Alan Jouban won’t say if there were tears of joy shed by his cornermen after his December win over Mike Perry, but the welterweight up-and-comer admits with a laugh that there were some relieved exhales in the locker room after the popular brawler finally stuck to the pre-fight game plan.
“They told me, ‘You saw what happens when you stick to the game plan. You can fight at the potential that we’ve always known that you’ve had,’” said Jouban, who took the emotion out of a fight that was shaping up to be a fiery culmination to a heated pre-fight rivalry.