Two-time Golden Glove fighter and boxing coach, SHAWN SMITH, joins the W.T.F.P studio to discuss the less glamorous side of of the sweet science from the perspective of an amateur fighter who eventually became trainer of several Golden Glove winners.
Our guest marks 'the uncertainty.' as his greatest foe. Memory lane steers recollection of his own ring experience with the body blows of Shawn Porter (former two-time welterweight champion), and a competitive bond with Super Middleweight contender J'Leon Love eventually leading to him losing 15 pounds in the Vegas desert, over the course of a few days working out with the Mayweather camp alongside his team of young Iowa boxers.
UFC welterweight troll and top contender Colby Covington along with lightheavy weight champion Jon Jones both had two very different experiences in Fort Dodge, Iowa outlined by our guest.
The recent passing of undisputed middleweight champ, Marvin Haggler is noted in addition to the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd, raising the question of when the cheek no longer turns.
PHATAL EXTRACTION: “You can’t ‘play’ boxing. You can play basketball. You can play baseball…. But you can’t play boxing......." - SHAWN S.
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