12-12-2015, 10:45 AM
Kevin Barry high on WBO #15 Izuagbe Ugonoh
Photo: Dave Cameron
Photo: Dave Cameron
By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Trainer Kevin Barry has been doing a great job with heavyweight contender Joseph Parker, but Barry also high on another heavyweight: WBO #15 heavyweight Izuagbe Ugonoh (15-0, 12 KOs) who stopped Mexico’s Vicente Sanchez (15-5, 10 KO’s) in one round of a scheduled ten round bout at Hamilton, New Zealand last Saturday. Ugonoh, 6’5, was born in Szczecin, Poland in 1986 and is now based in Las Vegas, living with Barry and Parker.
“Izu is a tremendous talent,” said Barry. “A former world kickboxing champion. I first met him in Las Vegas when he came to spar with Joseph Parker. He was training with different trainers and not getting any fights – he had no direction. He came to see me – I had a very good thing going with Joseph – I wanted to be careful that if I was going to bring someone into our training camp and into my house that they had to have the right chemistry and be the right person. Things have worked out incredibly well. Izu had his first fight for me in October of 2014 and has had six fights in New Zealand and now rated WBO #15. He is a very gifted athlete with very long arms. I’m excited about Izu and attribute much of the rise and success of Joseph Parker to the day to day training with Izu.”
Photo: Dave Cameron
Photo: Dave Cameron
By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Trainer Kevin Barry has been doing a great job with heavyweight contender Joseph Parker, but Barry also high on another heavyweight: WBO #15 heavyweight Izuagbe Ugonoh (15-0, 12 KOs) who stopped Mexico’s Vicente Sanchez (15-5, 10 KO’s) in one round of a scheduled ten round bout at Hamilton, New Zealand last Saturday. Ugonoh, 6’5, was born in Szczecin, Poland in 1986 and is now based in Las Vegas, living with Barry and Parker.
“Izu is a tremendous talent,” said Barry. “A former world kickboxing champion. I first met him in Las Vegas when he came to spar with Joseph Parker. He was training with different trainers and not getting any fights – he had no direction. He came to see me – I had a very good thing going with Joseph – I wanted to be careful that if I was going to bring someone into our training camp and into my house that they had to have the right chemistry and be the right person. Things have worked out incredibly well. Izu had his first fight for me in October of 2014 and has had six fights in New Zealand and now rated WBO #15. He is a very gifted athlete with very long arms. I’m excited about Izu and attribute much of the rise and success of Joseph Parker to the day to day training with Izu.”