Chris Colbert thought he would not combat on February 26 as soon as he realized final week that Roger Gutierrez had contracted COVID-19.
Thus, the reckless Brooklyn native is grateful to Hector Luis Garcia for changing Gutierrez in only two weeks’ time. In any other case, not solely would Colbert be denied his shot on the world featherweight title for Gutierrez, however he would have wasted a variety of money and time on a coaching camp he virtually accomplished.
As grateful as Colbert is Garcia’s ambition, the 25-year-old has additionally promised to show to the undefeated Southern Dominican that he made a deadly mistake in accepting the 12-round, 130-pound WBA elimination match at Chelsea, a venue inside Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. . Colbert (16-0, 6 KOs) admitted he hasn’t finished something to study Garcia because the “Showtime Championship Boxing” important occasion grew to become official, but he expects Colbert to dominate him.
“I did not know something about him,” Colbert advised BoxingScene.com. “I’ve already advised you this. I do not do any homework. It is not my job. On the finish of the day we received 12 rounds, 36 minutes, to determine his method or what I ought to do to beat him. And since my center title is Adaptor, it would not be as much as me.” That is laborious. It will take a couple of spherical or two, however we’ll get the job finished. That is for certain, certain, we’ll get the job finished – in a dominant method too. I’ll take my anger out on him for [Gutierrez] backing down. “
Garcia (14-0, 10 KOs, 3 NC), a 2016 Olympian, is a left-handed fighter, whereas Venezuela’s Gutierrez (26-3-1, 20 KOs) is of an orthodox place.
“It is all straightforward for me,” Colbert stated. “I am doing this sh*t. I am doing this for actual. I am preventing left-handed, and I am preventing proper, so there’s not a lot that is too laborious for me to make this change.”
30-year-old Garcia defeated Isaac Avilar of Mexico (16-4, 10 KOs) by unanimous choice in his final combat, eight rounds on December 18 on the Armory in Minneapolis. His victory over Avelar marked the second time Garcia had fallen out of the sixth spherical in 14 skilled matches.
Good luck to him, Colbert stated. “I hope he is at his finest in his life, as a result of going through me preventing and never being wholesome is loopy.”
Along with Colbert Garcia, Showtime will function a 10-round mixed showdown between Younger Intermediates Gary Antoine Russell (14-0, 14 KOs) and Victor Postol (31-3, 12 KOs), the 140-pound former WBC champion. from Ukraine. Postol is 38 years previous, however nonetheless forward of Russell’s class, a 2016 US Olympian from Capitol Heights, Maryland.
Jeroen Ancagas (33-1-2, 22 KOs), of the Philippines, will current an empowered protection of his FIFA junior welterweight title in opposition to Argentine Fernando Daniel Martinez (13-0, 8 KOs) within the opening 12-round bout. The trio for Showtime.
Keith Edick is a senior author/columnist at BoxingScene.com. He will be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
