Majewski and Mussachio Both Fall Short of The Mark
By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent
Atlantic City, NJ (February 14, 2013)–Middleweight boxer Patrick ‘The Machine’ Majewski of Poland, now fighting out of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Chuck ‘The Professor’ Mussachio, a Philadelphia born light heavyweight out of Wildwood, New Jersey, have a combined 42 professional bouts between them. Majewski turned pro in 2006. Mussachio turned pro in 2005. Both fighters are now 33 years old and have been featured prominently on Atlantic City casino boxing cards at such casinos as Clarion’s, The Tropicana, Taj Mahal, Resort’s, Bally’s, Showboat and Boardwalk Hall. Mussachio has fought 15 times in Atlantic City, while Majewski has fought eight times in Atlantic City.
On BoxRec online, Patrick Majewski is current rated number 68 in the world among middleweights. Chuck Mussachio is rated number 70 in the world among light heavyweights. As both fighters approach their middle and their late thirties still in search of ring glory, and due to pass their prime soon, the likelihood of a step up fight in competition and the possibility of a world title shot may soon fade away.
At 33 years of age, both Majewski and Mussachio have trained hard for the bouts which they have had. Both fighters are still falling short of the mark. Having had the opportunity to get to know both fighters really well during coverage of Atlantic City fight cards and at ringside, this sports reporter is in a good position to analyze where the careers of Majewski and Mussachio have missed the mark, and why so.
When Majewski got knocked out on November 5, 2011, at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncaville, Connecticut, by Jose Miguel Torres, a late minute substitute Columbian from Miami, Florida, the NABF and NABO North American middleweight title belts and the WBC and WBO world rankings accompanying them were at stake.
When asked why he lost, Majewski gave a simple explanation for the loss. “I overtrained.” Majewski leaves it all in the gym. When a fighter gets knocked out and the first words out of his mouth are “I overtrained” it means he left it all in the gym. It means his trainers didn’t pace him properly for the fight. Majewski had dominated the first five rounds and had control of the sixth until a short right hook to the chin from Torres sent Majewski down for the count at 1:16 of the sixth round.
Patrick Majewski needs a better trainer at this point to take his potential to the next level. Majewski is not ready to be taken to the next level right now, especially in a showcase fight back in his native Poland. Conditioning is everything. It’s what has to be done in the gym. His resistance. Majewski has to be able to start working out now in a systematic way so that come fight night time. he should be peaking. Majewski’s club fights against the likes of Latif Mundy and Jamaal Davis are not helping him. He may win bouts like these, but too much time is being wasted not the fighter to go to the next level.
Patrick Majewski, being that he’s a bleeder, has to make sure he has a real cut man in his corner, and can settle for nothing less than one of the best in the business at all times. In his recent ten round middleweight bout with veteran Latif Mundy, the ring turned red with his blood from Majewski cuts, and Patrick had to fight nearly blind, blinded by his own blood at times. It was most fortunate Majewski has some following and popularity in Atlantic City and the bout was allowed to continue. Patrick somehow fought his way through the bloody mess to win a majority decision. Anywhere else, and the bout might have been stopped in favor of Mundy.
Against a real world class middleweight opponent, if Patrick Majewski repeats the same mistake and doesn’t have a world class cut man in his corner, he’s going to pay the same price and he’s not going to gain anything from it. His career will definitely be over if he makes this same mistake again. The point cannot be emphasized more.
Patrick needs to pick the right corner, he needs to pick the right gym, and he needs to do the right training for his fights one level above where he’s at. Majewski needs to be peaking the night of the fight, and he’s not realizing his potential right now.
Chuck ‘The Professor’ Mussachio tried moving up from light heavyweight to cruiserweight in November 2011, and got knocked out in the 12th round of a USBA bout with Garrett Wilson. Chucky had his hands full at 175 pounds with ‘B’ caliber fighters, and he has to take his game to the next level at 175. Chuck had no business going up above 175, because above 175 the boys hit a lot harder. Granted, Garrett Wilson is not a technically skilled boxer, but he can punch. In Chuck’s next bout, an eight rounder against 12-2 Lionell Thompson (loser of his last two bouts, with a padded record) it’s just another ‘B’ level fighter who is not a light heavyweight test.
Chucky is also a public school guidance counselor. The fact he is a part time fighter does not bear relevance on his training habits. The fact with Chucky is he’s tall, but he’s doesn’t have a lot of power. His business is to stick and move. Against light heavyweights like Omar Sheika or Yusaf Mack, Chuck would be knocked out again.
Chucky’s training methods are insufficient. He needs to acquire power. He can rely on technical boxing skills at his current level of ability provided his game plan is to stick and move. Right now, if Chucky is going to stand there and punch with a heavy hitter, it’s sort of like beating a dead horse with a stick. With Chucky’s style, a stand and punch game plan won’t work-because he lacks the power to back up. The big boys at light heavyweight won’t allow Chucky to stick and move like he does, because they are going to impose their will and force him to stand and fight.
Mussachio’s stamina has improved in the past year. Chucky was unable to win a ten rounder with Tommy Karpency in 2009, with one judge giving Karpency every round. In 2010, Mussachio won a ten rounder over Anthony Ferrante, but was out of gas after eight rounds and had to hang on for two rounds for dear life. Mussachio made in to round 12 against Garrett Wilson, but was trailing on the cards entering the final round when he got knocked out. Chucky is a solid eight round fighter, but is still not stepping out to the caliber of opposition and level of ability of the ‘A’ fighters and the 10 and 12 round level where his career desperately needs to be able to go at this point in the game. Promotional sponsorship would definitely help Chucky’s cause, because to bring his ability to the next level he has to be a full-time fighter, and fight more often than once a year, which has been the case with Chucky for the last three years.
Fights also have to be progressive and relevant. Mussachio’s eight round decision win over California tomato can Billy Bailey was difficult to watch, as Mussachio tortured Bailey by sadistically pounding on his head all night, couldn’t put him away, the referee did not stop it, and the restless crowd had to sit back and watch the pounding. In comparison, powerful unbeaten Russian super middleweight prospect Marat Kulumbegov knocked down Bailey twice and got him out in four rounds in December 2012, a crisp and very different outcome than Mussachio’s.
Majewski may be a bleeder, but he is a tough SOB, has guts and a heart. He has the skills. With proper training he can be taken to a whole different level of competition. The kayo loss to Torres proved Majewski’s training is deficient where he is now.
In a potential future matchup in Poland against southpaw countryman Gregorz Proksa, a Polish fighter now fighting out of Surrey, United Kingdom, Majewski would only be able to win the matchup if he could hit with power. WBA champion Gennady Golovkin dropped Proksa three times before stopping him in their world title bout in the fifth round this past September. Technically speaking, though, Proksa was good enough to stop former world middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester, a veteran of eight world title fights, inside of three rounds and retire him.
Majewski is not likely to last as long as Sylvester against Proksa, given Majewski’s current training regimen. If power training and proper conditioning were added to Majewski’s arsenal, Majewski has the potential to take on and knock the entire middleweight division out. It won’t happen where Majewski’s training is now.
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