05/13/2026
Boxer Jermaine Dave Wins Pro Debut, Light Heavyweight Excitedly Eyes Boxing Career 🥊✨
After years of athletic and combat sports training and a successful amateur boxing run, Murfreesboro’s Jermaine Dave has recorded his first professional boxing win earlier in 2026 in his first pro contest—but in his mind, his boxing journey is just beginning.
Generally fighting at 175 pounds in the light heavyweight division, Dave earned his first pro victory in Tunica, Mississippi, in March, fighting in the 200-pound (cruiserweight) class. This follows a strong amateur period that saw Dave compile a 16–2 record.
“I’ve always been an athlete. I just like being competitive,” said Dave, who played football at Siegel High School and was later a member of the MTSU football team.
After his time at , Dave left to pursue a career in the music industry in Los Angeles. While there, he got into training in combat sports as a hobby and would soon return to his hometown to train under local karate and kickboxing legend Bill Taylor at Murfreesboro’s Champion’s Corner Boxing & Kickboxing Gym, where his commitment to the sport of boxing intensified.
“I had the strength training,” Dave said. “I just needed the technical side of it.”
At Champion’s Corner, Dave gets to sharpen his skills in regular sparring sessions with Sam Alvey—known to UFC and Karate Combat fans as “Smile’n Sam.”
“We’re best friends at this point,” Dave said with a laugh (though he occasionally leaves their visits with a black eye or bloody nose).
When asked about some of his favorite boxers that he draws inspiration and technique from, Dave first lists boxing legends like Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard; though he also keeps an eye on today’s elite fighters.
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