Erickson Lubin Aims To Be a Force in The Sport
Posted by: Thomas Gerbasi on 2/6/2015
By Thomas Gerbasi
Remember what it was like to be 19 years old? Okay, when you stop cringing, thinking about all the stupid things you did and bad decisions you made, take a look at junior middleweight prospect Erickson Lubin and wonder how you would fit in his shoes.
He’s 19, ultra-talented, highly-touted, and is fighting in an ESPN Friday Night Fights co-main event against late replacement opponent Michael Finney. When you have those three attributes in your favor, along with uber-adviser Al Haymon in your corner, the thoughts of most teenagers would be about money, fame, houses, cars, etc. Yet every time you see an interview with the Orlando, Florida native, he’s talking about world championships, being great, and being remembered.
“That came from studying the game,” he said of his approach to his career. “I have a great team behind me and they keep me level-headed. These other trainers build up their fighters too much to the point where they just fall off and get caught up in the fame and stuff like that. I just want to make sure I’m world champion, with multiple titles, and all that will come with the world titles.”
If Lubin sounds different from most prospects with his upside, it’s because he is. A world-class amateur expected to not just make the 2016 United States Olympic team but medal in Rio, Lubin – 143-7 as an amateur – opted against a run for gold, instead choosing to chase gold of another sort in the pro ranks. He admits it was a tough decision, but he believes it was the right one as well.
“At first I had to put a lot of thought into it, but then everything USA Boxing promised wasn’t coming into effect, and things were starting to change, so I sat down with a couple promoters and came up with the bold decision to turn pro because we had the right deal in front of us,” he said. “They started taking off the headgear, so we said we might as well turn pro and make some money for it.”
Some might have said that it was a good move in the same way that a blue chip football or basketball player leaves college early for the pros, choosing to avoid the possibility of injury in a college game to roll the dice in the big show. In boxing, you also have to factor in the reality of politics and erratic judging, where a fighter who wins isn’t always the one with his hand raised. Lubin says that wasn’t a factor in his choice to turn pro.
“I hadn’t lost in the amateurs for like four or five years,” he said, proving that when you’re a true competitor, things the civilians look at from outside the ropes rarely enter the mind of those on the front line. I point this out to Lubin, who laughs, but is dead serious when he says, “I plan on not losing as a pro either.”
It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen anytime soon. The southpaw nicknamed “The Hammer” is 8-0 with six knockouts after finishing up his first year as a pro last November. He’s beaten quality foes in Noe Bolanos and Norberto Gonzalez, and while he took a trip to the canvas against Gonzalez in his most recent bout, he got up to drop his foe and win a clear-cut decision. As for his own assessment of Year One, Lubin says “My first year was great. I had a couple fights on TV, I fought two quality opponents, I’d say, and I beat them. I got myself a Fecarbox title, and I’m moving up.”
On paper, Finney could be a threat, though a loss and a draw in his last two bouts make his previous 12 wins (10 by KO against limited opposition) look like a mirage. And if it’s not a mirage, Lubin wants to make it one before Friday night is over.
“Even if I feel like the fight may be close, I go out there and make sure I dominate to the point where there’s no way that it could go either way,” he said, clearly feeling his oats at an age when we all feel invincible. The thing is, most of us figure out that we’re not bulletproof soon enough. If Lubin stays on the right track, remains in the gym and out of the reach of bad influences, he can be invincible for a long, long time. So how does he keep it all together at an age when he can’t even drink alcohol legally?
“I don’t let anything get in the way,” he said. “I train real hard, I train intense and I don’t let anything come in between my fighting. I make sure on fight night I’m a hundred and ten percent, and I just go out there and perform, and may the best man win.”
If you’re a fight fan and you’ve seen Lubin in the ring, whether as an amateur or a pro, you’ll see that he has the tools. Now he just has to keep sharpening them and performing while keeping patient when the natural instinct for anyone his age is to want everything yesterday. But Lubin is no typical teenager.
“To get in this sport, you have to be patient,” he said. “You can’t let everything come to you so fast. I have a great team behind me and they keep everything in order in the right way for me to go out there and do everything right.”
Keep an eye on this young man.
http://www.boxingscene.com/erickson-lubin-aims-force-sport--87113
My young gun getting his name up
I been trying to put yall on to Lubin....one day yall will come along and embrace the Future Of Boxing
#LubinsLegion
Newzz revised stable: Adrien Broner, Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Errol Spence Jr, and Erickson Lubin.
Posted by: Thomas Gerbasi on 2/6/2015
By Thomas Gerbasi
Remember what it was like to be 19 years old? Okay, when you stop cringing, thinking about all the stupid things you did and bad decisions you made, take a look at junior middleweight prospect Erickson Lubin and wonder how you would fit in his shoes.
He’s 19, ultra-talented, highly-touted, and is fighting in an ESPN Friday Night Fights co-main event against late replacement opponent Michael Finney. When you have those three attributes in your favor, along with uber-adviser Al Haymon in your corner, the thoughts of most teenagers would be about money, fame, houses, cars, etc. Yet every time you see an interview with the Orlando, Florida native, he’s talking about world championships, being great, and being remembered.
“That came from studying the game,” he said of his approach to his career. “I have a great team behind me and they keep me level-headed. These other trainers build up their fighters too much to the point where they just fall off and get caught up in the fame and stuff like that. I just want to make sure I’m world champion, with multiple titles, and all that will come with the world titles.”
If Lubin sounds different from most prospects with his upside, it’s because he is. A world-class amateur expected to not just make the 2016 United States Olympic team but medal in Rio, Lubin – 143-7 as an amateur – opted against a run for gold, instead choosing to chase gold of another sort in the pro ranks. He admits it was a tough decision, but he believes it was the right one as well.
“At first I had to put a lot of thought into it, but then everything USA Boxing promised wasn’t coming into effect, and things were starting to change, so I sat down with a couple promoters and came up with the bold decision to turn pro because we had the right deal in front of us,” he said. “They started taking off the headgear, so we said we might as well turn pro and make some money for it.”
Some might have said that it was a good move in the same way that a blue chip football or basketball player leaves college early for the pros, choosing to avoid the possibility of injury in a college game to roll the dice in the big show. In boxing, you also have to factor in the reality of politics and erratic judging, where a fighter who wins isn’t always the one with his hand raised. Lubin says that wasn’t a factor in his choice to turn pro.
“I hadn’t lost in the amateurs for like four or five years,” he said, proving that when you’re a true competitor, things the civilians look at from outside the ropes rarely enter the mind of those on the front line. I point this out to Lubin, who laughs, but is dead serious when he says, “I plan on not losing as a pro either.”
It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen anytime soon. The southpaw nicknamed “The Hammer” is 8-0 with six knockouts after finishing up his first year as a pro last November. He’s beaten quality foes in Noe Bolanos and Norberto Gonzalez, and while he took a trip to the canvas against Gonzalez in his most recent bout, he got up to drop his foe and win a clear-cut decision. As for his own assessment of Year One, Lubin says “My first year was great. I had a couple fights on TV, I fought two quality opponents, I’d say, and I beat them. I got myself a Fecarbox title, and I’m moving up.”
On paper, Finney could be a threat, though a loss and a draw in his last two bouts make his previous 12 wins (10 by KO against limited opposition) look like a mirage. And if it’s not a mirage, Lubin wants to make it one before Friday night is over.
“Even if I feel like the fight may be close, I go out there and make sure I dominate to the point where there’s no way that it could go either way,” he said, clearly feeling his oats at an age when we all feel invincible. The thing is, most of us figure out that we’re not bulletproof soon enough. If Lubin stays on the right track, remains in the gym and out of the reach of bad influences, he can be invincible for a long, long time. So how does he keep it all together at an age when he can’t even drink alcohol legally?
“I don’t let anything get in the way,” he said. “I train real hard, I train intense and I don’t let anything come in between my fighting. I make sure on fight night I’m a hundred and ten percent, and I just go out there and perform, and may the best man win.”
If you’re a fight fan and you’ve seen Lubin in the ring, whether as an amateur or a pro, you’ll see that he has the tools. Now he just has to keep sharpening them and performing while keeping patient when the natural instinct for anyone his age is to want everything yesterday. But Lubin is no typical teenager.
“To get in this sport, you have to be patient,” he said. “You can’t let everything come to you so fast. I have a great team behind me and they keep everything in order in the right way for me to go out there and do everything right.”
Keep an eye on this young man.
http://www.boxingscene.com/erickson-lubin-aims-force-sport--87113
My young gun getting his name up
I been trying to put yall on to Lubin....one day yall will come along and embrace the Future Of Boxing
#LubinsLegion
Newzz revised stable: Adrien Broner, Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Errol Spence Jr, and Erickson Lubin.
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if so dude's nice from what I've seen
