Did You Know? Active fighters Edition

By Wil Patino - 06/27/2014 - Comments

By Wilmar Patino: A while back I wrote an article “Did You Know? Boxing Edition” filled with fun facts from past fighters. Today I decided to write something similar, but to make it more interesting I decided to write about lesser known facts about active fighters of today. Hopefully you can learn something from me and in return teach us all something we might have not known.

The idea is to engage in a conversation and gain knowledge of today’s fighters. Some of us know everything there is to know about the past fighters but very little of Todays fighters. I am well aware that some readers might already know the facts that I will be stating but this is to enlighten the newer audience.

Did you know that Lucas Matthysse’s mom was a boxer?

Did you know that Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born Floyd Joy Sinclair? Of course when he became part of the boxing world he took after his father’s name.

Did you know that Cuban teammates Guillermo Rigondeaux and Erislandy Lara failed to show up in the Pan American Games in Brazil? Where they later would both be held in custody together. Fidel Castro stated that neither fighter will ever fight for the Cuban team again. Therefore in a turn of events landing here fighting in the states. (Awesome)

Did you know on Oct. 7th, 2006 Russian Nikolai Valuev (328 lbs.) outweighed his American opponent Monte Barret (222) by 106 lbs.? This is the biggest weight advantage ever in modern day boxing. Valuev TKO’d Barrett in the 11th round.

Did you know in the amateurs Gennady Golovkin beat the likes of Andre Dirrell, Lucian Bute, and Andy Lee?

Did you know that as good as Keith Thurman has become, before being a pro he lost to Demetrius Andrade in the amateurs? Leaves one to wonder just how good is Keith Thurman? Or Better yet, just how good is Demetrius Andrade?

Well that’s all I have for now. Just some small fun facts. Some are more obvious than others. This was a small article written for the purpose of gaining some knowledge on these fighters also to have a different conversation. What do you know that most of us wouldn’t really know?? I’d love to learn more!

Once again thanks and I will put a lot more effort on the next article I promise. Make sure to check my Facebook page and please “LIKE” it-

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