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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Eddie Chambers is a happy guy this holiday week.
Coming off a 2008 that yielded a first career loss and an unwanted trip to the back of the title-shot line, the Philadelphia-based heavyweight decided 2009 would be his career’s make or break year.
“I decided that if I wanted to get a real shot at anything, I had to sell out completely and be willing to do whatever it takes, giving up three or four or five years of my life now so that I won’t have any regrets in my 80s,” he said. “To be completely great, I had to give that kind of effort and even more.
“Because I knew the more I put into it, the more that would be there to get out of it.”
Twelve months later, those rewards may be as near as his next fight.
Oft-ignored behind verbose competitors for the “Best American Heavyweight” crown, Chambers proved deserving of the tag through two 12-round masterpieces in the soon-to-be old year, dominating former belt-holder Samuel Peter and unbeaten prospect Alexander Dimitrenko to claim the WBO’s mandatory challenger shot heading into 2010. [Click Here To Read More]
Coming off a 2008 that yielded a first career loss and an unwanted trip to the back of the title-shot line, the Philadelphia-based heavyweight decided 2009 would be his career’s make or break year.
“I decided that if I wanted to get a real shot at anything, I had to sell out completely and be willing to do whatever it takes, giving up three or four or five years of my life now so that I won’t have any regrets in my 80s,” he said. “To be completely great, I had to give that kind of effort and even more.
“Because I knew the more I put into it, the more that would be there to get out of it.”
Twelve months later, those rewards may be as near as his next fight.
Oft-ignored behind verbose competitors for the “Best American Heavyweight” crown, Chambers proved deserving of the tag through two 12-round masterpieces in the soon-to-be old year, dominating former belt-holder Samuel Peter and unbeaten prospect Alexander Dimitrenko to claim the WBO’s mandatory challenger shot heading into 2010. [Click Here To Read More]
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