He stopped that. It was to much pressure early on in his career, he doesn't let on to that but everyone else around them do. Talked quite a bit about that very fact to him, Virgil Hunter his trainer, the Goosens and everyone agreed that the temporary break from TV and subsequent thumb injury was a blessing in discuse for Andre. The thumb injury kept him out of the ring for 7 months but never kept him out of the gym.

He's improved ten fold since, especially with his balance. I haven't seen him fall in with his right foot in 4 fights, something he did 10 times a round when he was starting out.

It was just a publicity issue. He had a lot of scheduling issues with Team Jordan and HBO, and it was tying him up. He's got that under control now and is making it back on TV on the Williams - Margarito undercard.

Plus, the fights in San Jose were on Thursdays which isn't really a prime slot for boxing. But the Goosens, say what you want about them, they are bringing him up right. They don't have any timetables right now and that's a good thing.