Jamel Herring: record, next fight and profile →
Jamel Herring wasn’t known for devastating punching power during his world-championship boxing career, and now that he’s transitioned to bare-knuckle boxing at age 40, he says that’s a good thing
Jamel Herring, a former junior lightweight titleholder, will make his bare-knuckle boxing debut January 17 at BKFC 86 against Matt Guymon in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The former junior lightweight titleholder was arrested Tuesday afternoon on two charges, including violating a protective order.
Herring’s wife reported an incident to the City of Mason (Ohio) Police Department that she said occurred at their home in the early hours of January 4.
Jamel Herring retired once before, following his May 2022 loss to Jamaine Ortiz. That lasted about 17 months. He returned nearly a year ago, and while his comeback hasn’t gone as well as he’d hoped, the former junior lightweight titleholder isn’t thinking of hanging up his gloves again.
Former champion Jamel Herring is keeping himself busy trying to bolster not only his own career but that of his clients. The recently unretired junior lightweight from Coram, New York, has been fulfilling dual duties as a fighter and manager in recent years.
Plenty of fighters claim that they came from the bottom, but for Lamont Roach, he truly came from the basement. After building up his record to a perfect 19-0, Roach finally got his first crack at a world title against Jamel Herring.
Jamel Herring went through the same emotions that most retired fighters go through. Following back-to-back losses to Jamaine Ortiz and Shakur Stevenson, the former Marine announced that he was done with the sport of boxing.
When most fighters decide to hang up the gloves, they notice that it isn’t so easy to actually walk away. Jamel Herring just dealt with this very issue.