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Boxing is filled with examples
of boxers who started their
careers off well, but then
everything unravelled once they
lost for the first time.
30-year-old Frenchman Mickael
Lacombe could easily have become
one of these examples, but
instead he is now set to fight
for his first professional
championship.
Lacombe won his first two paid
bouts in 2011, but then lost for
the first time in January of
2012. He rebounded with two more
victories, before everything
went downhill fast for him. A
No-Decision fight was followed
by four straight defeats, and
his future in the ring looked
very bleak when he was knocked
out in the first round by Morgan
Ndong Zue.
Most boxers with ambitions of
being more than just an opponent
for the sports prospects, would
have looked for another career.
But Lacombe refused to give up,
and between April 2014 and April
2016 he put together a string of
five victories to take his
record to 9-5 (4).
On Saturday, March 18, he will
headline a show in his home-town
Montceau, fighting for the
vacant World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Eurasia Welterweight title
against Georgian Anzor
Gamgebeli, who, with four
previous title fights, is far
more experienced and brings a
32-18-3 (16) record.
Should Lacombe be victorious, he
will be living proof that its
not a question of how bad you
start, but rather a question of
how well you finish. Not that
winning the WBF Eurasia title
will be the end of him, as it
could easily lead to even bigger
opportunities.
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