I’m flying out to St Louis, MO tomorrow morning for the Cory Spinks vs. Verno Phillips fight on Thursday at the Scottrade Center. This junior middleweight title fight isn’t televised, but can be seen on the web at www.donkingtv.com. Love him or hate him, old Don is always trying something new.
After the fight I’ll head down the 55 to visit family in Ste. Genevieve for a couple weeks before heading back home to Southern California. Thanks to the internet, and a broadband card for the laptop, work won’t be put on hold, it just won’t be a priority.
Once back in SoCal, I’ll treat you, dear reader, to a profile of a an 18-year-old amateur welterweight named Travis Samuels. Travis has his first amateur bout coming up in May. There will be periodic assessments of his progress (or setbacks; such is life, after all) and he”l be my photo/video model for technical points in the How To Box series of articles.
Samuels’ trainer is Alex Suarez, brother of welterweight contender, Mark “Poison” Suarez. Alex will be an immense help to the boxing pages here at FightTube in the future.
Since boxing is also a business, I’m putting together some articles on helping young fighters understand their roles as entrepreneurs. You’ll be reading some interviews with high profile people in and around the sport, each of whom are worth taking the time to see what they have to say. Here’s the bottom line: if you are a fighter, especially if you have talent, you are a marketable entity, essentially a product, and it’s worth marketing yourself–and handling your finances–wisely.
The first interview will be one I conducted with Cerveza Tecate Brand Director, Carlos Boughton, the day of the Marquez vs. Pacquiao rematch in Las Vegas on March 15. While not fighter specific, the interview with Mr. Boughton provides insight to marketing product that works on every level. Look forward to this in the coming days.
