National champion. Was training to go to the world championships, but got caught stealing a calling card from Jason Estrada and left the team and went pro.
Dude got to 22-0 and got hit with a major trafficking charge. Took the fight against James Toney for fast money, out of shape and on bail. Lost. Went to prison for over a decade.
Dude gets back into boxing after a 14 year layoff. Gets a shot at the #1 contender and comes in morbidly obese, when it's clear he has the handspeed and power to bother Pulev in sports, and could have found himself in a million-dollar title shot if he'd come in shape.
There's an old saying: "a hard head makes a soft behind".
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