Zak Cummings didn’t just retire off a win. He took the gloves off in what he considers the “perfect time.”
Cummings TKO’d fellow veteran Ed Herman late in the third round in front of a raucous crowd, which included his 5-year-old daughter, at the T-Mobile Center in his native Kansas City. It was an impressive performance for a man who dealt with a painful recovery from severe back surgery.
Cummings did not know he was going to retire on the night of April 15, 2023, until referee Dwayne Bess pulled him away from Herman, who also retired that night.