Alfredo Angulo Talks Comeback!
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]e hails out of Baja California, Mexico and is now fighting out of Los Angeles, California. We obviously know him for his exciting style, his devastating punching power, his relentlessness inside that squared circle.
He’s making his first appearance since having that fight of the year war against James Kirkland in 2011. He has been away for a while and he is now back, back with a vengeance, facing Raul Casarez. A fighter who is coming an 11 fight unbeaten streak. His last fight took place in March beating JC Candelo.
He has a record of 20-2 with 17 knockouts, Alfredo Angulo.
Alfredo Angulo: How are you, everybody? Thank you so much for the call. I appreciate it.
Alfredo, obviously you’ve been out of the ring for a long time. Can you talk about your hunger to get back in the ring after having that disappointing loss?
Angulo: I’m really, really hungry, more excited to get back to L.A. and fight at Staples Center. I’m more hungry and I am ready for November 10.
Who are you training with and who is your trainer? And also how is it getting the rust off from having not been in the ring? How long have you been training and how is the rust coming off?
Angulo: Yes, everything is good. I’m working with Darryl Hudson, my conditioning coach and two weeks after we were working very hard. I’ve been training for two and a half months.
What do you know about your opponent?
Angulo: I really don’t know too much about my opponent but I do know he’s good. I know he’s been on an 11-fight win streak and it doesn’t matter what he does, if he’s going to run or if he’s going to stand and fight, it doesn’t really matter to me. I’m focused and I can fight any way. I’m concentrating on making a good fight.
You’ve gone through a difficult time, being detained and all that. Do you think that this a very tough opponent that you’re fighting?
Angulo: Yes, I did go through a very difficult period, but I’ve proven to myself and I’ve proven to everybody that I’m ready for anything. I know that Casarez is a very good fighter. I’ve never asked for easy opponents. So if anything, I’m going to be ready and I’m going to give the fans what they deserve.
While you were detained did you have any idea when you would be getting out or were you hopeless during that situation and then what were you going through while you were detained in the immigration situation?
Angulo: I had no idea. I had no idea when I was going to get out. I was told it was going to be a short time and obviously that didn’t happen. So I just kept focusing on staying strong, just to get out of there.
I kept thinking about my daughter, which is very important to me. And also I kept thinking about helping other detainees, that were in the same situation as I was, get out and making a difference in helping them out. And obviously the last thing was being able to get back in the ring and fighting in the United States again.
Alfredo, were you able to stay in any kind of condition while you were there? Were you allowed to workout or was it just a matter of you couldn’t really do anything and so when you did finally come out you kind of had to start scratch to get yourself into boxing shape?
Angulo: No, the reality is they didn’t let me train in there. A simple thing like having tennis shoes, it took me two months. They didn’t allow me to use or have tennis shoes for two months. The rules stipulate that it’s a three-day process, but for some reason it took me two months to get tennis shoes. The only thing I ever did to stay physically fit and in shape was play handball and I did that every day for two hours a day.
With other people or by yourself?
Angulo: Yeah, no, it was team play, two on two or four.
How long were you actually in this detention center? How many months or how many weeks? How long was it from the time that you were put there ’til the time they let you out?
Angulo: Seven months.
And is everything with your immigration situation now handled? You are able to legally be in America? You are able to fight in America? Are you able to go back and forth to Mexico and see your family and friends and it’s all taken care of or are there still other issues that are overshadowing this whole situation?
Angulo: I’m here legally. Everything is fine. The process is behind me. All I have to do now is just think about the future and move forward.
Alfredo, how’s training camp coming along so far?
Angulo: Honestly, it’s going very, very good, very good with the addition of Virgil Hunter. I’m working very, very good with him. He’s doing a great job, my fitness-conditioning trainer. I think that people are going to see the difference in me. They’re going to see that I have a great team behind me now and I’ve got so much more to give and that’s what was lacking before. So I’m very excited and it’s going to be very good.
All right, with the addition of Virgil Hunter have you made any changes in your arsenal going into this fight?
Angulo: Basically, it’s the same style, the thing that Virgil has done is he’s added to my style. He’s enhanced it. He’s picked up on things that I already knew about but I forget through time, through different fights. So he’s picked up on some of the things that I wasn’t doing and he’s incorporated that through repetition and training.
So it’s the same style and nothing really has changed, but I’m ready for the fight. I’m ready. How am I ready? I’m sure everybody’s going to be able to tell because just alone with the weigh in you can a fighter’s ready or not and when you guys see me at the weigh in you’ll know that I’m ready.
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Okay. And nNot to look ahead, Alfredo, but do you see yourself fighting a rematch with James Kirkland in the future?
Angulo:
Yes, no problem, no problem whatsoever. If the fight presents itself in the future, no problem, I’ll do it. I think that I owe it to my fans to come and see that fight and see the rematch. So I’ll do the rematch. I don’t have any problem fighting anybody, whoever it is.