Raul Curiel (12-0, 10 KO’s) had a powerful outing towards Brad Solomon on Saturday night time. The previous Mexican Olympian knocked out his most skilled opponent but with a brutal uppercut that ended the match within the second spherical. The battle was streamed on DAZN.
Curiel is educated by the Corridor of Fame coach Freddie Roach.
The 27-year-old Tampico, Tamaulipas native hadn’t fought for a yr, however indicators of rust have been nonexistent.
“I felt good in there. I’m hungry for extra exercise in 2023. I would like as many fights potential,” Curiel stated. “2023 will probably be my break-out yr. I have to battle increased stage fighters with a view to get to a different stage and I’m prepared for it.”
“From the primary time I put my gloves on I knew this was going to be my job,” he remembers. “And now that’s what I do and I like it as a result of it’s what makes me joyful. And that’s why I’m so captivated with it.
“What can I say? I’m coaching with a legend in Freddie Roach and that provides me supreme confidence. It makes me assured that I can deliver the followers the fights they need and the victory for me,”
Roach thinks very extremely of Curiel.
“He’s a heck of a mix puncher. He’s very match. He methods reveals up in form. Everytime you put him in to do sparring he does very properly. He lets his palms go and he appears to be like nice in there. I believe he’s evolving fairly properly and he’s able to step up the extent of competitors.”
Though he considers himself a boxer/puncher, Curiel at all times hunts for the knockout.
“If you knockout your opponent, you permit no doubts. Nobody can say something. So I at all times search for the knockout. It’s additionally extra thrilling for the followers and I at all times need to placed on a present,” Curiel stated.
He has properly outlined objectives. “I’ve this deep should be a world champion. I need to be a world champion for my state of Tamaulipas, for my nation Mexico and for my household. I need to make individuals happy with me. I’ll be placing in all the required work,” he says. “God keen I’ll be a world champion and a fan favourite.”