Derrick Lewis’ former world champion boxer teammate believes he has trained harder than ever for Sunday night’s fight on the White House.
The large punching former world title contender faces off with controversial ex-NFL star Josh Hokit in a bout specifically requested by President Donald Trump himself. And Austin Trout, who’s fighting in his own America 250 Celebration on July 3 in Philadelphia for BKFC, has been training alongside him.
Lewis is thought for having devastating punching power, but sometimes struggling to maintain the pace for 3 rounds. Nevertheless, Trout says he’s in the form of his life and might even show visible abs when he steps on the scales for weigh-ins today.
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Austin Trout hails ‘skinny’ Derrick Lewis ahead of UFC Freedom 250
While Austin Trout has been preparing to face Ben Bonner on July 3 at Xfinity Live in Philadelphia, Derrick Lewis has been at the identical gym preparing for UFC Freedom 250. And the previous boxing world champion has been very impressed along with his teammate’s efforts.
“He’s been training crazy,” Trout told Bloody Elbow in an exclusive chat. “Shout out to Hollywood Hernandez who’s my strength and conditioning coach and likewise Derrick Lewis’ coach. They’ve been working.
“Derrick looks skinny immediately, I believe buddy even got a six pack… Derrick may be very motivated for this fight.”
Trout has been attempting to persuade Lewis to maneuver into bare-knuckle boxing once his time within the UFC is up. Nevertheless, the hard-hitting heavyweight is just not interested, telling the previous boxing champion “You’ve got a mental disorder doing that.”
“I’m like ‘what?’” Trout continued. “You do MMA, that’s bare knee, bare foot, bare elbow, barely anything in your feet and your fist. These 4 ounce gloves ain’t really protecting s—, it’s different.”