Chris Algieri, Future Medical Degree Aspirant, Seeks To Graduate From The School Of Hard Knocks On NBC Sports

By Tim Starks – Queensberry-Rules.com

Used to be, some of the people close to Chris Algieri (left) would playfully tell him to get the hell out of the sport of boxing, like top trainer Robert Garcia, or else ask when he was going to quit, like his family. After all, he didn’t have to box, not like all the hardscrabble cases that pepper the sport’s history who had no other way to make a living and who still are so common today: Algieri has a master’s degree and is preparing for a post-fight career as a doctor.

“The more we’ve been going and I’m getting more recognition,” said Algieri of his family, “they’re a little bit more behind me”.

That recognition is set to hit its peak Feb. 23, when Algieri debuts on NBC Sports’ Fight Night against fellow junior welterweight Jose Peralta. Given the program’s reputation for matching its fighters tough, Algieri on that night will probably need a lot of the quality that makes him stay in boxing when he could be doing something else with his head besides getting punched in it.

“I love the sport. I grew up watching it. I love to train. I love to fight,” Algieri said in an interview with TQBR over the weekend. “The feeling you have in the ring — pre-fight and after a fight — is second to none. I love the sport of boxing; it’s the best sport in the world, the level of training and competition and what you have to overcome in training and during a fight. I don’t have to fight. I want to.

“Even in training, I want to beat people all the time. I want to win every sprint. I want to lift more, punch more. I like to push myself”, he said. Continue Reading…

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