{"id":33983,"date":"2014-01-21T01:32:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T07:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=33983"},"modified":"2014-01-21T01:32:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T07:02:59","slug":"joey-hernandez-ready-to-rumble-with-k9-bundrage-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=33983","title":{"rendered":"Joey Hernandez Ready to Rumble with K9 Bundrage – Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Junior middleweight contender Joey \u201cTwinkle Fingers\u201d Hernandez says he\u2019s in the best shape of his life for his IBF elimination fight against former champion Cornelius \u201cK9\u2033 Bundrage this Friday, January 24th, at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Hernandez just finished training camp in his hometown of Miami, Florida with chief second Herman Caicedo for what is the biggest fight of the 29-year old\u2019s career. With a win Hernandez could secure his first world title shot against current champion Carlos Molina.<\/p>\n

Hernandez (23-1-1, 13 KOs) has won eight bouts in a row since suffering his only professional defeat. He has also started to develop, and display more punching power, stopping five of those last eight opponents. The wins have done enough to earn him this opportunity to become the mandatory challenger for Molina. \u201cA win against Bundrage could change my life,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cI have worked hard to get here, and this is the chance to take my career to the next level. This is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez is confident of victory against Bundrage, but is not taking the former belt-holder lightly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI envision this being a tough fight due to the fact that he comes straight forward,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThe good thing is that I do very well against guys that come straight forward. He will bring the best out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cuban-American Hernandez arrived in Indio, California on Sunday, but before he departed he held an open workout at Caicedo\u2019s Training Center for the local media. Hernandez previously worked with Caicedo earlier in his career. Now that they\u2019re reunited, he says he believes Caicedo is the man that will make him a world champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cHerman [Caicedo] knows how to push me hard in training camp, and he definitely has me 100 percent ready for this fight. Everybody knows I\u2019ve always had the guts, and the skill. What was missing was the discipline. Trust me when I say I\u2019m ready for Bundrage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Junior middleweight contender Joey \u201cTwinkle Fingers\u201d Hernandez says he\u2019s in the best shape of his life for his IBF elimination fight against former champion Cornelius \u201cK9\u2033 Bundrage this Friday, January 24th, at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Hernandez just finished training camp in his hometown of Miami, Florida with chief second Herman Caicedo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9493],"class_list":["post-33983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-joey-hernandez-ready-to-rumble-with-k9-bundrage-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33983","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=33983"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}