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Feb 22

Unbeaten boxer Moses Lyons got back into boxing to lose some weight

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Moses Lyons just wanted to get back into shape.

So the then-24-year-old went to Bob Kerr's boxing gym in Michigan Center to start working out and learn a bit about the sport he always found interesting.

Two years later, Lyons is the USA Boxing Michigan state champion and on his way to compete for a national championship and a shot at making the Olympics.

"After graduating college and being with my girlfriend for three years, I started to get comfortable and gaining a lot of weight," Lyons said. "I said, 'It's time, I gotta back in shape. I want to be able to run around with my son.' I didn't get into boxing thinking I was going to be some world champion."

In addition to slimming down to 175 pounds from 250, Lyons, who attended Amy Firth and Northwest alternative schools, has quickly climbed the amateur ranks. 

And while he has only been in eight fights (8-0, five TKOs), Lyons has gone toe-to-toe with nationally renowned opponents and left the ring with arms held high.

"I ended up fighting the 2010 and 2011 Michigan Golden Gloves champion, and I beat him in my fourth fight. That was a shock," Lyons said.

On Jan. 22, in the Michigan state tournament in Chelsea, Lyons won the championship by defeating an opponent with 60 wins in over 70 matches and ranked No. 3 in the country.

"He is just a natural, and he has a lot of punching power, too," said Lyons' trainer, Bob Kerr.

"He is just an exceptional boxer. I've been around boxing since I was 8 years old. I'm 77 now and he is one of the best I've had, and I've had fighters win all sorts of national championships."

Lyons is on to Colorado Springs, Colo., to compete in the USA Boxing National Championships from Feb. 27 to March 3.

If he wins in Colorado, Lyons will go to Brazil in May for the Americas Olympic Qualifier, where the top eight boxers will earn a trip to the Olympic games in London.

"I've always told myself, it's never too late to follow a dream, never too late to do something you want to do and you love to do," he said.

Paying the price

That dream begins daily at 5 a.m. followed by a five-mile run before breakfast. Lyons then works as a computer technician from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Stanton and Associates, a franchisee of Wendy's and Bigbee's restaurants. After work, he trains at the gym for two to three hours.

Committing to his boxing dream has meant limiting the time with his fiancé, Trisha Carpenter, and son, Moses.

"There's not much time for anything else," Lyons said. "The weekends, we spend as a family, and the time I'm not at the gym. But it's really hard when you have a family, to dedicate that much time to things and not always be here at home, but she has been very supportive of me."

And given what he has sacrificed to pursue his dream, Lyons is going to Colorado with every intention of winning despite being older and less experienced than most of his competition.

"Like I always tell my trainer, they have to want it more than me and I want it really badly," Lyons said. "It's hard for me to see in my mind, anyone beating me.

"I don't know how to lose."

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