute left I just got clipped.\u00a0 I had never been stopped before, but it just goes to show how in boxing that one punch can change everything.\u00a0 It\u2019s a sport that doesn\u2019t forgive easily, you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0Funny that you mention one punch as you are coming off of a one punch knockout yourself against Keith Gross.\u00a0 That fight came after a layoff of nearly a year, how did it feel to be back in the ring?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It felt good and there is actually some history between me and Keith Gross.\u00a0 He had actually come up to the gym a lot to spar.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t come up to train, but he would come up to work because we have a ton of fighters here.\u00a0 He had sparred with me five times and I would say that four out of those five times he had got the better of me; I mean I struggled.\u00a0 It was weird; I thought we would go into the deeper rounds and that I would probably get him later in the fight.\u00a0 He had always given me problems, but to just walk out there and stretch him like I did\u00a0 was great; it was a good feeling.<\/p>\n<p>One of his corner guys used to be a trainer here.\u00a0 There was so much that was into that fight.\u00a0 Take a guy like Gross; he was 3-1 with a loss to Erlislandy Lara who is, by far, one of the best fighters in the world.\u00a0 So, he is 3-1 and his one loss is to a blue chipper; a probable future world champion.\u00a0 I get him and I go out and take care of business.\u00a0 During the weigh in there was a lot of animosity and I\u2019m not that kind of guy and I like him so I was sort of taken aback by the fact that they didn\u2019t want to talk to me at the weigh in.\u00a0 I understand that we have to fight and I told his coach; it\u2019s just a fight and ultimately I don\u2019t dislike you all.\u00a0 One of us is going to win and one of us is going to lose.\u00a0 When the bell rang, he ran across the ring and hit me with a three punch combination.\u00a0 We thought he was going to stay on the outside, but he didn\u2019t he engaged quick and ultimately that was his downfall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0You think the sparring gave him the confidence to stand right in front of you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I truly do and everybody says you have to fight these five people and this handful of people who go out under anonymous and club me out on these websites.\u00a0 But, nobody knew like he did that he had gotten the better of me in sparring.\u00a0 I tell everybody I have been in boxing for a long time.\u00a0 I have had a lot of hard amateur fights.\u00a0 I have been to Marquette.\u00a0 I have fought at that level.\u00a0 I tell everybody in sparring you have the big gloves and the headgear; it\u2019s totally different.\u00a0 Once you take the headgear off and put on the little gloves it\u2019s just a totally different sport because that\u2019s when you\u2019re getting hit for real.\u00a0 You\u2019re getting elbows, you\u2019re getting head butts, it\u2019s just a lot different.\u00a0 I think he took those sparring sessions and he underestimated me, or maybe he didn\u2019t underestimate me but the confidence was still there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0I know you mentioned the considerable amateur experience you have.\u00a0 One number that jumps out when you look at your record is your age of 34.\u00a0 You didn\u2019t even have your first pro fight until you were 25.\u00a0 Can you talk about your path to professional boxing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started boxing when I was about 15 or 16 and we just kept trying to make the Olympic team and to get there is just insane.\u00a0 I mean, the steps; you have to win the national title, then you go to the Olympic Trials, and then you have to win the box offs.\u00a0 Now, it\u2019s even more complicated because then you have to win the qualifiers.\u00a0 So, not only do you have to go national title, Olympic Trials, box offs, but then you have to win one of the qualifiers now to get to the Olympics.\u00a0 We tried and tried to get the national title and next thing you know I\u2019m 25 years old.\u00a0 We went to the National Golden Gloves in 2001 and I made it to the quarterfinals and that was it.<\/p>\n<p>I got the call and we had Steve Nelson who had just broken up with Robert Mittelman at that point.\u00a0 He had Hasim Rahman at that time.\u00a0 We had Art Danzinger and them.\u00a0 We had JD Brown who was with Sugar Ray Leonard Promotions.\u00a0 And, we had Chris Middendorf and a couple of other little guys who were looking at me.\u00a0 Ultimately, I was 25 years old and I had to make a decision so we went with Sugar Ray.\u00a0 In hindsight, I probably should have gone with the smaller guys because they (Sugar Ray) got me for nothing so I was expendable.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t put any money into me and they had just signed a deal with ESPN2 so they had one Friday every month for a year.\u00a0 So, that was their selling point.\u00a0 They could say, hey will get you on TV.\u00a0 But, at that point, they had Joe Mesi, they had Dunne, they had a bunch of big prospects, I was just expendable.\u00a0 So, that was my path.\u00a0 800 amateur fights, kept waiting and didn\u2019t win a national title and next thing you know I\u2019m 25 years old.<\/p>\n<p>So, I go up to Philly to fight on the undercard of Thomas Tate and Omar Sheika and I lose to a guy, from Philly, who was a really good fighter.\u00a0 You look at how they managed me and it was horrific.\u00a0 You have Ron Katz as the matchmaker and if you know boxing, you know Ron Katz so you are not going to be in an 80-20 or 70-30; with Ron Katz you\u2019re going to be in a 50-50 if not the other way around.\u00a0 You know, so we were in a tough fight and I don\u2019t think I was ready for that fight at that point so I take the loss.\u00a0 Boxing is a sport where you have to be 100 percent mentally and I wasn\u2019t so I just drifted off.\u00a0 Now, at 34 years old, I have a couple of good years to get active and you know I can punch a little bit so that is one good thing I have going for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0The Gross fight came after an 11 month layoff and now Robbins comes up but it\u2019s been another six months.\u00a0 If you had your way, you would much prefer to be more active at this point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Definitely, we have a couple of fights lined up and we\u2019ll see.\u00a0 Ultimately, I have to get passed these fights.\u00a0 Babie Girl Promotions has allowed me to jump on and that is a blessing that I am very thankful for.\u00a0 So, I would like to get through this and then keep it moving maybe head down south for a couple of fights.\u00a0 I have received a couple of calls from overseas so who knows, you know?\u00a0 Maybe I will pick up a regional title around here, but ultimately I have to get double digit wins so I can get a call for Shobox so my short term goal is to get double digit wins.\u00a0 It would be nice to be like 11-2 with 10 knockouts because with that double digit knockout record people can overlook those two losses.\u00a0 It works better for TV because they can justify that.<\/p>\n<p>I have a good team with me.\u00a0 I have Tom Langley, SR., who has been in the game for 35 years.\u00a0 He has sat at Don King\u2019s desk.\u00a0 He is one of the best cut men in boxing and he has worked a bunch of big fights.\u00a0 I have Charles Dent training me and this guy Charles Dent is going to be the Freddie Roach of this area; mark my words and remember that name.\u00a0 This guy is going to be the guy, he is good.\u00a0 So we have a lot going that is going to help us in this fight.\u00a0 And, we\u2019re looking forward to getting to that ultimate goal which is to get to double digit wins and then to get some kind of shot on ESPN2 or wherever.\u00a0 But, at this point at 34 years old, I\u2019m not an Olympian and I have two losses so I\u2019m going to be an opponent in a big fight.\u00a0 So, I have to go in there and make it happen for myself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0After your win over Pete Guthy there was some talk about you moving on to a major fight in the Beltway against one of the other more well known fighters from that region.\u00a0 The talk came up again after the win over Gross.\u00a0 Is that something that would still interest you?\u00a0 Is there anyone in particular that you would be interested in fighting in the area if that opportunity came about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who are we talking about locally that is going to bring in some money, you know?\u00a0 I tell everybody, I beat Mike Pasqual in 1999 in the Golden Gloves Championships.\u00a0 In 2000, I won against the head bangers in the finals of the Golden Gloves open class.\u00a0 So, I don\u2019t need to prove that I\u2019m the baddest guy locally.\u00a0 At this point, I\u2019ve done that already.\u00a0 Now, I need to be smart.\u00a0 A lot of fighters, they don\u2019t have the brains to say this fight here doesn\u2019t make one bit of sense.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to be paid peanuts and I\u2019m going to go out and be in a war and ultimately it isn\u2019t going to do one thing for my career.\u00a0 As an amateur, I did that.\u00a0 To go out and win a Golden Gloves open class title and 147 and 156, you know what I mean?\u00a0 You are talking about two of the most competitive weights in boxing.\u00a0 And this is DC Metro area, it\u2019s not like Tennessee or North Carolina, there are some thoroughbred blue chippers coming out of here.\u00a0 But, there are some guys around here where if the money is right, of course I would jump on it.<\/p>\n<p>But, ultimately, I have promoted.\u00a0 I promoted and made the matches on my own card two years ago so I have been on both sides.\u00a0 I have promoted two professional shows, a few amateur shows, and my wife owns a 24000 square foot facility that houses some of the best fighters in this area.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m sort of pipelined into the local scene.\u00a0 So, to fight some of these guys, you see what I\u2019m saying?\u00a0 Does it really make sense?<\/p>\n<p>We are going to the fights tonight and there are a couple of fighters on there that, I\u2019m not even going to mention their names, because they don\u2019t even deserve to have their name mentioned.\u00a0 But, they sort of talked their way into a fight by talking trash.\u00a0 But, in this game, when you turn pro, you are trying to get to the money and the championships.\u00a0 Those two go hand in hand.\u00a0 Being the local tough guy is not something that gets you there.\u00a0 But, there are some guys where if they wanted to fight (me) here and I knew I could sell tickets and that it would benefit me the promoter, than we would do that in a heartbeat.\u00a0 Why should I fight one of these guys that badmouths me and benefit someone else for 1500 dollars?\u00a0 It just doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MZ:\u00a0I know that you want to be more active in the ring.\u00a0 But, you do a great job talking too.\u00a0 You are a great pitch man.\u00a0 How important can that be in helping you to get to your ultimate goal in the ring?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been embedded in this local scene for so long that everybody knows me.\u00a0 I\u2019m a white guy and I can fight a little bit so that makes me more noticeable.\u00a0 So, you\u2019re going to know who I am.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if some of the promoters are turned off because I\u2019m the type of fighter that has some brains and that understands the business side and can think on his own.\u00a0 In 2001, when I was with Sugar Ray Leonard Promotions and they took me up to Philly to fight Kwame Bumpus when I was 3-0, I had no business sense then.\u00a0 In hindsight, I think; why am I going to Philly to fight this kid that I have already heard stories about him knocking Aaron Mitchell out in the gym?\u00a0 So, why would I go and fight this kid in Philly where, if it\u2019s close, I\u2019m not even going to get a decision, you know?\u00a0 So, I am that type of guy now and I think a lot of people locally are turned off by that.\u00a0 So, they don\u2019t give me a chance and I think ultimately I can fight a little bit, but I\u2019m realistic.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of these fighters when you talk to them, they are so unrealistic.\u00a0 I have a couple of years, at best, I have to get active and try to get some wins and then maybe I get the call overseas and I can get a 10 or 15 thousand dollar payday, but that\u2019s the goal.\u00a0 But, I\u2019m going to do other things than boxing which I have already started to do.\u00a0 There are three matchmakers in Maryland and I am one of them.\u00a0 I\u2019ve only done matchmaking on two cards, but I do have my license in Maryland as a matchmaker.\u00a0 That is a cool thing to be an active fighter and have a license as a matchmaker in Maryland which is one of the most difficult states in which to get a license because it\u2019s such a thorough commission.<\/p>\n<p>But, back to Babie Girl Promotions, Cassandra White has done a wonderful job.\u00a0 You are talking about a DC Boxing game that has been non-existent for five years.\u00a0 She has basically been the driving force behind DC boxing.\u00a0 And to do anything in DC is tough because it is so expensive; there is nowhere to park and to rent anything is going to be twice as expensive as anywhere else so she has done a great job.\u00a0 I feel privileged to fight on this show.\u00a0 You have some big names on this card.\u00a0 Seth Mitchell, I feel, is going to be the Heavyweight Champion of the World if they keep handling him the way that they are.\u00a0 Obviously, they need to keep bringing him along, but he\u2019s young for a heavyweight; he\u2019s like 28.\u00a0 So, they need to keep bringing him along taking baby steps, but if they can position him then you never know.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is Henry Buchanan who is right there going against Clarence Taylor and hopefully they can position him for maybe a top ten ranking or something.\u00a0 You have Thomas Williams who was a blue chip amateur and then you have me and, if nothing else, I\u2019m entertaining.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0Of course, PED\u2019s and boxing have crossed paths in a very public way this last year.\u00a0 As a fighter who is inside the sport, what is your take on the issue?\u00a0 How big of a problem does it represent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In all sports, at the top level, there are guys doing something.\u00a0 You take any sport and everybody is trying to get that edge to be better than the next guy.\u00a0 You take five people and they are all great, but somebody has to be the best.\u00a0 So, how do they get there?\u00a0 They are all at that same level, so I think a lot of people do it.\u00a0 Do I think it\u2019s bad?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know, I have never done a drug in my life so I can\u2019t say whether it\u2019s good or bad.\u00a0 I know that ultimately there are guys in boxing who have been doing it and doing it for a long time; that\u2019s for sure.\u00a0 But, do I think it\u2019s a bad thing?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know, but I guess if you are not allowed to do it then I guess it\u2019s cheating so in that sense I guess it is a bad thing.\u00a0 But, when you are at that top echelon level I think a lot of them do it.\u00a0 These guys have personal trainers and you take a guy like Fernando Vargas and his guy was a known steroid dealer, you know?\u00a0 So, how can you be surprised that that dude tested positive?\u00a0 When they knew and his trainer got caught when they raided his gym.\u00a0 Ultimately though, if one guy is doing it and the other guy is not then it\u2019s unfair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MZ:\u00a0I was an athlete; I played Basketball at the D1 level in college and there were some guys who maybe crossed some boundaries in terms of PED\u2019s back when I was playing.\u00a0 But everyone took supplements.\u00a0 How much credibility do you give when these guys test positive and then turn around and say that it was just a supplement that they got at a CVS up the street?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, you know when they say that that is bullshit.\u00a0 Ultimately, that is just a crock.\u00a0 Everybody is doing some form of supplement whether it\u2019s Fedrin or who knows.\u00a0 This is 2010 not 1940 so everybody is doing stuff to enhance and get better.\u00a0 And ultimately, if you\u2019re cheating you are stepping over that line that they\u2019ve drawn where they say this is the stuff that you can\u2019t do and it\u2019s bad so you shouldn\u2019t do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s unfair, but do I think a lot of people are doing it?\u00a0 Yes, I think so, especially at that upper level.\u00a0 You take these local club levels and it\u2019s not as prevalent at the local level.\u00a0 But, you step up to that next level where there is millions of dollars on the line and people are doing it, yes.\u00a0 And, I think it\u2019s unfair of course, and should people be doing it?\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0Between fighting, promoting, and matchmaking; you seem to be well on your way to being able to do just about every job in boxing so, with that in mind, if you were running things how would you like to see this situation handled?\u00a0 Do you feel that random testing is warranted?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You could probably do that, but I will tell you this; right now what we need is a national commission that governs everything.\u00a0 Right now, you have various state commissions each with different rules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MZ:\u00a0We know that Manny Pacquiao, for instance, did not want to agree to random testing too close to the date of a proposed fight.\u00a0 From the perspective of a fighter, what would you do in that kind of a situation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard for me to say because I have never been at that level.\u00a0 I could see how it could affect you because boxing is 90 percent mental.\u00a0 So, if that is going to affect Pacquiao mentally than, yes I can see where he is coming from when he says I don\u2019t want to take it ten days beforehand because last time I bled or when I fought Erik Morales that is what caused the loss.\u00a0 But, I don\u2019t know, you are talking about fighting 12 rounds at the elite of the elite level and maybe it does affect them and maybe 10 days is just too close.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0And, even if it\u2019s just in his head, in a way it doesn\u2019t matter because if it affects him mentally than it can and will affect him physically.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what I\u2019m saying.\u00a0 Boxing is so mental; if there is one thing that is messing with your mind than that\u2019s it.\u00a0 You\u2019re talking about these guys possibly getting hurt badly, I mean it happens.\u00a0 Boxing is an unforgiving sport.\u00a0 One bad thing or one punch and that\u2019s it and when you are talking about 20, 30, 40 million dollars that is serious, life altering money.\u00a0 Plus, you have boxers that are so ritualistic that they wear the same socks.\u00a0 And then you have Marquez drinking his own urine.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t done that and I will never do that, but I can understand it.<\/p>\n<p>But, maybe Mayweather is just being smart and building this up to like a 100 million dollar fight, but I think he may have some trouble with Mosley.\u00a0 I think Mosley is going to give him a go.\u00a0 I was training in 2001 and Hasim Rahman was the heavyweight champion of the world and he was there; Keith Holmes was in there, William Joppy was in there, Sharmba Mitchell was in there, Jermaine Fields was in there.\u00a0 We had all these champions in there and we were all training at the same time.\u00a0 Shane Mosley came through when he was on the press tour for the De La Hoya fight and he came in and he bench pressed like 400 pounds and Hasim Rahman couldn\u2019t get it off the bench.\u00a0 That was before the Balco thing and this dude, the bar was bending and Rahman couldn\u2019t get it off the bench!\u00a0 It was insane!\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t even lift the bar and the plates were just stacked on, I was like holy crap!<\/p>\n<p><strong>JS:\u00a0We spoke to John Ruiz a couple of weeks back and he spoke eloquently about the ways in which boxing does a lot to help and even save people who might otherwise struggle to find their way in life, but that that is often overlooked.\u00a0 You have had a long road in the sport filled with starts and stops, but can you put into words what boxing has done for you?\u00a0 What keeps bringing you back?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any kind of sport can give you dedication and focus and discipline.\u00a0 You take a kid who doesn\u2019t have a good family situation and no support and he is just running wild out on the streets and something like this can help; it\u2019s helped me to stay out of trouble.\u00a0 Not to say that I haven\u2019t had some trouble, but ultimately I have never done a drug in my life and I\u2019ve been able to progress in life and maybe without boxing, I wouldn\u2019t have.\u00a0 Before I started boxing I was heading down the wrong way; I was getting in trouble in school and stuff like that.\u00a0 I think boxing has helped me to stay focused and keep myself on the right path and I think it does that for a lot of people.\u00a0 Not five minutes before you called, I was talking to one of my coaches Charles Dent, and I said you are helping a lot of kids out.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Langley, the first day I walked in he took me as a 15-16 year old kid and showed me that this is hard work that requires dedication, but here are some things that can happen; you can go to national tournaments, you can meet kids from all over, you can travel, and that kept me coming.\u00a0 It also allowed me to do good in school and it allowed me to try to do the right thing in life, to try to be a productive citizen, and that\u2019s what boxing does for a lot of people.\u00a0 Not saying for everybody, everybody is not the same, but ultimately boxing, like any sport, helps by giving people focus, dedication, and discipline.<\/p>\n<p>And I met my wife, my beautiful wife!\u00a0 Who owns this beautiful gym where I train!\u00a0 I mean, I met my wife at the gym, go figure.\u00a0 She\u2019s a graduate of UVA and I have a Prince Georges County High School education.\u00a0 She has a degree from a major school, so two opposites, but the boxing connected us.\u00a0\u00a0 So, I think boxing has done a lot for me.\u00a0 Hopefully, once I am through fighting I will be able to do some other things and be able to help people.\u00a0 Ultimately, boxing, as brutal and unforgiving a sport as it is, it does help.\u00a0 You can mentor; 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