Prodigies have a magnetic way of causing heads to turn and eyes to sway in their direction. It seems Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin has been dealing with that kind of attention ever since he slipped on a pair of boxing gloves. He has always been velvet-smooth in the ring. There has always appeared to be a natural confidence each time he has fought, throughout the amateurs and now as a budding pro.
He has been viewed as one of the best prospects to emerge out of the United States amateur program in the last 20 years.