Literally just listening to Mike Tyson's podcast & they had Martin Lawrence on. Martin talked about his boxing career & it sounded like he only had a tiny handful of fights ("I didn't have a big record").
He said he boxed around the age of 14-15 while living in Landover, Maryland. He fought in the golden gloves winning a fight & then losing a fight ("I really won, but they took that one from me"). Then he says he entered a AAU tournament & only had one fight, but it was in the finals & he won.
Then he talks about the eye injury he had. It wasn't really clear if that injury happened in the AAU fight he won or after the AAU fight, but I coulda swore I've heard him talk about the eye swole fight & it was an L so I'm leaning towards it was after he won the AAU novice title he won.
So sounds like at a minimum he was 2-1 & mighta been 2-2 as an amateur.
He said he boxed around the age of 14-15 while living in Landover, Maryland. He fought in the golden gloves winning a fight & then losing a fight ("I really won, but they took that one from me"). Then he says he entered a AAU tournament & only had one fight, but it was in the finals & he won.
Then he talks about the eye injury he had. It wasn't really clear if that injury happened in the AAU fight he won or after the AAU fight, but I coulda swore I've heard him talk about the eye swole fight & it was an L so I'm leaning towards it was after he won the AAU novice title he won.
So sounds like at a minimum he was 2-1 & mighta been 2-2 as an amateur.
Comment