KURT SCOBY has come a protracted option to get the place he’s now. So it will be harmful to doubt his skill to return again from his first profession loss and climb into rivalry within the junior welterweight division.
Scoby can be taking over BRYAN JIMINEZ within the eight-round most important occasion as a part of “Vacation Combat Night time 3,” happening at Sony Corridor in Manhattan on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17. It’s delivered to you by BOXING INSIDER PROMOTIONS and televised stay on DAZN, the chief in stay streamed boxing.
Scoby had a tough upbringing, so in a way he’s been combating since an early age. He has the topic of abuse within the residence, discovered himself in foster care, and finally lived in fourteen totally different locations earlier than his early maturity.
He was lucky sufficient to be an impressive athlete at Monrovia (California) Excessive Faculty, and was a star on the soccer group. A working again, his numbers had been other-worldly as a senior, as he not solely averaged 13.5 yards a carry, but in addition scored 35 touchdowns.
He accepted an athletic scholarship from Fresno State, after which, in search of extra of a chance to play, he transferred to Azusa Pacific, a Division II college which has since discontinued its soccer program. However in three years of exercise he had ober 2700 dashing yards.
There was one thing else Scoby was doing apart from soccer. That was boxing, and he wasn’t just a few soccer participant who additionally determined to field. He gained a California Golden Gloves championship and compiled over 150 bouts within the non-paid ranks.
To propel himself into a chance to struggle as a professional, Scoby moved himself from one coast to the opposite, touchdown in New York throughout the pandemic and situating himself on the well-known Gleason’s Health club, the place he labored underneath the watchful eye of Don Saxby.
His skilled debut got here in September 2020 with a first-round TKO over Pablo Luna. Scoby received into the behavior of merely mowing opponents down. And he exceeded expactations; his February 2023 struggle with John Mannu (7-0-1) on Showtime figured to be one thing that prolonged him, however that was not the case, as he recoreded 4 knockdowns in two rounds and ended it.
Final June he got here to Sony Corridor to face Hank Lundy, who at one time had challenged Terence Crawford in a world title struggle. Lundy didn’t know what hit him, as Scoby took him out within the second spherical.
This previous April catastrophe hit, as Dakota Linger, who is not any stranger to upsets, stopped Scoby in six rounds of a scheduled eight. He got here again three months later on the identical venue – the Time beyond regulation Elite Area in Atlanta – to knock out Daniel Lim (11-1) in a single spherical.
Final outing Scoby stopped Ramiro Hernan Martinez. That was on October 5, and introduced his document to 15-1 with 13 knockouts.
Scoby’s opponent on December 17 is BRYAN JIMINEZ , a Nicaraguan import who comes into this bout with a document of 17-1 with 10 knockouts.
The 27-year-old Jiminez received off to a fast begin, successful his first 9 bouts as an expert. In July of 2022 he bumped into unbeaten (10-0) Santos Reyes, and he was unstopped within the tenth and last spherical in Managua.
In reality, Jiminez’s first 15 fights happened in Nicaragua, earlier than he got here to america. Final outing, on September 21, he gained a six-round resolution over Jenel Lausa. All instructed, Jiminez has gone into the tenth spherical 4 instances in his profession, as he opposes a puncher who has not often needed to go many rounds.
Tickets for the December 17 present at Sony Corridor are priced at $110, $160, $215 and $350 (entrance row), and could also be bought on-line at https://www.ticketweb.com/occasion/boxing-insider-fight-night-sony-hall-tickets/14011593.
Sony Corridor is situated on the backside of the Paramount Resort Occasions Sq., 235 W forty sixth Avenue.
Doorways open at 6:30 p.m. ET with the primary bout at 7:30 p.m. ET.
