Everything is going well; as well as expected. I'm just keeping my man [Sharif Bogere] on track. We getting ready for a world title, so we just getting ready...We getting better and better and we been working at it and working pretty steady at it, and that's the key and he's getting better each and every time...hey talking about 10 November or 17 November for the WBA title," stated world-class trainer Kenny Adama, who gave an update on the next fight for undefeated lightweight Sharif Bogere. Check out what else Adams had to say about Edwin Valero, US Olympic boxing, and much more.

PC: How is everything going Kenny?

KA: Everything is going well; as well as expected. I'm just keeping my man [Sharif Bogere] on track. We getting ready for a world title, so we just getting ready.

PC: He looked real good in his last fight. What did you think of his performance?

KA: He did real good. We getting better and better and we been working at it and working pretty steady at it, and that's the key and he's getting better each and every time.

PC: You told me last time we spoke that you were surprised Sharif had no rhythm and didn't even know how to dance. Do you feel his rhythm is coming together now?

KA: Yeah! We getting better with our rhythm. I even had him doing some classes; Cha Cha and the Rumba and Zumba. I had him doing all of these different things to get some rhythm together because he couldn't dance, so I had to get him up on that.

PC: Putting a fighter in dance classes is an old school tactic. Not many trainers would have thought of that.

KA: I had to get the real deal on him and get that rhythm down because he has to have that when he fights. That's real key, whether you are working or doing anything, you gotta have that steady flow. You loop with your shots and certain things and it takes rhythm to do that.

PC: Do you guys have a date yet for his ring return or is that still in the air?

KA: Well, they talking about 10 November or 17 November for the WBA title.

PC: Is Sharif training right now or are you giving him a little time off since November is still a ways away?

KA: No, we're taking a little time off right now. We were actually in the gym for a few days going over strategies and then I decided we were gonna take off and rest up a little bit. His ankle was a little sprung, so that gives him a little rest time on that too. It all worked out for the best.

PC: You were a part of the Olympic teams that were very special and you guys had a ton of success. It has to be tough for you to watch what's going on now.

KA: Oh yeah, well, the thing is, it seems to be the caliber of fighters are not the same or they are not being taught the proper things, and that seems to be it; everybody seems to have a different style that doesn't fit to be successful at the Olympic level. I blame the USA boxing organization and the Olympic committee for not preparing our guys properly. They gotta step it up and prepare them to get ready for Olympic-style boxing. And I think that is the biggest problem. They need to have training camps. They need to take these guys and let them fight in USA vs. The World tournaments, and they used to do that. You gotta allow them to fight in other countries, like Cuba, Russia, Ireland and Italy; all of those countries. They are not doing that anymore. They have a few fights here and there, but not many.

PC: Those other countries are getting that international experience going into these Olympics.

KA: Yeah, I think they only had a couple of weeks together for this last one, which is crazy because the trainers don't know the fighters and vice versa. They need to go in and look at tapes and break down strategies of how to do things and how to fight certain styles and things of that nature. They gotta teach them how to use their jab properly, right hand, and proper defense and movements, and all of these different things. All they have to do is look at past history to know that its worked very well. They had been doing that through most of the system. But then I think it's about teaching too. I just don't think we have the type of teachers out there anymore. I just don't see them, and I even see it in the professional ranks. It's just not there anymore. I don't see the training that they had. People try to use too muchÂ…strength is a good part of boxing, but it's not a complete part of boxing. They just want to condition guys and condition guys, and also, they get to a point where they might be over-trained. And you see that a lot as well. You gotta know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, and a lot of times, that is not happening, you know?

PC: I agree 100% with that. You see a lot more bodybuilding looking fighters nowadays and you didn't see that so much back when these guys could fight 15 rounds. That says something to me.

KA: Yeah! The skill level is not there, and it's not there because they don't know how to teach it. They don't know how to tech it. I see people in the gym now and they don't know what to do. It's some of them that are trying to do it and they don't know what to do.

PC: My partner was speaking to Kevin Cunningham the other day and he paid the ultimate compliment to you in saying that if Amir Khan wanted to learn all of the intricacies of boxing and really learn the game, he would pick Kenny Adams as his trainer. You are probably the most underrated trainer in the history of this sport by far.

KA: Ah yeah, well Kevin is one of the top trainers around too. We have worked together on a lot of occasions and we had nothing but success. I appreciate him saying that, and that is a problem, but what can I say. But a lot of these guysÂ…and Kevin is from that same moldÂ…a lot of them don't want discipline. A cat knows when he comes to me, it's gonna be about some discipline. You not gonna run over me. if I'm gonna be the trainer, I'm gonna be the trainer. It's not gonna be BS and you tell me what to do. Of course we're gonna compromise and we are gonna work hand in hand, but it's for the betterment of him. The betterment of the fighter is what it is supposed to be. I don't want to be the dog out there or anything of that nature. I want the fighter to be at the best he can because that's very very important. And a guy has to want to do that. He has to want to give me the range to let me dictate to him the things that need to be done and to allow me to do that without a doubt. I don't want to go along with the program. I don't believe in that and I don't do that.

PC: That's one of the reasons I have a ton of respect for you because you were one of the last guys to work with the late, great Edwin Valero. But one of reasons you guys parted was because, like you said, he didn't want that discipline and wanted to go by the beat of his own drum and that was an amazing talent that you pretty much told it's not gonna work out.

KA: Yeah, well, you know the big problem with him was, Edwin Valero had everything in the world and worked hard, but I think he had too many other things he was trying to do on the side. I think he really revered California too and me keeping a little tighter range on him, you know, guys don't really like that sometimes. They don't want to do that. It's not about sacrifice so much; people just want to do what they want to do, and they don't look ahead and think about the future and that's a big problem, you know?