Kid Belt

"If I do that then that announces that I am not just a guy who has flirted with boxing but that I have an achievement that is legit. That is all I want to do. Even as a kid, about 25 years ago, I used to dream of getting a boxing belt like my old man…

"Boxing in Vegas is always exciting," Groves said. "I boxed out there as an amateur and a professional - always successfully. Plus this time obviously [there is] a substantial belt on the line. So I'm extremely excited. When you're a kid you dream…

That's usually not a big deal, unless you are walking to a boxing ring inside the Barclays Center, trying to reclaim your championship belt. Quillin, who has affixed the ?Kid Chocolate'' moniker in honor of former Cuban boxing great and Hall of Famer…

My old man was a boxing fan! As a kid, and when he knew I had fought with other kids, he punished me by hitting me with his belt and then ? he asked me who had won ? me or the other kids!? That's how I was educated. I really thank my greatest idol: my…