Rosinsky eyes final Gloves challenge

When the Daily News Golden Gloves started, Will Rosinsky was eyeing a career in physical education. The Queens College senior was ready to throw his gloves away for good.
Now, as the three-time champion nears his final challenge as an amateur - the Archbishop Molloy graduate takes on Peter Lawson, a medical assistant from South Ozone Park, Friday in the 178-pound open final of the Gloves at Madison Square Garden’s WaMu Theater - he has changed his mind. Rosinsky will turn pro after this fight.
“I can make just as much money with a signing bonus and a couple of fights I can make in a couple of years as a teacher,” he said. “It’s worth taking a chance.”
The 2005 National Golden Gloves champion, Rosinsky,
who will earn his diploma this spring in physical
education, could face his toughest challenge yet in
the local tournament when he meets Lawson, the 2006
novice titleholder. If not for a rib injury Lawson
felt he would’ve been in the ring opposite Rosinsky
last year instead of Yuwshua Zadok.
“It was heartbreaking for me,” he said. “It made me dislike boxing at that moment.”
Lawson, who Rosinsky stopped in three rounds in the USA Boxing Metropolitan Championships a year and a half ago, has a simple game plan. He will look to out-box the Richmond Hill native by staying on his toes and not letting Rosinsky work his way inside.
“I feel good, it’s going to be a good fight - the two best in the weight class are going to meet up. It’s going to be the fight of the night,” he promised. “I just got to be on my toes. Getting in close, that’s his fight, getting me against the ropes, a lot of pressure. I got to pick him off.”
For Rosinsky, a fourth straight crown would be the perfect springboard to his pro career. But Lawson feels the same way. He has been talking to his trainers about such possibilities, too. But first, he will have to knock off Rosinsky - no easy feat.
“I got a lot of respect for him,” said Lawson, a John Adams graduate. “You don’t become No. 1 in the country, you don’t win three Golden Gloves for no reason. I got to take it from him.”
Rosinsky expects a different Lawson to be in the ring than the one he handily disposed of. But he also doesn’t feel his opponent can match his punch output or withstand the attack to the body.
“I know what he has to bring to the table, and I don’t think it’s enough,” Rosinsky said. “I know his plan.”
“I’m ready to give the audience,” he later added, “the best show they’ve seen yet.”