It’s an enormous week within the lifetime of Amir Anderson.
The 20-year-old American might be making his skilled debut on Saturday, however had issues been just a little totally different he may have been gearing as much as compete for the sunshine heavyweight Olympic gold medal in Paris on Wednesday.
“Yeah, it’s undoubtedly disheartening watching the Olympics and never seeing myself there,” Anderson advised The Ring on Monday. “I’m having bittersweet moments about it.
“I do know if I used to be on the Workforce USA, I might have gotten the gold medal, so it was extra their loss. However now I’m simply wanting ahead to Misfits 16 and preparing for my professional debut.”
Anderson, who received 10 nationwide titles as an novice and went 88-12, had tried to qualify for the Olympics however issues didn’t play out.
“I fought within the Olympic trials and a scenario occurred that I acquired knocked down, [against Obed Bartee-El] they usually stopped the battle,” he defined. “I continued to battle and received each single minute of the battle after the knockdown.
“They reversed the choice again to him profitable the battle. After that we went into arbitration going towards the Olympic trials resolution and I received the enchantment, so that they reversed it again to me. I completed out my Olympic trials. I received towards Steven Colome and Nathan Lugo.
“I went to camp to battle towards Rahim Gonzales the place I felt I carried out higher than him within the camp and the competitors, I used to be the winner. I went into competitors within the invitationals and received towards Erik Mendoza and Taylor Bevan and received a walkover win over Rahim Gonzales. They pulled me to 1 facet and advised me, they didn’t choose me for the US group after telling me, If I received the event I’d be the consultant on the qualifiers. It was undoubtedly disappointing however nothing I can do now.”
The Syracuse, New York native, who trains with Chris Burns, determined his future lay within the skilled ranks and signed with Wasserman/ Misfits.
“I did the whole lot I can within the amateurs apart from the Olympics,” he stated. “Simply how USA boxing dealt with the Olympic trials scenario after which the choice course of, why hold preventing and win these event we’ve already received for a company that basically doesn’t care about us, it cares about getting a medal as an alternative of caring concerning the fighters.”
He’ll face Kijonti Davis (1-5, 1 KO) at James Knight Conference Heart, Miami, Florida as a part of Misfits 16 on DAZN.
“I’m excited, I’ve been engaged on a variety of new methods and targeted on slowing down my tempo and really feel I’m sharper as a professional than I used to be as an novice,” he stated. “I’m able to see for myself. I’m doing a 6-rounder, it’s going to be enjoyable doing an additional three-rounds in comparison with amateurs. I’m going to go in there and have enjoyable and work on stuff I’ve been engaged on within the gymnasium.”
As knowledgeable Anderson will start life as a middleweight. He was an elite novice and intends to make his mark as knowledgeable within the not too distant future.
“My aim is to win a world title, once I was a child, I used to be preventing event after event, getting no breaks, making an attempt to get a nationwide title and I’ve the identical mentality going into the professionals,” he stated. “I’ve to have that mentality to be constant to remain on monitor and keep motivated and discipled to get that world title.
“Staying constant for the following three or 4 years and ultimately getting a world title shot. Tune in, observe me all through my profession, just a little child from Syracuse, New York.”
Kalle Sauerland of Wasserman Boxing may be very glad to have added “Cashman” Anderson to his roster.
“We’re very, very enthusiastic about it,” stated Sauerland. “He’s [one of] the most well liked skills popping out of the US of the following technology and we had been very excited to win his signature with all the foremost promoters going for him. It was an enormous win for Misfits.”
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