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Ronald “The Motor City Cobra” Hearns has one of the most famous last names in the sport of boxing, racked up 13 KO’s in 16 victories against no losses and has fought all across the country in his brief three-and-a-half year career.
But he is still largely unknown.
However, with the dawn of 2008, many boxing fans may get to know the 6’3” junior middleweight in the opening fight of Showtime’s Championship Boxing broadcast headlined by IBF Light Welter Champion Paul Malignaggi’s defense against challenger Herman Ngoudjo on January 5.
SaddoBoxing confirmed the rumor that Hearns is interested in a fight with another undefeated son of a Hall of Fame fighter, Julio César Chávez, Jr.
“My promoter’s looking into that, so if they want to fight I don’t have no problem with that; whoever they put in front of me I’ll fight,” said Hearns.
But before that can happen and before the fight at the beginning of the year, Hearns faces James Buggs on November 29 as the main event at Prairie Meadows Track and Casino in Altoona, Iowa.
“Ronald is one of the most underrated prospects because he didn’t have an amateur career,” says Lou DiBella, CEO of DiBella Entertainment. “He’s an unbelievable athlete and had a great college basketball career. Obviously he has his father’s genes; he can punch. A fight with Chavez would be huge. It’s something that could happen.”
Fans at Madison Square Garden were given a rare treat when they witnessed Hearns knock out Robert Kamya on the undercard of the recent Jermain Taylor vs.Kelly Pavlik world middleweight title fight. This writer has only seen him fight twice, at The Palace of Auburn Hills, knocking out both his opponents in the first round.
HBO, wisely or unwisely depending on how you see it, chose not to cover the single round destruction of Kamya, opting instead to only show the latest welterweight sensation Andre Berto overcome David Estrada.
So the Motor City Cobra has had to languish behind the scenes a little longer, piling up a few more kayos in the meanwhile. But make no mistake, he is strong, he is fast. Shades of his father are apparent in his long snapping jab, his long, lanky arms, hunched shoulders and eyes a poker player would kill for.
Come next year, the reputation will be all his.
