Demetrius Andrade Breaks Quickly From The Gate

[venerablefist]

he needs to fight one solid fighter and fight a bum in between to stay active kinda like Gamboa at least i gut with 12 pro fights

[vercingetorix3]

Andrade-Kirkland!

[STEELHEAD]

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - By any measure, step one has been a smashing success for Demetrius Andrade.

Disappointed in a quest for an Olympic gold to cap his prolonged amateur career last summer, the youngster’s subsequent transition to the professional ranks has made it appear as if any post-Games emotional baggage is long forgotten.

In fact, if anything, it’s now fuel for the fire.

The Rhode Island native ended his fourth for-pay outing on Friday night in exactly the same way he’d closed the first three – with a dominant stoppage performance that’s already got people calling him the sport’s top young prospect. [details]

this guy looks good. more poise more training and i think he has a shot at being a top contender!

[Slater P Persin]

De la hoya said he would retire by 30, Hopkins promised his mother he wouldn't fight past 40. Pretty standard talk by a up and coming fighter.

Yeah but Hopkins was in his late 30's and was champ for 10 years when he said it. This kid is 19 and has 3 fights.