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By Thomas Gerbasi - For almost two years, the only thing on Sechew Powell’s mind was Deandre Latimore. That was understandable, considering that the St. Louis southpaw had handed Powell the first knockout defeat of his career in June of 2008, which in turn sent him plummeting from the mandatory contender’s slot in the IBF’s junior middleweight rankings.
Powell, stunned by the upset, got back in the ring four months later, and was simply biding his time with ‘keep busy’ bouts while he chased down a redemption that seemed so far away.
“The only thing I wanted was to get Latimore back in the ring, and it was the hardest thing ever,” said Powell. “It reached a point where I wasn’t interested in anything else.”
But in December of 2009, what the Brooklynite calls “a freak accident” took place when the Czech Republic’s Lukas Konecny was dropped from a new mandatory bout against Latimore, leaving the door open for Powell, the next leading available contender to step in. [Click Here To Read More]
Powell, stunned by the upset, got back in the ring four months later, and was simply biding his time with ‘keep busy’ bouts while he chased down a redemption that seemed so far away.
“The only thing I wanted was to get Latimore back in the ring, and it was the hardest thing ever,” said Powell. “It reached a point where I wasn’t interested in anything else.”
But in December of 2009, what the Brooklynite calls “a freak accident” took place when the Czech Republic’s Lukas Konecny was dropped from a new mandatory bout against Latimore, leaving the door open for Powell, the next leading available contender to step in. [Click Here To Read More]
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