Teen boxer has pedigree and promise

AVON (WISH) - Boxing coach Hank Johnson has worked with some of the best boxers in the world -- Riddick Bowe, Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield, and Roy Jones Jr., to name a few. Johnson believes 14-year-old Anthony Sims Jr. will one day be added to that list.

"I saw very early in his career he had the potential to be a world champion. He’s a coach’s dream in every since of the word. I don't have to look for him when he comes to train, he does everything I ask him to do. He’s got agility, he can think, he can punch and he can box," gushed Johnson.

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Sims Jr. has always loved boxing.

"My mom took me to the boxing gym and I found out I was good at it,” he recalled.

It's safe to say that Junior was born to be in the ring. His father was an alternate on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team and his cousin is boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., so boxing is in his blood. But he plans to mark his own mark in the family sport.

"I don't care about all they accomplished, I want to let boxing take me as far as possible," said Sims Jr.

So far, boxing has taken him pretty far. He’s a world champion at 125 pounds and also holds two national titles. But he still has plenty he wants to accomplish.

"I want to go on the Olympic team and win a gold medal, and be a heavy weight and win a heavy weight title and retire at age 25," he said.

Coach Johnson believes he can do just that and more.

"He could be one of the best, right up there with Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali, all the great champions. He could be right there."