Jesse Hart: record, next fight and profile →
Two-time title challenger Jesse Hart will return to defend his home turf against Ricardo “Tyson” Luna in an eight-round light heavyweight bout on November 22 at the Liacouras Center on the University of Temple campus in Philadelphia.
It was John Green who once wrote that grief doesn’t change you, it reveals you. Grief is a horrible emotion. We are all likely to feel it and experience it in some way.
PHILADELPHIA – A host of Philadelphia’s biggest name fighters and future stars will fill a packed boxing card tonight (April 27) at Liacouras Center on the campus of Temple University.
Shattered by the loss of his brother, Jesse Hart is on a different kind of comeback that, he hopes, will last long past Sunday night's fight and help heal the streets of Philadelphia of gun violence.
Losing isn’t fun and Jesse Hart hasn’t enjoyed the rehabilitation process that his career has gone under. Still, what choice did the 34-year-old have? He placed his head down, gnashed his teeth together, and simply began putting in the work.
Coming up short against Joe Smith Jr. was nothing to be ashamed of, but the manner in which Jesse Hart lost, meant he had some serious rebuilding to do. The Philly native accepted the arduous path he was set to go on and began handling business.
After spending nearly two years sequestered on the sidelines, Jesse Hart officially made his return on August 12th, at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. He wasn’t given the most arduous opponent in the world but Elio Heraldo Trosch was used to get the ring rust off. Now, Hart is hoping to lure some of the super middleweight division’s bigger draws into the ring.
Despite being out of the ring for roughly two years, Jesse Hart looked sharp during his return. On August 12th, at the MGM National Harbor in Maryland, Hart made it look incredibly easy against Elio Heraldo Trosch, stopping him in the second round.
The transient experiment at 175 pounds is officially over for Jesse Hart. In 2019, the Philly native grew tired of skipping meals in order to make the super middleweight limit. Everything was going the way he envisioned it at first, winning a somewhat lopsided decision against Sullivan Barrera. Joe Smith Jr., however, made Hart rethink his choice.