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By Thomas Gerbasi - “Get it together Trout. This is not what you came here to do. This is not the statement you were trying to make.”
As those thoughts raced through Austin Trout’s head during his August bout against Australia’s Daniel Dawson, the New Mexico native was getting off the canvas for the second time in the third round, wondering what was going wrong.
In December of 2012, he was the WBA junior middleweight champion of the world, coming off the biggest win of his career over Miguel Cotto. After years of being the B-side and fighting anyone and everyone in search of a big fight, he got it and capitalized on it.
Now, less than two years later, he lost his title, dropped back-to-back fights to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Erislandy Lara, and in what was supposed to be his comeback he was looking at a 10-7 round and a huge hole to dig out of against the upset-minded Dawson.
Trout walked back to his corner, and he was clear-minded enough to know what was staring him in the face.
“Worry was an understatement; panic would be more accurate,” he recalled. “But I was more frustrated and disappointed with myself for allowing that to happen.”
With 60 seconds to get back on track, Trout’s coaches Bobby Benton and Louie Burke quickly went to work before round four began.
“My corner got me back to the game plan,” Trout said. “Bobby Benton was like 'look, stop trying to take his head off. You're being too aggressive. Go back to what works.'” [Click Here To Read More]
As those thoughts raced through Austin Trout’s head during his August bout against Australia’s Daniel Dawson, the New Mexico native was getting off the canvas for the second time in the third round, wondering what was going wrong.
In December of 2012, he was the WBA junior middleweight champion of the world, coming off the biggest win of his career over Miguel Cotto. After years of being the B-side and fighting anyone and everyone in search of a big fight, he got it and capitalized on it.
Now, less than two years later, he lost his title, dropped back-to-back fights to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Erislandy Lara, and in what was supposed to be his comeback he was looking at a 10-7 round and a huge hole to dig out of against the upset-minded Dawson.
Trout walked back to his corner, and he was clear-minded enough to know what was staring him in the face.
“Worry was an understatement; panic would be more accurate,” he recalled. “But I was more frustrated and disappointed with myself for allowing that to happen.”
With 60 seconds to get back on track, Trout’s coaches Bobby Benton and Louie Burke quickly went to work before round four began.
“My corner got me back to the game plan,” Trout said. “Bobby Benton was like 'look, stop trying to take his head off. You're being too aggressive. Go back to what works.'” [Click Here To Read More]
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