I woke up this morning to a trailer for the new Superman movie and it got me to thinking, the hood could sure use a super hero right now.  However, super hero status is not easy to come by. What would it take for one to qualify for such a title? Who could fill those shoes?

Well he or she would have to have that super hero, I don’t mess around physique..

They’d have to have a super cool super hero costume..

Every super hero has to have a villain..

We also like our super heroes to have experienced and made it through some type of adversity. Well, there is this young man from around our way named Ray Lampkin Jr.  He was once one of the nation’s top amateur fighters but he made some bad choices and dropped out of the boxing game just as he was peaking. Then the craziest thing happened, he woke up and didn’t like what he saw in the mirror, he knew he wasn’t living up to his potential and.. here comes the best part, HE DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Seriously, I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried.  He stopped smoking, stopped drinking and started working out like a maniac both in and out of the ring and because of that he is taking his 3-0 professional record into the ring tonight on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights against Joaquin Chavez. I haven’t even mentioned his best attribute, the kid has more humility as a pro than he did as an amateur, this time around he really gets it and is not taking anything for granted.

Seems like common sense right? You recognize a problem and you address that problem.  No, we know too many people that could have been and should have been… In our book that’s super hero shit!  We wish you the best Ray and win lose or draw you’re our Hood Super Hero!

Here’s footage from his last fight, where he pulled out his patented move, the “bow down body blow”

Check out the champ vs Joaquin Chavez on ESPN Deportes