Ebenezer Griffith discovered his passion for boxing during the pandemic, and now he’s helping Brandon Adams get ready for his IBF title eliminator against Caoimhin Agyarko.

Griffith isn’t just a helping hand in this case. He will fight Wayne Boudreaux on the April 11 undercard of Adams-Agyarko at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas after recently signing with Adams’ management (Wise Owl Boxing) and promoter (DMG Promotions).

A 23-year-old middleweight from Louisville, Kentucky, Griffith started boxing at age 11 as a hyperactive youth whose family was looking for an outlet for him. He was drawn to the beauty of the sport, the footwork and the craft, seeing people his age performing maneuvers that he found graceful. 

Boxing went from something he did as a child to something he wanted to pursue more deeply when COVID hit and all of his brothers were sheltering in place at home in Louisville, working out every day. Griffith went all in on boxing when the world shut down.

“Every day we’d wake up from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and have a boxing training session,” said Griffith, whose brother Jonas, on hiatus from the NFL’s Denver Broncos, was among those who came home to work out. “Then, I’d go home, eat some food, nap and then train again from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. So six hours of intense training every single day.”

Griffith worked out for months on end during the height of the pandemic, when his newfound dedication began to turn into amateur success. Upon the reopening of USA Boxing tournaments, Griffith went on a solid run.

“This was a special time for me,” said Griffith, who compared his connection with boxing to the surge felt on a first date. “Sometimes you have to prove to yourself that you are who you say you are.”

In 2024, he turned pro. Griffith had met trainer Rolando Lopez in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in a USA Boxing training camp, and they now work together in Denver. His first pro fight took place on Nicholas Bareis’ “Superstars of Boxing” card in Louisville. Griffith, now 7-0 (2 KOs), has sandwiched a series of workmanlike decisions between his two career stoppages – most recently in a second-round knockout of Anthony Steele last December.

“I fell in love with the process,” Griffith said. “I know that sounds generic and is such an athlete's answer for me, but it is the honest-to-God truth.”