A Quick Word with Mike Anchondo

Corey Erdman had a chance to talk to former 130lb belt holder Mike Anchondo.  The California fighter continues his comeback against hard hitting welterweight Freddy Hernandez in the main-event of tonight's ShoBox card (10 PM ET/PT).  Click here for the full audio of the interview or scroll down for the audio player link.

For more exclusive interviews related to this weekend's action, check out Jeff Pryor's conversation with Saturday night's PPV headliner, Sergio Mora.

Mike Anchondo on tonight’s fight with Freddy Hernandez…

"I’m just going to go in and do what I do best and that’s box. We’ve got a game plan going into this fight. There are flaws that we see that Freddy has."

"I’m going to expect him to try and knock me out, or try and beat me toe to toe. It’s just something we worked on in the gym. It’s going to go our way. I feel great about this."

On taking time off from the sport…

"I had boxed my whole life. I had been boxing since I was 5 years old. You know, so I kind of took a step back and I wanted to weigh my options and see what was out there in the real world and I didn’t like it. I’m a boxer, I’m a fighter, and that’s what I do. I love doing it."

On how he feels now as a fighter compared to a few years ago…

"I understand what you have to do in the ring in order to win a fight. What you have to do in order to train hard. I understand all that, where as before it was kind of like I was going through the motions. Everything was really unclear. Now things are more clear. I’m more mature now and feel like I’m in my prime now."

Corey Erdman is a host and producer at SIRIUS 98, and a freelance boxing writer formerly of The Sporting News' The Rumble. Follow him on Twitter: Corey_Erdman@Twitter