Nathan
Morris

Pro boxer Nkosi Solomon wants to be the heavyweight champion of the world. He believes it will take 10,000 hours of intense training to do it. A boxer for eight years, he has been training under Don Saxby at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn for a little over a year. His pro standings is currently four wins and one loss. He was on the 2017 roster for Team USA and is a four-time golden glove champion.

The 26-year-old boxer immigrated to the United States from Guyana when he was young boy and grew up on the same street as famed former boxer Mike Tyson. Solomon describes himself as a kid who was once short and skinny with a big head, but all of that changed as he grew older.

He now stands at 6 feet, 7 inches tall. He said as he grew, he began feeling like he was too big for an office job. He wanted to find a job he could love and find purpose in. With boxing, he found that.