My guest today is Derrick James, Derrick has been named the Trainer of the Year by the World Boxing Association (WBA) for his great performance in 2020. The American trainer had an excellent year with top fighters such as world super welter weight Jermell Charloand World welterweightErrol Spence JR., thus earning the award.
Derrick has been an inspiring man who has helped great fighters recover from bad times. In the case of Charlo, the Texas native knocked out Jeison Rosario in a dramatic and spectacular way with a jab to the mid zone on September 26th. This is how he won the WBA, IBF and WBC 154-pound belts.
He also helped Spence Jr. to return after a car accident in October 2019. The New York Welterweight defeated Danny Garcia and is the unified champion at 147 pounds. Derrick is the only trainer today with two unified champions on his team.
40+ years of boxing experience; more than 15 years of coaching experience
2020 Sports Illustrated Trainer Of The Year
2020 WBA Trainer Of The Year
2020 WBC Trainer Of The Year
2020 Trill Trainer Of The Year
2019 Trill Trainer Of The Year
Named 2017 Trainer of the Year by The Ring magazine
Two-time WBC Champion Challenger
Former North American Title Challenger
Texas Super Middle and Light Weight Champion
Competed for Olympic trials
Fourth in World Championship in 1989
Two-time winner of Texas State Golden Gloves
Recorded fastest KO in American International Boxing history
Bronze Medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival
Trained with Olympic Medalists & World Champions