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Interview: Season One of
"The Contender" Cast Member Jimmy Lange |
By ROBERT
JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
If you
are a fan of the hit show "The
Contender," you will recognize Jimmy
Lange's name from the inaugural
cast.
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Lange
(26-3-1 18 KO's) a Great Falls, VA
native will be fighting in front of
his hometown crowd at George Mason
University this Saturday night
against Thomas Wilt (20-5 4 KO's).
Lange is coming off a loss to
another season one Contender cast
member, Joey Gilbert, but since
adding Buddy McGirt as his trainer,
he still hopes to make some noise in
the middleweight division before
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Robert Jones: You're fight is
just over 72 hours away. How are you
feeling?
Jimmy Lange: I feel great. I
had a great training camp. I have no
bumps and bruises. I'm just ready to
go; I wish it was tonight.
RJ: You'll be fighting in
your hometown in front of 10,000 of
your closest friends. Is that
inspirational or a distraction?
JL: Oh no, I think it's
definitely an inspiration. It's
great to be able to fight in front
of your fans. I have the most loyal
fans anybody could ask for. For them
to come and for me to give them what
they want to see is definitely an
inspiration.
RJ: What do you know about
your opponent Thomas Wilt?
JL: I know that he throws a
lot of punches. He's a very
high-action fighter. He comes to
fight. He's real tough. He's a tall
guy, so I'll have to get inside and
break down his body a little bit.
That's about it. I know there's
going to be a lot of action this
fight because we are both action
fighters.
RJ: How have you felt your
game improve since you've teamed up
with Buddy McGirt?
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JL: He's
taught me how to be
more of a
professional fighter
instead of going in
there and looking
for a knockout quick
and banging. He
taught me how to be
patient and how to
fight 10 rounds.
He taught me how to
go one round at a
time and putting a
whole fight together
instead of going in
there and throwing
the whole book away
right away.
RJ: What's it
like having your
dad, who is your
manager, working
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JL: The relationship
is very good. I think that
I'm very fortunate. I don't
necessarily believe in
father son relationships
when it comes to business
but, ironically, something
clicks with us and we get
along very good. I think he
does a great job at what he
does.
RJ: You were on the
first season of "The
Contender." What did you
think of this year's cast?
JL: I thought it was
fantastic. I thought that
they were able to eliminate
a lot of their mistakes from
the first year. I thought
that they truly did a great
job and it's a tribute to
the people out in LA.
RJ: I'll be there
representing FightNightNews
this Saturday. What can I
expect to see when it's time
for you to fight?
JL: You can
expect me to go in
there and do my job
and box like I can
box.
That means putting
my jab on him and
letting that set up
the rest of my
fight, using that to
get inside, work the
body, and break this
guy down.
RJ: If you
get by Wilt, do you
have any other
possible opponents
set up? |
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JL: I don't ever like
to look ahead. If there are
rumors I don't like to pay
attention to them because
I'm completely focused on
Wilt.
RJ: We hope you can
check out the interview on
FightNightNews. Is there
anything else you would like
to add?
JL: I would just like
to say that this is going to
be a terrific show. We've
got a great undercard and I
think everyone for coming
out and their continued
support.
RJ: I can't wait to
go. It's actually going to
be the first fight I'm
covering as the member of
the media. I'm looking
forward to it. I hope to
talk to you afterwards and
good luck.
JL: Come by and I
would absolutely talk to you
after the fight. Take care
now.
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