Video: Tyrone Spong's Boxing Debut

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You wanna hear a shcoker? Chavez Jr made his debut at 130
I know he was just hitting ****rty back then but he has moved up 42 pounds

 

Luis Ortiz,http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=6756

 

More Dutch Kickboxers have done pro boxing fights. Nieky Holzken is 6-0 and Rico Verhoeven has done a pro boxing fight last year.
I'm glad Spong has turned to boxing, but I doubt if he'll ever become world class.
He's good, he's only 29 and has a lot of experience in big fights, but kickboxers are used to fight 4 rounds. If he dedicates to boxing for 100% he can become a main player, but if he wants the best of 2 worlds and still does kickboxing as well (Like Nieky Holzken) he'll never get a title.

 

This makes no sense to me. He has 83 kickboxing fights under his belt. He should be fighting harder competition, even if this is a somewhat different sport. I get that he might be transitioning over to boxing after he broke his leg bad, but surely he could have gotten into the ring with some capable journeymen, gatekeepers, or contenders. I'm not saying throw him to the lions, because he obviously needs an adjustment period, but maybe fast track him like the Olympians who turn pro.

Also, he's roided to the gills and could probably box at cruiserweight if he laid off the stuff. But whatever, it's not like heavyweight is that great a division these days or testing is that strenuous. He might pull it off.

 

You want to talk crazy weight gain over the course of a career? Guillermo Jones started at welterweight. Now he's a cruiser. The dude is 6'3"! How did he ever get down to 147?

 

https://youtu.be/iYo8cBR3KSk
He had his second pro fight last night (Not listed on Boxrec yet) and won again by first round KO.

 

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i figure he will be 220 once he gets back in a ring
James Toney, at one point weighed in at 157 and at another time weighed 257

 

One of the greatest all-round strikers on Earth.

 

He looks pretty good I must admit.... We'll only know what his ceiling is as he steps up in competition though. Won't be the first guy from K-1 to switch over to boxing full time and make a name for himself.

 

Just because he's a HW and in shape doesn't automatically mean he's a drug cheat, hate when people throw around these steroid accusations with no basis whatsoever