Boxing usually supplies a approach out for people who find themselves in tough circumstances. For some, it started as a approach to keep out of bother.
For Gian Garrido, who’ll be battling Edward Ulloa Diaz in a six-rounder on August 10 at Sony Hall, boxing has given him a whole lot of the instruments crucial to hold on with all components of his life.
Calling himself a “chubby, overweight kid,” Garrido says he first entered a boxing health club at age 17, and nearly from that second ahead, every little thing modified for him.
“Boxing gave me the discipline, not only inside the ring but outside,” he says.
Numerous fighters have been impressed by watching famend professionals in the ring. For Garrido, that exemplar was Floyd Mayweather Jr., the legendary multiple-division champion. But Garrido competed in the 178-pound division in the amateurs.
Garrido made his professional debut in the Dominican Republic in April 2021 with a first-round stoppage of Javier Mora Fortuna. He received his first three fights by one-round KO; he obtained a take a look at in September 2022 as he took on undefeated (5-0) Israel Goldman, and he received a six-round break up resolution.
Garrido, who lives in Flushing, Queens, is well-traveled, having fought 3 times in the D.R., together with Philadelphia, New Jersey, Cleveland, Colombia, and Greenville, SC. This shall be the first time he’s fought in New York City.
In his final bout, taking place on April 14, Garrido received a four-round resolution over Pablo Jesus Rojas at the 2300 Arena in Philly. That introduced the 25-year-old’s document to 10-0 (with seven KOs).
What’s fascinating about Garrido’s profession is that he has constantly come down in weight from the starting. For his professional debut he got here in at 175 kilos, however then he moved down into the tremendous middleweight class, and for his final outing, he was a trim and prepared 161-3/4. So it may be argued that he’s in his greatest form as knowledgeable. And at 5’11”, he can do a simpler job of using his top and attain in an method that incorporates a potent left hook.
Garrido can be devoted to imparting a few of the knowledge he’s picked up by boxing to others who both need to aspire to compete or simply need to dwell a more healthy way of life. In that approach he isn’t a lot totally different from a whole lot of the folks we’ve seen preventing at Sony Hall over the previous 12 months.
He is a coach at the Bout Fight Club in Manhattan, which is co-owned by Brian Ceballo, the star NYC beginner and present junior middleweight contender who has fought on two of the Boxing Insider exhibits.
And little doubt he preaches that the bodily a part of the recreation is just a part of it.
“Mentally, this is the most difficult thing I’ve ever encountered,” says Garrido. Indeed, psychological energy shall be his biggest ally as he enters the ring in Times Square on August 10.
