It?s no secret that certain fighters receive healthy amounts of favoritism in the sport of boxing and those looking from the outside in can find the road to success to be much more of a challenge. When taking a look at 25-year old junior lightweight hopeful Lonnie Smith, one realizes quickly that the uphill battle he faces is one that he has embraced in every way.
Sporting a 14-2-2 record with 10 knockouts, Smith?s temperament inside of the ring could be described as ?Kill or be killed?. He has a crowd-pleasing style that he admits has worked against him in the past, and while he concedes that he is now working on his defense, his penchant for the early finish is something that will never leave him.
Smith grew up in Colorado, the son of former WBC junior welterweight champion Lonnie Sr. and boxing would soon consume his life. He eventually realized that a change was in order and found himself heading out West.
?I told my mother I wanted to be a world champ and she said ?Let?s go to Las Vegas?,? Smith recalled. ?It?s the boxing capital so we all packed up and my family moved me out here. I?ve been out here from the amateurs to the pros.?
