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By Jake Donovan - Crawl, walk, then run.
It’s a literal progression of life when you’re born into this world, while serving as a metaphor for all other aspects of life. The developmental stage of a boxer’s career is supposed to be spent “crawling, then walking” through a steady stream of progressive competition.
Somewhere along the way, those who guided the career of Tyrone Brunson decided it was wiser to hit the ground running.
Sort of.
From a marketing standpoint, building up a knockout streak early in his career was a quick way for the undefeated Philly middleweight to grab headlines.
Many a headline he grabbed, as Brunson knocked one opponent after another. When all was said and done, 19 straight would fall at his feet, none lasting longer than a round.
The streak of quick hits allowed Brunson to replace Edwin Valero in the record books for most consecutive first-round knockouts to begin a career, surpassing the Venezuelan last March.
With the short-term goal accomplished, the next step was to figure out whether or not he can actually fight.
More than eighteen months later, even Brunson himself acknowledges that an answer to that question is long overdue, which has everything to do with his return to the ring this weekend.
“I’m anxious and ready to get in the ring on Friday night,” says Brunson (19-0-1, 19KO), who will have been out of the ring for nearly 14 months when he faces serviceable veteran Marcos Primera on the non-televised portion of a Shobox card in Newkirk, Oklahoma. [details]
It’s a literal progression of life when you’re born into this world, while serving as a metaphor for all other aspects of life. The developmental stage of a boxer’s career is supposed to be spent “crawling, then walking” through a steady stream of progressive competition.
Somewhere along the way, those who guided the career of Tyrone Brunson decided it was wiser to hit the ground running.
Sort of.
From a marketing standpoint, building up a knockout streak early in his career was a quick way for the undefeated Philly middleweight to grab headlines.
Many a headline he grabbed, as Brunson knocked one opponent after another. When all was said and done, 19 straight would fall at his feet, none lasting longer than a round.
The streak of quick hits allowed Brunson to replace Edwin Valero in the record books for most consecutive first-round knockouts to begin a career, surpassing the Venezuelan last March.
With the short-term goal accomplished, the next step was to figure out whether or not he can actually fight.
More than eighteen months later, even Brunson himself acknowledges that an answer to that question is long overdue, which has everything to do with his return to the ring this weekend.
“I’m anxious and ready to get in the ring on Friday night,” says Brunson (19-0-1, 19KO), who will have been out of the ring for nearly 14 months when he faces serviceable veteran Marcos Primera on the non-televised portion of a Shobox card in Newkirk, Oklahoma. [details]
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