LOS ANGELES – Undefeated mild heavyweight prospect Darius “DFG” Fulghum (5-0, 5 KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday night time for his third combat in three months, again at house in Texas in a six-round bout in opposition to Jeremiah Curtright (2-1, 2 KOs) at AT & T Middle in San Antonio.
Fulghum vs. Curtright is on a loaded card, offered by Golden Boy Promotions, headlined by the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) World Welterweight title combat between Vergil Ortiz, Jr. and Eimantas Stanionis.
Fulghum, 26, needed to prepare throughout Houston’s oppressive warmth, in addition to cross on the standard July 4th weekend cookouts.
“Making weight has by no means been simpler for me,” Fulghum jokingly mentioned. “I’ll have some scorching canine and burgers after this combat. It’s the little sacrifices that repay in the long run. I’m used to this now. I’m an expert.
“For me, I’m excited to be combating so usually. It’s the dream of any younger fighter. I at all times keep on weight and in form to be in the fitting place. That is simply the beginning of my professional profession; I need to hold combating and enhancing. I’m so excited for my future. I’d wish to combat for a belt by the tip of subsequent yr and be a prime contender the next yr.”
Fulghum, who’s a promotional free agent, is thrilled to be combating once more in his native Texas. He lives and trains in Houston, however San Antonio is just three hours away.
“I really like combating at house once more,” Fulghum remarked. “I used to be born in Killeen, which is just one ½ hours from San Antonio, and I’ve individuals in Austin and San Antonio. I’m going to have good help there.”
In his most up-to-date combat this previous June 3rd, Fulghum offered out Galveston (TX) Island Conference Middle because the present’s headliner, stopping Symari Alexander within the sixth spherical.
A licensed nurse in Texas with a level from Prairie View A & M College, Fulghum was a embellished newbie boxer, ranked No. 1 within the USA as a heavyweight, regardless of combating as a lightweight heavyweight/tremendous middleweight as a professional. He additionally captured prime honors on the 2018 Nationwide Golden Gloves Event and 2020 U.S. Olympic Workforce Trials, all achieved as he attended school.
Fulghum is working with 3 Level Administration (3 PM), a rising firm based mostly in Los Angeles that has a rising steady of gifted boxers together with former world tremendous middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs), NABA tremendous flyweight champion John “Scrappy” Ramirez (12-0, 8 KOs), mild heavyweight Kareem Hackett (11-0, 5 KOs), tremendous middleweight Cem “Champ” Kilic (17-1, 11 KOs), and heavyweight Zach Spiller (3-0, 2 KOs).
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