Fast forward to my professional career. When I had shown my dad that I had polished my skills to the point where I was ready, not just to turn pro and have a decent career, but to try to achieve greatness, he gave me his blessings to turn professional. I think it was the best decision he ever made (I'm a little biased, though), and, as a belated Christmas present to my dad and to start off the New Millennium, I began my professional career with a 2nd round knockout over Tyrone Austin on December 29, 2000. What a way to start, right?

After doing the best that we could, boxing out of the Pittsburgh, PA and West VA regions, it was time to look for a much bigger media market to continue to build my record and reputation. None of the big promoters and managers in the boxing business would give us a shot and, believe me, we contacted all of the big names. Philadelphia, PA is considered the fight capitol of the world and the ultimate proving ground. They say "if you can make it here you can make it anywhere" about New York City, but for boxing, that applies to exclusively to Philly. We knew that we needed to somehow move our family to Philly, but with little or no money and none of the big promoters and managers willing to help us, how could we?

The Lord works in strange ways.

We ended up getting introduced to the father son team of Robert Murray, Sr. a veteran fight manager, and his son, and Robert Murray, Jr., (I'll explain their Muhammad Ali connection later) who learned the business at his dad's apprentice and had become the youngest licensed promoter in Pennsylvania. We met them and we instantly knew that they were our kind of people - humble, hard working, and dedicated and, most of all, they were very experienced and cared deeply about their fighters, not just any dollars that those fighters might earn for them. They had guided Stevie 'Lightnin' Little to a WBA Super-Middleweight Championship victory over Michael Nunn in London before Stevie met his untimely death due to colon cancer at the young age of 34. The Murrays had also managed the career of Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins and guided him all the way to international superstardom. We decided to join forces with the Murrays to form Team Chambers with the mission of winning the Heavyweight Championship of the World. The Murrays put everything in place for us, moved us to Philadelphia, and added the other members of the very close knit Team Chambers family such that we're in the position we're in today.

For those of you not completely familiar with boxing, especially the economics of boxing, it's very interesting. A fighter usually starts his or her professional career with a four round fight, making only a few hundred dollars per round (if they're lucky), unless they're an Olympic Gold Medalist or are otherwise internationally famous already, in which case they can secure a multi-million dollar contract to turn professional. But, for the rest of us working class, blue collar fighters, we have to start at ground zero fighting almost for free. As an example, rumor has it that the legendary Larry Holmes, one of the greatest fighters in history, was paid a pair of boxing trunks, a pair of shoes, and $50 for his professional debut. I made slightly more than that in my professional debut, but not much more, unfortunately.

After building up an excellent reputation and an impressive record, one's fortunes can change overnight, though. For example, when Buster Douglas fought against 'Iron' Mike Tyson for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World, , he earned less that $1 million. Because he scored arguably the greatest upset in boxing history by knocking Tyson out, Douglas earned $24 million for his very next fight, the defense of his championship belts a against Evander Holyfield!

Now that I have built my professional record to a very respectable, undefeated record of 29-0 with 16 KO's, and now that the Heavyweight Championship of the World is realistically within my grasp, I hope that I, too, am on the verge of great financial and professional success so that I can share my good fortune with the world, especially with people who, like me and my family experienced, are having tough times and may not know where their next meal is coming from, or who may need to get books for school, or may need help finding an organ donor or things like that.

Please view my ring record. Thank you in advance for your thoughts, prayers and support in my and Team Chambers mission to bring the Heavyweight Championship of the World back to American soil where I believe it belongs.

Each week we're going to try to feature something new and exciting for the kids. Sometimes it will be a brain teaser to get 'em thinking, other times it will be an interview with a superstar. Other time it will be a tip to help them establish good habits and have discipline. I'm a spokesperson for the Partnership for a Drug Free America, so this section of my website will always feature an anti-drug message to help kids steer clear of using drugs.

I'm going to be preparing to take my driver's license exam soon, too, so look for some valuable safe driving info in this section soon. I'll let you in on a secret... I might be getting my driving lessons from an Indy race car driver or a NASCAR superstar! If I do, we'll have some great videos to post or to give away at schools around the country.

Wish me luck!

Coming Soon.