Fresh off his opening round stoppage of Bruce Rumbolz, former NABA Light Middleweight champion Larry "Razor" Sharpe was very pleased with both his performance and his new found punching power at Super Middleweight. As a pro boxer for the past 7 years, Sharpe scores his first opening round KO in his 30 bout career. Interesting is the fact that when fighting above the middleweight limit of 160lbs, Razor sports an impressive 14-3 record with 6 of those wins coming by KO. Most of those KO wins come within 4 rounds or less.

"First I want to say how good I felt fighting at super middleweight." Sharpe wrote to FightNews Canada "I felt strong, energized, and hungry (not in the belly like the last couple of years). I went into the ring expecting a lot from my opponent as I haven't had a so called easy fight for awhile. I started with the usual feeling out process for the first minute, but once I started sitting down on my punches, I could see that he couldn't handle it. Coming off 3 straight losses, I wasn't going to try anything special so I went for the kill."

Fighting at his natural weight of between 160lbs and 168lbs, Sharpe has plenty of options right here at home. With Canadian Middleweight champ Sebastien Demers now fighting at a Super Middleweight, there could be an opportunity to try and regain his Middleweight crown. Should the pride of Pine Falls, Manitoba decide to remain at 168, there is a slew of talent within the CBF rankings in Stevenson, Poulard, and Demers to name but a few. Included at 168 is a vacant Canadian championship just waiting for 2 fighters and a promoter to stage the event. Plenty of opportunities indeed.

"I'm looking to make some noise in the new division in Canada. (John) Vernaus and I discussed fighting for the Super Middleweight title and began to throw some names around like Jason Delaronde, Jason Naugler, and Martin Berthiume. That's all great but I will be keeping a close eye on the fight next month between (Nicholson) Poulard and (Sebastien) Demers as future opponents. I'm hoping."

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