Boxer Ebo Elder on coming back from abuse, depression and divorce

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Ebo Elder is a former professional boxer with a career record of 22-3 including 14 by knockout.

Today the former WBO NABO Lightweight champion talks about his boxing journey, praying for his opponent after knocking him out, walking away from boxing, writing a book and pursuing ministry.

You can learn more about Ebo by checking out his website here.

You can purchase his new book "The Great Comeback" here.

Watch Ebo knockout his opponent and then pray for him here.

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0:00.0	This episode of Sports Spectrum with Ebo Elder is brought to you by Convoy of Hope in the United States and throughout the world.
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0:22.5	the world. You can join your favorite players and teams in partnering with Convoy of Hope
0:26.7	and go to convoynation.com to be a part of the great work they are faith, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation.
0:48.9	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:51.4	And welcome everyone to the show.
0:53.4	I am Jason Romano. This is Sports Spectrum. Check out our website,
0:57.7	Sportspectrum.com for all of our content, sportspectrum.com. And then, of course, you can
1:03.5	email me directly, Jason at Sportspectrum.com with any guest ideas, any feedback on today's guest,
1:10.2	Ebobo Elder.
1:11.4	Maybe you have a topic or a story that we should be covering.
1:14.3	You can email me, Jason at Sportspectrum.com.
1:17.6	And that is exactly how Ebo Elder landed on our plate to be a guest here today on Sports Spectrum.
1:23.9	We had someone email me and say, hey, you thought about this guy, Ebo Elder. Have you read
1:28.3	his story? And I remember the name. I remember his incredible fight back in 2004 against Courtney
1:34.3	Burton, which is one of the more brutal fights you'll ever see in the world of boxing.
1:39.4	But Ebo Elder, as I did my research, started reading a little bit more about his book, called The Great Comeback and just his story, I was like, this guy's perfect for Sports Spectrum, and he's got an incredible story. I mean, talk about going from a professional boxer who had 139 wins in his amateur career, turned pro at 21 in 2000, and ends up being a title holder. The former WBO NABO lightweight title holder.
2:04.4	Also held the IBA Continental Light Welterweight title and the WBO Intercontinental Light Welterweight title.
2:11.9	So this guy was good. He had belts and he had titles and he was a professional boxer.
2:16.7	In 25 career pro fights, he was 22 and he was a professional boxer in 25 career pro fights he was 22 and
2:19.5	three with 14 by knockout and then in his mid to late 20s as his boxing career seemingly is just
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