Dwayne Lewis and Kandi Wyatt preview their respective Dekada Contender boxing bouts

On Bowks Talking Bouts #101, It was great having MMA veteran/ Boxing pro Dwayne Lewis and top ranked pugilist Kandi Wyatt on BTB prior to their respective fights set for Dekada Contender on September 8th. 

 

I spoke with Dwayne about taking on Anton Tokarchuk Sept 8th and how combat is his drug, differences between Boxing and MMA culture (2:14), getting to regularly put in work with Steve Claggett and the camaraderie of training with others in combat (3:49), wanting redemption after losing his last pro Boxing bout to Lee Mein (6:09), overcoming an enormous hematoma and a broken jaw in separate fights as well as the mindset that it takes to push through those things (8:45), wanting to solely pursue Boxing going forward and how a brutal back injury is preventing an MMA return for Dwayne (10:24), Dwayne's openness to train to any genre music-wise (13:19), and more.

 

Kandi came on the show at (15:03) and we covered a few topics as well. We discussed who Kandi has been putting in the work with ahead of this fight,  the benefit of training with Amateur fighters and the invaluable experience of taking part in that amateur circuit before turning Pro (15:56), being part of Western Canada's Boxing rise and the contingent of pugilists raising their profile in Calgary nowadays (17:25), the developments in Kandi's mental game after being in the co-main event for her last Dekada bout (18:34), Kandi's thoughts on being so close to getting a title bout in the future (19:52), being lined up with Guadalupe Lincer Ortiz on Sept 8th and her preparations for her specific opponent (20:58), whether or not this current era we're in is a banner era for Women's Boxing (22:05), "Country" training to the Rocky Theme song everyday and being open to people playing whatever genres during training (23:09), and even more!