By Ben Jacobs
When the likes of Al Haymon and Pedro Díaz are interested in working with you, that should signify that confidence in your talent is high. After an excellent amateur career with over 185 fights, Prichard 'Digget' Colón turned professional in 2013 amassing a record of 12-0 with 10 knockouts thus far. The Puerto Rican had seven fights last year which would have been eight had his last fight due in Quebec not fallen through due to an opponent not making weight. Colón spoke to BoxingScene from Boca Raton, Florida following an afternoon training session in what he describes as the longest camp of his career.
"It's tough when you train six to eight weeks and then at the last minute your fight falls through," he explained regarding the cancelled bout last month.
"You've worked hard, made weight and all you want to do is perform and it gets cancelled. Luckily Al called me and told me real quick that I was fighting in January so that settled me down.
"It's been the longest training camp ever but now I'm fighting in Philadelphia. I'm definitely anxious to get in the ring and take care of business."
Colón linked up with Florida-based Cuban Pedro Díaz who has worked in recent times with world champion such as Miguel Cotto and Guillermo Rigondeaux.
"Pedro's great, we have great chemistry," he explained.
"This will be my first fight with him but we've been working for about 14 weeks together. After my second fight I did fly to Miami once to work with Pedro for like a month. He also has Grigory Drozd here right now, the cruiserweight world champion. He's not in camp but he starts back in February.
"I'm back and forth between Florida and Puerto Rico but I like to be in Puerto Rico as much as possible. I like to be in Florida for training as you can get better sparring, better facilities and stay concentrated. Puerto Rico is difficult for me to train in because I live in the countryside and everything is far away. But I like to be in both places."
As Colón is signed with Al Haymon, would there be a possibility that he could feature on an NBC card later in the year?
"Who knows? Right now we're focused on January 31, but after the fight we'll see what he has lined up for me. I'm looking to stay busy just like last year. After this fight we have 11 more months so I'm sure it's possible. It's looking like it's going to be a big year.
"I've been a pro for two years nearly, I've fought on Fox Sports once and I'm looking to get some fights on TV this year, and to get my name out to the boxing world."
Prichard will fight Héctor Muñoz (23-13-1, 15 KOs) over eight rounds in a contest at super welterweight, nevertheless, he will be looking to make a mark in the long-term in the busy 147lbs class.
"I can make 147lbs, it's just my last few opponents haven't been responsible making weight. After this fight we'll have one at 147. 154 is very easy for me to make but I think 147 is my ideal weight class."