Tyson Pedro has been fighting all of his life. And now the UFC star believes he can go all the way to the top after making the switch to boxing.
“I came out, I wasn’t crying, I had a scar on my head and my fists up on my chin,” Pedro said. “That’s where I got ‘Tyson’ from. Ever since I was a kid I knew I was going to be fighting.”
Having started martial arts at four years of age, Pedro soon earned black belts in three disciplines. By his early teens, he decided school wasn’t for him and that his sole focus should be on pugilism. Dad, a fighter of some renown, wasn’t convinced. So he made the youngster step into the ring to test his mettle. The school of hard knocks.
Uncaged, a pay-per-view boxing event to be broadcast live and exclusive on Stan on Wednesday, June 12. It was some return, a first-round knockout of Ike Villanueva. But it almost didn’t happen. Retirement became a serious consideration as the constant setbacks triggered a nervous breakdown.
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