LAS VEGAS — Austin Turpin is pondering a question that should be simple to answer: Why did you quit a job you love and accept the risk of undefended blows to the face in order to pursue a career as a slap fighter?
Turpin was a land surveyor in Jacksonville, Florida, and he delights at describing the intricacies of his former gig.
“Walking through those swamps with them gators and snakes and all that,” he says, his eyes dancing. “Man, I loved it.”
He gave it up to focus fully on being a slap fighter.