BOXING: GIEZWA HOBBS PRIMED FOR FIRST HOMETOWN MAIN EVENT

26 year-old Giezwa Pierre Hobbs headlines his first hometown boxing show as a professional this Thursday night in Maplewood, MN. It is a moment the Minnesota born Hobbs has pictured in his head for years. A long training camp is wrapped up and weigh-ins are now only hours away. “Gizzy” says fight night can’t come soon enough.

“This show is my first main event back home” said Hobbs. “It is going to be a great event with a lot of fun and action. I am very excited to perform at the highest level, like I always do. You do not want to miss it.”

Hobbs was busy in 2018, earning three wins which brought his record to where it stands at 4-0. He was

Giezwa Hobbs

featured at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, California last November and picked up a decision win over Mexico’s Daniel Bastien. The experience of fighting out of Minnesota was a valuable one for Hobbs.

“It was a good fight in California” said Hobbs looking back. “I have been training and making sure all of my business is right leading into the next fight. I took some time off to get all of my business together and continue to build myself mentally and physically. I was in California training with Buddy Mcgirt and was going to fight on March 31st but my opponent had blood on his brain. Since then, I have still been training. I am always in shape and watch my diet. Rebranding myself all the way around which a lot of fighters and people do not try to do.”

Hobbs’ home away from home and where he grinds away during training camp is Sir Cerresso Fort’s Boxing and Fitness in Saint Paul. SIR Boxing officially opened it’s doors four years ago and has quickly become a place where kids go to learn while also being the spot where some of Minnesota’s top professionals train at. Hobbs says former boxer Cerresso Fort has been there for him both in and out of the ring.

“Coach Sir is a man that when I went through my hard times he was right there and said: “Stay Focus Champ”. My coach always has my back. No matter what I go through, my coach has always been there for me. I learned a lot from him. Coach Sir was the one six years ago that called me up and asked me why I wasn’t in the gym. I told him I was working at the time. He told me that I had talent, and would commit to me if I can be at the gym at 8pm after work. I said okay and since then, I have been on the road. The gym is a place where you can go to get a real workout in until 8 PM at night. Boxing fitness, competition, great people. We have a family orientated gym and that’s to love.”

Opposite Hobbs in Thursday’s main event will be Indiana southpaw DeWayne Wisdom (7-48-2). (See Wisdom’s record HERE.) Wisdom was a good amateur and despite the number of losses as a pro, was only defeated once by a boxer with a losing record (Hector Orozco by decision in 2012). We say it every time Wisdom fights; he is much trickier than his record would suggest. He has surprised some good prospects and many of the decisions that didn’t go his way, should have. Hobbs knows this and says that he is prepared to face the best Wisdom has to offer.

“I will be 5-0 on Thursday night. A while ago, he said he could beat me. Thursday he will loose and then I am on to the next one. He is tough and a southpaw but I have faced three southpaw fighters already. This win will be a special win just because some fighters have a mouth they can’t cash. Thursday you will see me put on a great show.”

“You do not want to miss my first main event fight, it is going to be packed and a lot of people will be there. Sharp, fast, strong, and lighting I will be. I am excited for this moment and would like to thank Tony G Presents for the realness and opportunities he provides for us fighters. At only 4-0, I have been around the naysayers and the fast talking ones of this sport. Tony is a guy that will help build you right. One more thing. To all of the fighters out there that have lost their life R.I.P and R.I.P Sweet Pea.”

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