FORT WORTH, Tex. – Garry Jonas sat on a corner sectional inside an upscale downtown hotel lobby Friday morning, having wolfed down three double espresso shots to brace for the full 40 hours ahead of him.
Not only was his former 154lbs title fighter Erickson Lubin due on the scale for a weigh-in before the most important bout of his 30-year-old life, Jonas was presiding by cell phone over the happenings in Lakeland, Florida, where his boxing-savvy son, Daniel Rubin, was managing ProBoxTV’s 14-fighter event in Lakeland, Florida.
The decision to accompany Lubin from Florida throughout this week in Texas is deep, considering it was Lubin whom Jonas – the owner of ProBox and BoxingScene – first signed for former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson first now-defunct Iron Mike Productions one day after the fighter’s 18th birthday…