hardest thing about boxing is the
training because you are putting a strain
on your body every day from running,
sparing, being on a strict diet, and also
having the discipline to stay in the gym
even on the days you really don’t want
to be there. Training in different climates
from running in 80 plus degree heat to
running in 45 and below cold weather,
which takes a lot of discipline.
If You Could Give Advice to People
Who’ve Started Boxing, What Would
It Be?
Smoova: My advice to anyone who
wants to start boxing would be to just
give 110% effort to the sport; train like
your life depends on it. Basically train to
win! The most important advice I would
give is to find a trainer that has your
best interest in mind because you’re the
one that’s sacrificing your life when
you’re in the ring and there are trainers
that know you can’t beat your opponent,
but will still let you fight so they can
make money off you.
Where Has Your Boxing Career
Taken You? Where Are Some Cool
Places You’ve Visited For A Boxing
Match?
Hoya at the Bernard Hopkins and
Ronald Winky Wright fight. I’ve trained
with the Mayweathers at Top Rank Gym
in Las Vegas, also trained with Sugar
Shane Moseley and his father Jack
Moseley for 3 months in Big Bear,
California. They welcomed me into their
homes with open arms, treated me like
family. We went bowling, out to dinner,
checked out a few fights, so it was a
great experience for me because I was
able to get to know them on a personal
level and not just as a fan or a gym
mate.
How Often Do You Compete?
Smoova: It has been a little over a year
since my last competition. When you
don’t have the support team around you
its really hard. In professional boxing it
is important to have a good promotional
and management team. If not you’ll
have to make your way from the bottom.
That means, taking harder fights than
guys who have their teams in place. It is
highly important to have a really good
trainer to teach you as much about pro
boxing as possible. Right now that’s one
of the goals, to get a support team, to
get bigger and better fights with higher
pay.
Smoova: I have been up and down the
whole east coast. I’ve met Oscar De La
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