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By Thomas Gerbasi - Apparently we weren’t the only ones who saw it. When Dominick Guinn was on the verge of big things in the heavyweight division from 2003 to 2006, only to lose winnable fights by turning off his hands in the midst of a bout, it wasn’t just the fans and the media wondering what was going on with “The Southern Disaster.” His close friends, including two world champions, saw it too.
“Vernon Forrest and Arturo Gatti, and other guys that I’ve had great conversations with, that was my entourage,” said Guinn. “They were warriors and they were the ones that always told me that if I let my hands go I would never be beaten. Arturo and Vernon used to tell me that all the time.”
Both Forrest and Gatti are gone now, both tragically dying within weeks of each other in July of 2009. But Guinn is still here, and on Saturday, the 38-year-old who has lost three of his last four bouts gets another chance to show the world how good he can be when he lets his hands go, or, as he used to say, “unleashes his demons.”
“I kind of got away from boxing and having fun, but I’m back to having fun and you’re gonna see on August 3rd,” said Guinn, who faces Tomasz Adamek in a televised bout at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. “I’m just gonna go in there and let my boxing talk for itself and we’ll see who’s gonna put on the better show.”
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“Vernon Forrest and Arturo Gatti, and other guys that I’ve had great conversations with, that was my entourage,” said Guinn. “They were warriors and they were the ones that always told me that if I let my hands go I would never be beaten. Arturo and Vernon used to tell me that all the time.”
Both Forrest and Gatti are gone now, both tragically dying within weeks of each other in July of 2009. But Guinn is still here, and on Saturday, the 38-year-old who has lost three of his last four bouts gets another chance to show the world how good he can be when he lets his hands go, or, as he used to say, “unleashes his demons.”
“I kind of got away from boxing and having fun, but I’m back to having fun and you’re gonna see on August 3rd,” said Guinn, who faces Tomasz Adamek in a televised bout at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. “I’m just gonna go in there and let my boxing talk for itself and we’ll see who’s gonna put on the better show.”
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