Considered one of tremendous light-weight’s darkish horses may lastly get his profession again in gear, as Golden Boy Promotions introduced at this time that they’d signed WBA no. 1 Kenneth Sims Jr forward of a deliberate summer season return.
“I’m excited to turn into a member of the Golden Boy household,” stated Kenneth Sims Jr. “Thanks to Oscar De La Hoya, Eric Gomez and the whole Golden Boy staff for making this deal occur and giving me the chance to showcase my expertise to the world. My staff and I do know that with the Golden Boy staff backing me, I’ll undoubtedly turn into a world champion.”
Sims (20-2-1, 7 KO), a former standout newbie, hit an early skilled roadblock when a 1-2-1 skid noticed him draw with Montana Love amid choice losses to Rolando Chinea and Samuel Teah. After greater than two years of rebuilding, he all of the sudden burst again into prominence with a well-aging upset of Elvis Rodriguez in 2021. He went on to attain one other noteworthy upset by narrowly overpowering harmful vet Batyr Akhmedov in final Could’s WBA eliminator, however hasn’t seen motion since.
Even together with his new associate, he could have to attend even longer earlier than he will get his title shot. Champ Isaac Cruz is already set to return in August towards Jose Valenzuela and interim Ismael Barroso is presumably nonetheless owed one other shot after his debacle with Rolando Romero. That stated, Sims should not have any scarcity of strong opponents because of DAZN’s more and more sturdy roster at 140.
