Comments Thread For: Jamel Herring Decisions a Game Lamont Roach To Retain Title
By Jake Donovan - Jamel Herring had to dig deep to begin the celebration for the U.S. Marines Corps and for all military veterans. A late scare from a determined unbeaten challenger provided just enough drama to make the 34-year old southpaw sweat out his first title defense, outlasting Lamont Roach Jr. over 12- rounds. Scores were 117-111 twice and 115... [Click Here To Read More]
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 spots, 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".
Booker’s story is quite sad
The man really had potential
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