"If it would be up to me, I'll fight anybody...I feel like we got it all around. We got the skills and the game. We sharp, fast, we got the defense, we got the inside game and the outside game. I just feel like we got it all, man, and I'm just so ready to show everybody," stated rising middleweight Morgan Fitch, who talked about his latest win, his future plans, and more. Check it out!
PC: You are coming off of a 3rd round knockout win a few months back. How do you feel about that performance?
MF: I felt good, man. I really did, you know what I mean. The fight was good. My opponent came to fight; I just brought my A-game. To be honest with you, we got him out of there earlier than we thought we would get him out of there. He had only been stopped one time. I don't ever go in there saying I'm going to knock a dude out. I go in there prepared for the long haul and if the knockout happens, it happens, and shit, it happened earlier than I thought it would. It happened in the 3rd round. We got his ass out of there.
PC: You are now back in the gym, but you had to come back down to Louisiana for a few tragic situations. A lot going on right now; I'm sure it was tough to head back north.
MF: It's just life, man, you know what I mean. I gotta keep it moving. I know my family is good and as long as I know that, then I can be alright and my mind can be at ease. It is kind of hard because we are far away from home. My wife's family is down there, which is my family; my in-laws. She has a big family. But so far, everybody is still on this side of the grass, so the only thing I can do is just try and stay positive and keep it moving and try to stay busy every day.
PC: You don't have a fight date, but you felt it was time to get back in the gym. Are you just doing some light shaking out or are you training as if your phone can ring any minute?
MF: Both! I sparred the other day; shit, I felt good. Coach said that's the best he's ever seen me look and I've been off for a lil' minute because of all of the stuff that was happening, but I still feel good though. I really don't want to take off that much because my phone could ring at any time, so I know I gotta be a step ahead of the game. I don't just want to wait for a date and then start training. I want to train now. I might not be training like I'm in full throttle training camp, but we training every day. We just keeping all of the tools sharp, man.
PC: Is there anybody in particular or is it still they put them in front of you and you will take them out?
MF: That's it! If it would be up to me, I'll fight anybody, but whenever they say, "This is your date and this is who you're fighting," then that's when I'm fighting. But hopefully we got some good things coming up. I can't really talk about it too much, but hopefully they got some things looking good in the near future for ya boy. That's just taking a little bit of time right now, but if that strikes, we going to be on board; we going to be on deck.
PC: We are having some welterweights coming up to middleweight to fight some top dogs. What's your take on that?
MF: To me, it don't make no sense, but I mean, if the money is right for them, then the money is right for them. I think Khan and Brook are kind of big for welterweight. Khan is tall and Brook is big. Honestly, as far as Kell Brook goes, I really don't know too much about the dude. Money talks, dog, and if that money good, I would move up to cruiserweight (laughing). That's them and their careers and you never know, he might be able to pull an upset.
PC: It sounds like to me that your focus is on Morgan Fitch only.
MF: That's it, dog! I can't even lie. You just hit the nail on the head. Everybody asking me about another guy I boxed around here and what I think about him; I'm getting up in age. I'm not old, but I know to the boxing world, whenever I hit this national television and they see that I'm 33, they are going to think I'm old. I still feel good, but I'm not no spring chicken right now. And with me being 17-0, right now, I gotta get it in my life. If I was 23 or 25, it would be different. But right now, I gotta focus on me, man, because I'm not even where I want to be yet. All I got is a record behind my name, you know what I mean. Until I get to where I need to be, all it's going to be about is Morgan Fitch. If they say you fight this guy, alright then, I'm going to fight this guy. If I get a TV date and you're fighting this guy who is undefeated, alright then, put me in there so I can show the world what I'm about, man. I didn't start this until I was 17 or 18. I had 60 amateur fights and it's all about game though, man. It's about skills and game, like I was telling you in the last interview. It's about what you can do; it's not just about fighting. I feel like we got it all around. We got the skills and the game. We sharp, fast, we got the defense, we got the inside game and the outside game. I just feel like we got it all, man, and I'm just so ready to show everybody.
PC: How soon are you hoping to be back in there or would like to be back in there?
MF: I'm down whenever. If it's an opportunity to further my position in the boxing game, then I'm down. If it's to better my position, I'll get in there now. I'm already on weight. We ready to go.
PC: I wish you the best of luck. Keep me posted on everything and we will talk soon. Is there anything else you want to add?
MF: Nah man, thank you for having me on here again big dog and keeping in touch with me.
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