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JESSE HART WARNS DEMOND NICHOLSON AND DISSES MANAGER WILLIAMS: "I'M GOING TO OBLITERATE HIM...BEAT HIM TO A PULP"

By Percy Crawford | March 15, 2018
JESSE HART WARNS DEMOND NICHOLSON AND DISSES MANAGER WILLIAMS:

"I don’t feel that Demond Nicholson is on my level for many reasons...Demond Nicholson is a good C-class fighter...He can’t match me in no type of way in that squared circle...I’m going to obliterate him. I’m going to beat him to a pulp. I’m mad because they shouldn’t have rushed this kid into this," stated super middleweight contender Jesse Hart, who talked about his upcoming April 28 clash with Demond Nicholson. Check it out!

PC: You said you wanted to stay active. April 28th you’re right back in there against Demond Nicholson. Things are already heating up on Twitter. 

JH: April 28th, man, at the Liacouras Center in my hometown of Philadelphia, we’re fighting this kid Demond Nicholson. I’m happy that ESPN, Top Rank, and the powers that be is keeping me busy. I’m ready for a great, great 2018! 

PC: I personally love the early banter. I think it’s great for the fans and the fighters because it gives us something to look forward to.

JH: I don’t feel that Demond Nicholson is on my level for many reasons. The first one being he got knocked out by a guy that I knocked out in the 1st round in Lekan Byfield. I knocked him out in 33 seconds. I knocked Byfield out in just my third fight as a pro. I grew from that fight into what I am now and that kid Byfield knocked Demond Nicholson out in the 6th round. Demond Nicholson is a good C-class fighter and I’m going to tell you why. He fought Immanuwel Aleem to a draw. And those guys were both considered to be best up and coming. He’s a guy that don’t take chances, he always play it safe; you can watch his fight against the guy Steve Rolls. Steve Rolls is a guy who is okay, but he’s up there in age. That’s where Demond Nicholson should’ve had the edge at. Rolls was 32 years old and Nicholson, at the time, was what, I believe he was 24 or something like that. He didn’t show up as the Demond Nicholson that was supposed to show up. I’m not discrediting Steve Rolls, he’s an okay fighter, but I think Demond Nicholson is not on my level because I’m so much smarter, stronger, and better technically sound than him. And don’t get it twisted, I like Demond Nicholson. I think he had a chance to be something if they would have gave him a little more time. But his handlers, whoever managing him, I think it’s the fighter from D.C., Thomas Williams. 

PC: It is. 

JH: Thomas Williams is my old region teammate. Thomas Williams is cool. That’s my man. It’s probably money that’s making them rush to get the kid hurt. The kid still young. He’s only 24-25 years old. He still has room to grow. Y'all should’ve let this fight grow and grow and let him get there. Let him develop enough skill and be there mentally because this kid, I see a lot of fighting off of emotions with him. I see a lot of things robotic with him. I see a lot of things when he fights. He don’t gamble or take chances. 

PC: And you feel those mistakes are an experience thing.

JH: Absolutely! He don’t got enough of it. He can’t match me in no type of way in that squared circle. 

PC: One thing I like about you, I think a lot of people think you just talk shit, but I could tell you have already studied and did your research on Demond and that's commendable. 

JH: I had to. I watch everybody in my division and like I just said, whoever I like, I watch. I like Demond Nicholson at 160. But he wants to fight at 168 because he’s undisciplined. He’s still a kid. He’s undisciplined. He should be a 60-pounder. He should be fighting at his natural weight of 160, but he wants to fight at 68 and he’s not that. He had his best fight with Aleem at 60. That’s his natural weight. Now, when he add 8 pounds to himself when he fight me, that’s going to slow him down and that’s going to make me much more stronger than he is. He don’t understand. He’s still a kid and he’s still maturing. His body is still maturing as well as his mental. 

PC: You feel you could ruin him and he not be able to bounce back from this type of fight at this stage in his career, correct.

JH: Absolutely! And that’s why I didn’t like this fight. I’m going to obliterate him. I’m going to beat him to a pulp. I’m mad because they shouldn’t have rushed this kid into this. His handlers should have told him, “Wait, that fight is 2-years down the line.” Now, they have put him in the line of fire. His manager, which is Thomas Williams, supposed to have connections with PBC. If you supposed to have connections to PBC, you’re supposed to be moving him to that side. Fight him against a guy like Caleb Plant or Anthony Dirrell. Guide him right to those fights, but fight him against those guys first. Guide him to David Benavidez, who is young as well. He is a young champion; that fight could have been made. For you to throw him to the wolves, that says a lot about you and your business mind, Thomas Williams. That’s not smart. It’s not smart at all. Why would you throw him to the wolves, knowing 2 to 3 years down the line, you can save him? You can save his career and know that in 3 years, he could be a threat at 68 after he matures and grows. When I see Thomas Williams, he’s a good fighter; that’s all. And that’s why he’s going to mess up this kid's career because at heart, Thomas Williams is a fighter, he’s not a businessman or a thinker. 

PC: Do you feel like this is a fight he’s just not physically ready for being that it’s at 168 or do you not think he’s prepared for you mentally as well?

JH: I feel like physically, I’m too strong, and mentally, he’s not there. That’s why I say after this fight, they are going to have to check and see if his career can continue. Once you beat a man with your strength and you’re stronger and you’re mentally stronger than a fighter...it’s kind of like the Kelly Pavlik and Bernard Hopkins thing. Pavlik was never able to bounce back. He was a young kid. He beat Jermain Taylor, but he was not ready for Bernard Hopkins. He was not ready for that and that’s why after that, his career went downhill. That’s what I see happening to Demond Nicholson. He can fight, he have the potential, but let him grow into that potential. Don’t throw him to the wolves. It’s like a baby coming off of Similac. You can’t put that baby on whole milk right away. You’re going to have to wing him off of that. You would mess his insides up right away and that would ruin the baby. It causes gallstones and everything. It’s like this, when I fight Demond Nicholson on April 28th, I don’t think he’s going to be able to recover from the beating I put on him. Them type of guys, them young guys, you gotta save them from themselves. We have seen it so many times. Lamont Peterson, his trainer had to save him from himself because we know he’s got so much heart and so much vigor. He is full of ambition. I’m going to beat this kid so bad and so decisively that if they don’t stop it, he’s not going to be able to continue after this. 

PC: It sounds like you feel the referee and his trainer are just as important for him as the judges and his ability.

JH: Absolutely! This time around, I don’t want to just knock him out because I think he is a good fighter, Perc. I really do think he’s good. I just think that when they rush him into things like this with a guy like myself at this stage in my career who has been through the Gilberto Ramirez fight and who has been through knockout, drag out fights, and who has faced adversity...I smartened up. I got wiser. I know what to do with these punches. People say, “Oh, he knocked out Thomas Awimbono.” Awimbono has been beat, but he’s never been knocked out. So when you got me, who just did that in 45 seconds or so, when I beat Demond Nicholson to a pulp, because he’s going to be rebellious and relentless at first, but, once I start breaking his mental down and I start hitting him with these hard, hard punches, he’s going to go back to the corner and say, “I can’t hit him, but he can hit me. This shit is hurting.” And they are going to take a look at him and if they love him, they’ll stop it. But if he keeps coming out there, I’m going to keep knocking him down, he’s going to keep getting back up, and probably really get damaged. But this fight is in my hometown of Philadelphia, so I gotta perform spectacularly. I needed a good fighter to do that, I just didn’t know it was going to be him. 

PC: You’re used to trash talk and things like that, but there is a certain amount of pressure with having a homecoming against a game fighter who you have been going back and forth with. How do you avoid any hometown blues and not get too emotionally wrapped into this thing and fight your fight?

JH: Experience. I learned from the Dashon Johnson fight. Emotion is out of the window with me now. I fought off of emotion before and I see where it got me in my hometown against Dashon Johnson. When I fought Samuel Miller in my hometown the first time, I fought in Philly, I knocked him out in the 2nd round. I didn’t have pride and ego issues. I had no experience and I went in there and knocked Miller out in the 2nd round. When I fought Dashon Johnson, I saw his record and I said, “This guy can’t do nothing with me.” I wasn’t taking the fight lightly, but I knew in my mind and in my heart that I was going to get him out in the 1st round. I’m a firm believer in myself, so once I believe something in my mind, I set out to do just that. And he was as rebellious as they come and I just kept trying to knock him out. This is not going to be like that. It’s going to be a slow beating, then I’m going to knock him down, he’s probably going to get up, then I’m going to knock him down again and he’s probably going to get up and then his corner is going to see the type of pain I’m inflicting on this kid. I believe they going to stop it; if not, the ref better do his job if they want to save this kid. But after this kid, they are going to have to donate this kid's body to science, but it won’t be much left and that I can guarantee! FightHype is the best boxing site in the world. Thanks Perc and everyone stay tuned!



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