By Jeff Zimmerman
WBA #13 ranked lightweight Chann Thonson (13-0, 9 KOs) out of Quebec, Canada continues his journey up the ranks when he faces tough veteran Aelio Mesquita (21-8-1, 19 KOs) hailing out of Sao Paulo, Brazil Friday night at the Georgia International Convention Center. Thonson shared his journey to boxing along with his twin brother Trevor also on the card, the ups and downs to start his career and his big win against fellow, rising prospect Tyler Tomlin earlier this year on Showtime. He also had high praise for Tank Davis and much more in this exclusive interview for Fightnews.com®.
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That’s the longest I ever listened to one of these interviews. The kid is pretty interesting. I knew I detected a caribean accent! apparently he has a Jamaican background, grew up in the Montreal area, which is fecund with boxing talent. His record is incorrectly stated as 13-0 at top of the article. First thing mentioned in the interview is that he’s 12-0. He sounds very down to earth and seems to have a grip on life and boxing. I wish him luck. I think it’s kinda strange he would be ranked #13 by the WBA despite never having a fight scheduled beyond 8 rounds, but then again, we’re talking about an organisation that crowned David Morrell world champion after his 4th fight.