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On how he got his start in boxing:
MM: I got my start at eight years old. My father,
my brother, my uncles, basically my family, all of
them boxed. I just picked it up in the gym one
day, liked it, stuck to it and continued with my
amateur success.
On how long he competed as an amateur and when he
had his first bout:
MM: I had my first amateur bout at eight years
old, I competed all the way to the Olympic trials
for the 2008 games. I lost in the Olympic trials,
and from there I turned pro.
On the transition from amateur to professional:
MM: It was great. You know, they always put you in
there with someone to get your feet wet and it was
great to come out with your first victory by kayo.
On fighting in front of his home area crowd in
Louisiana:
MM: It’s great. I mean, to have your own people
behind you, supporting you, rooting me on
throughout the whole fight, when things get rough
or when things are easy, it’s always great to have
your people watching you. I never really got to
fight too far out of town, so I can’t say that I
really know the difference, but I know that having
them behind me is a great feeling.
On the experience of losing his third professional
fight
(in August 2008
against Carl McNickles):
MM: well, when I got that knockout, I just sat
home for the whole remainder of the weekend and I
thought about what I did wrong and where did I go
wrong. And I talked to my manager, who is also my
trainer, “Bad” Chad Broussard, I talked to him and
we figured things out how I acted before then.
Going into the ring I was a show-off, and that is
not the way to go about things. What it is is that
God send me a message, to let me know that that’s
not the way that you represent God in the ring. So
now, walking to the ring I go in there with my
head held high and I know I am going in there to
handle business. After you handle business, then
you can go and do whatever you want but I remain
humble.
On winning the Louisiana State Lightweight Title:
MM: It was great capturing my first title, and I
got to do it right here, at home, in Raine,
Louisiana where I am from and with everybody in
excitement when I won, because when I first lost
it was at home. In my first eight fights, the
biggest crowd I had was probably for my third
fight (the one he lost), and I fell in front of
them but they all came back to support me for my
first title, and they all saw what I had
accomplished and that I have grown bigger and
better from the man that I was in my third fight
to what I was in my title fight.
On his upcoming UBO World title fight:
It’s a wonderful feeling. I always had a dream of
winning a world title fight, but I never thought
that in my eighteenth professional fight that I
would be fighting for a world title right here at
home. I always imagined that it would be down the
road when I am 25, 26, 27 years old, fighting in a
different state in somebody else’s hometown having
to try to take the title from him.
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Boxncar Promotions presents “Friday Night Fury”,
Mason Menard vs. Joseph Laryea for the UBO World
Lightweight title. Tickets are $ 25,00 and are on
sale now at Cypress Bayou Casino -
www.cypressbayou.com
and Ticketmaster -
www.ticketmaster.com.
Must be 21 years old to attend! Show starts at
7.30 PM.
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