Tyrone Harris' Open Letter to Koba Gogoladze, Eric Aiken and Jason Litzau

Tyrone Harris: Open Letter to Koba Gogoladze, Eric Aiken and Jason Litzau

By Tyrone Harris (Aug 26, 2006) Photo © Sam DiTusa

To all my Fans and DogHouse Boxing, thank you for the good words and loving support. When I decided to turn professional, after a 135-15 amateur career, I knew that the day would come when things did not go exactly as we wish. The first major purchase I made was a drawing board (haha) as they say, "Back to the drawing board". My Father has trained me the ladder part of my amateur career and for nearly all of my professional career. He never settles for second best and always works the mess out of me.

My Promoter Patrick Ortiz has guided my career and our Team (Dad, GB, Sam DiTusa, Bear Bradley, & Fred Ryan) with a family attitude (he's the dad in that aspect) and we

are very pleased with him. My manager Gary "GB" Brandenburg has always worked very close with Patrick and they are always on the same page when deciding my fights.

Now that I am 16-2-0-13 and still have a ton to prove, my desire is this: To first settle (my) score with Koba Gogoladze, whom I lost a decision to (because I just did not fight my fight) and simply gave him the fight. He was beat up after our match (even though I threw only a fraction of punches) and refuses to fight me in a "Winner Take All" rematch, this shows just how much faith he has in himself. I have no respect for Gogoladze and showed him too much respect in our first fight. Be a man and allow the world to see us get it on just one more time. Artie, you can make it happen, or are you afraid also.

My second want is to fight Eric Aiken, who thinks he is all that but refused to fight me when I was 3-0 and he was 7-0. I think he should change his name to "Minnie Mouse". Bring it on, send a contract, and lets just do it.

Thirdly, Jason Litzau is a great desire of mine. Can I beat him, heck yes. Will I beat him, heck yes, with the proper amount of time to train, I would knock him out. I have a large amount of respect for Jason and his team (as they are all good folks). Jason went through a tough childhood, which probably motivates him to this day and well he deserves good things for his stepping to the plate for his siblings, BUT... I am in great hopes that one day soon (2006) that Kathy Duva and Jason decide to fight me with enough notice that we both can come in fully prepared for battle.

I have yet to show my true worth to my fans and the world but I now have more to prove than ever before and intend on doing just that. I know that with my power and desire, I will be a world champion, just given the opportunity. Again thanks DogHouse for your support and Patrick Ortiz, you are stuck with Team Tyrone for life, lets put that in Bold Letters for all to see....

Respectfully,
-Tyrone Harris
-Gary "GB" Brandenburg