Steven Galeano Looks To Continue His Rise With Victory Over Marquis Hawthorne

By: Sean Crose

There’ll be a combat card this Friday on the 2300 Enviornment in Philadelphia. New York’s Steven Galeano can be on the cardboard, placing his undefeated document on the road in opposition to Marquis Hawthorne in a scheduled six rounder within the welterweight division. Galeano, whose document stands at 7-0, is creating a status as a knockout artist, for under one of many 22-year previous’s fights have gone the space. Educated by the revered Jose Guzman, Galeano clearly needs to maintain impressing. First, nevertheless, he’ll should get previous Hawthorne.

“My opponent is extraordinarily skilled and sturdy,” Galeano says. “He isn’t stopped regularly and has been in with one undefeated prospect after one other. He has upset many upcoming prospects and is named a veteran spoiler at 140 and 147 kilos. He even has two regional belts at 147 kilos in fights he got here in because the underdog.”

Galeano, although, is nothing if not decided to rise by way of the ranks of the game. Actually, he lately helped the one and solely Vasyl Lomachenko because the Ukrainian ready to face Masayoshi Nakatani. Galeano’s personal final combat was a 3rd spherical knockout over Hugo Padilla this previous April. “I wish to combat two extra fights (this 12 months)!” he says of his future after the Hawthorne combat on Friday. “I imagine two fights can be good as I steadily improve my degree of competitors.” Galeano additionally needs to extend the scheduled rounds of his fights. “I sit up for doubtlessly transferring as much as eight rounds this 12 months, as properly,” he tells me, “a purpose I imagine is greater than potential.”

Galeano is nothing if not an attention-grabbing examine. The Metropolis Faculty of New York grad (he studied Public Relations and Journalism) is hard as nails within the ring, however is a simple man to talk with. He’s additionally a superb author – as readers of Boxing Insider, who Galeano writes for, can inform. But Galeano is so keen about boxing, one would possibly suppose it’s in his DNA. “I’ve been boxing on and off since I used to be about eight years previous,” he’s mentioned. “Round 13 years previous, I started to take the game significantly. That’s once I actually started preventing at a livid tempo.” The person is definitely persevering with to take the game significantly, preventing regularly and maintaining a sensible eye on issues.

“You get blinded and
suppose you’re going to knock everyone out,” he as soon as mentioned to me of latest fighters with
energy. “Not everybody goes to go down. You’re going to should earn it.”
If the chance arises this Friday evening, nevertheless, followers could be assured, Galeano
can be trying to place one other knockout win on his resume.