What Drives Rivera The Most Is The Belt

It was business as usual for Jimmie Rivera as he defeated John Dodson last September in Dallas. It was almost as if his 33-second loss to Marlon Moraes three months earlier never happened.

Most would call that having a short memory. Rivera disagrees.

“I don’t have a short memory, but it’s learning from your mistakes and making sure you have the right mentality,” he said. “Some people go in there and they’re already beat. It all depends on where your head is at. I learned a lot from the Marlon fight and I would love to get that rematch.”

That’s fighter talk, and New Jersey’s Rivera certainly fits that mold. For over a decade he’s been battling it out from his home state to more exotic locales…