Guzmán: "When I sink, everyone jumped ship and left me alone"

"Made many mistakes and he failed three times to my country, my fans, come now, with a vision changed because I am a new man;" "I apologize for the past and I promise all my people and country that I will not fail you because I understand that at the moment still Dominicans needed a boxer like me".

After a year without offering any statements to the press about their personal calamities and the decline of his career, the former double world champion Joan Guzman confessed to drafters of sport and pledged during a special interview with LISTÍN DIARIO "resurrect" and put back on the cusp of international boxing.

He spoke of his past, his great personal failures and difficult times in the ring, but he is still unbeaten for 15 years of racing in the field professional.

Her career and her personal life crashed against a wall when his mother died to u000awho says devoted all his efforts while in his final bed.

Narrates his worst bouts
"is I came over many negative things at the same time, I wanted to and knew that he could defeat (Nate) Campbell, but there was the death of my mother;" I was not thinking about boxing or in anything, every month it spent more than three thousand dollars in medications for my mother, my mind went all making.

"This day in Mississippi (September 13, 2008) I made a great effort, tried to make the weight and vomited the sangre… is not so to speak, I was so eager to get off that I deshidraté to a point that I vomited my own blood and passed out;" then came the first fight with (Ali) Funeka was not well because it was still stuck with what had happened before Campbell, I managed the weight, but my mind was on other side and gave me all the hits I ever received in my career, the African left me the face with his head and with u000ablows, what most saw was blood and I myself thought that had been lost.

Was tie the final. "Gave me hard in Canada had to operate part of the face and nose, broke me stuff there - notes with the index the arches of the eyebrows and nose-was the worst match that has been made and people began to lose confidence in me and say things, the press attacking me ruthlessly, here and there, since many of those who were on my side began to move away from", reveals.

Although he never shied no rival, Guzmán thought it must seek another path that will take you to his third world Crown and not that in the end would find again a man of 6 feet and 1 inch waiting for you, Mr Funeka, is it one of the young men of the Division.

"The worst thing about this story is that Joan Jr., 4 years, my youngest son said to me: Daddy, when are you going to fight with the big guy again?, replied: do with whom my son?" With the length as you u000aHe gave much. Do you want to I me faje with him again?, Yes, Yes!.

"As if a decree of my son, unique job offer we got was the rematch against Funeka and her accepted to accommodate Joan Junior;" course, I wrote saw videos, already knew where I failed, where he committed his mistakes and did my plan of battle.

Only thing was that the coach told me that I not concerned with the weight, he had a sauna that lower up to 10 pounds per day, but the apparatus brought him England and did not work well with the electricity of Las Vegas and then I got same problem and I did the weight again, I ended up with Funeka", but not won the Crown".

Recalls that "Bittersweet" fight of March 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, which was not crowned by present with 9 lb sobre the border, also of fines and payment by overweight lowered you your bag a little $75,000 more than 200 thousand $.

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Another u000aFATAL moment:
DOPING and suspension
athletic and personal hardships of Joan did not stop to change giant rivals for the metabolic problem of your body, not allowing him lower.

Without support from its promoters and Gringo TV "fleeing him as the devil to the cross", found a chance to claim reappearing with a mediocre called opponent Jason Davis (11-7-1), junior welterweight, he returned to capsize in weight, but as it was not a clash of importance allowed upload overweight. He took a diuretic to downgrade, but although he knocked in two rounds to David, something that did for six years; but he had bitten the bait new time, gave positive for a banned substance: Furosemide.

The victory before Jason Davis him was overturned his record and the Nevada Commission suspended during 8 months and 3 thousand dollars fine.

"After the suspension I fell into a terrible depression, had to put me" u000ain the hands of psychologists, I needed therapies, I thought about leaving forever boxing, sell something of what I have in Santo Domingo, opening a gym first and live eso… boat sank and all jumped, they left me alone, my family and very few of my friends called me, nobody wanted to approaching me, and I got almost 200 poundsI pese 187 and many said that no back more!; but my daughter Mary, your know that it's a special girl, after the suspension to give positive was the only one that told me to return.

"My manager gave thanks for being my friend, I removed them and I started to train chamaquitos;" My wife and my dad told me to give me a chance, I went to the psychologist and I got in touch with the naturist Ramón Rosario, here, in two months rebajé 45 lbs.

There I realized that it could return and told Maria that Yes, she climbs into the ring always with my strip, my weakness, she put me to use braids, clothes rarely.

"I did a" u000acolon cleansing, learned to feed me, my wife cooking me. I learned a lot with the illness of my mom and my depression all ran and left me alone; "now I'm back".

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data
nombre: Joan Guzmán Amaro
age: 35
record: 31-0-1, 18 KOs.
He has 15 years married
wife: Angélica de Guzmán
children: Maria (12), Michael (8) and Joan Jr. (5)
hermano: Joselito, Maricruz, Luis
like to eat at home in the law firms.

Study: is finishing high school in the us.Goal: Make nutrition degree

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