Floyd Mayweather Pupil: Lydell Rhodes Plans a Boxing Future

My RSR interview with super fast hands Lydell Rhodes

He is set to fight on Thursday, December 15th – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Corona Rumble at Remington presented by Monster Energy: SEASON’S BEATINGS AT REMINGTON PARK.
also YouTube link of him training with Floyd Sr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIQLuX7wII



MA: People talk about how fast Gary Russell, JR., and Nonito Doniare are, but you are damn fast also. Would you say that is your strongest asset?

To me, I think of myself as a complete fighter. I believe if I sit down on my punches my power is just as good as my hand speed. I think I am one of the fastest fighters out there. I think I am with the Bertos, the Gary Russells…in the hand speed department. I think I am all around because my power if you get in the ring with me, any of my opponents will tell you that I have the power too. I would have to say both my power and speed are equal.

MA: Your feelings on people saying you resemble a young Mike Tyson?

Of course Mike Tyson has always inspired me. He is probably my all-time favorite fighter. So, that is a lot of pride to hear that I am being compared to him. I know that there never will be another Mike Tyson. That was my name actually in the amateurs.

Everyone was calling me little Mike Tyson because I have fast hands like him and a lot of power. In the amateurs, I actually fought up in weight but now I am competing down at a lighter weight. I was fighting at 165 and 152 in the amateurs; I was real stocky and built like him with the hand speed and power. Yeah everyone called me little Mike Tyson.

MA: How long have you been working with Floyd SR.?

It’s been about four months now and I can honestly say that working with him has been the best thing to happen in my whole career. That’s the reason I say I am a complete fighter. I go from coming in as an action fighter, always forward…forward…forward. But now, I will always be an entertaining fighter, but he has me going in with angles. I am boxing now. Slipping and punching. The Mayweathers…they drill you defense, making them miss and make them pay. I have added that to my arsenal. I am clicking on all cylinders right now. The best of pretty much of every world because I am naturally an aggressive fighter with the defense now, so that’s why I think I am a complete fighter.

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OMG that made me choke on my drink.. lol ..

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