From “The Bank” To World Title Dreams: Troy Nash

Some prospects talk about becoming champion; others live like it before the belt arrives. We sit down with a featherweight phenom called “The Bank,” whose nickname was minted in a bet-fueled tournament moment and whose mindset shows why people keep wagering on him. Fifteen national titles and a countrywide buzz are the backdrop, but the mission is singular: world champion or bust.

The story winds through a turbulent first year as a pro—scheduling chaos, late pullouts, stalled momentum—and the strategic reset that followed. He explains how aligning with the right company solved the brittle parts of his schedule and why patience beat quick deals. Then the tape study begins. We break down the craft: how a live jab and disciplined feints control range, why he can flip to inside pressure when needed, and where that adaptability comes from. It’s a masterclass in ring IQ, not theory, backed by rounds with Shakur Stevenson, Keyshawn Davis, and years training around Terence “Bud” Crawford’s camp.

One pivotal thread: the Grand Prix draw. At first it felt like a loss because it ended the run, but a hard look at the conditions—last-minute travel, a tough cut, a seasoned opponent, and judges slogging through sixteen fights—shifted the meaning. He now treats it as earned experience and proof he can handle chaos against older, deeper pros. From family coaching roots—with his grandfather, father, and uncle shaping different chapters—to altitude camps in Colorado, focused work in Vegas, and a mini-camp in New Mexico, his path reads like a blueprint for sustainable growth.

He lays out what’s ahead: four to five fights this year, a calculated path at featherweight, and a promotional announcement he believes will turn heads. The motto stays simple—kill when you hunt—because when opportunity opens, hesitation costs. If you’ve been waiting for a prospect who pairs poise with pressure and skills with substance, this conversation is your scouting report. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review to tell us who you want “The Bank” to face next.

The Boxing Grind 

Transcript

Fight Prep And Schedule Clarified

SPEAKER_00 0:54

Just starting up some recovery today and you know, just getting ready for this fight.

SPEAKER_02 0:59

Yeah, I wanted to ask you. Well, first of all, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. And I just need to just let you know that everybody here, when your name is mentioned, everybody speaks so highly of you. Everybody here in New Mexico. So, and and you know, I I've just heard so many amazing things and and I've done my research on you. You are supposed to have a fight tomorrow because that's what the record was showing. What happened with that?

SPEAKER_01 1:26

No, no, not tomorrow. Uh next Friday.

SPEAKER_02 1:28

It's next Friday. Okay, and and where is it going to be?

SPEAKER_01 1:32

I can't give out the the I couldn't give out certain stuff on the fight just yet, but I could I'll make an announcement soon though.

SPEAKER_02 1:39

Absolutely. I'll be I'll be listening out for that. So, first, you know, I know I had asked you a couple of questions previously, and and I'm you know, I'm glad that we're actually getting to speak on the phone over this. And how did you actually get the name the bank?

How “The Bank” Got His Name

SPEAKER_01 1:55

So, so actually uh Yoruba Maru in uh New Mexico, he he was one of the first people to start calling me. That there was a tournament a few years back, and uh everybody was making bets on the fight and everything, and Yoruba said he bet he bet on me, and he was like, uh, that's the bank right there, because you know it's guaranteed money when you put money on them. So that's kind of how that took off right there.

SPEAKER_02 2:17

Okay, I like it. I like it a

Prospect Status And Real Goal

SPEAKER_02 2:20

lot. So, you know, I you are a 15-time national champion. Congratulations to that, because that is a huge accomplishment. And you are noted as the top prospect in America. So, and you know, we in the boxing world, you know, as I'm sure you hear, you hear the word prospect all the time from all different places. I hear the word like doing interviews, I hear top prospect all over the place. What does it mean to you that somebody and that this country thinks that you're the top prospect?

SPEAKER_01 2:55

It means a lot, just because it shows me that the work that I'm putting in is getting recognized and that, you know, the journalists and and the reporters, everybody, you know, is seeing what I'm doing. But you know, honestly, the the main goal though is is becoming a world champion. And until that happens, I I really won't feel satisfied, but it it does let me know though that my my work is paying off though.

Canceled Bouts And New Situation

SPEAKER_02 3:19

And has it been has it been challenging for you to get matches? And the reason why I'm asking that is because you know, when you look around on the internet and you and you talk to different people and just like different news reporters, that there was like a mention of you having difficulty getting the exposure that you need.

SPEAKER_01 3:41

Yeah, so I'll say in 2024, it was a real difficult year. My actually the year I went pro, I ended up only fighting three times, and I was scheduled to fight about like six or seven times. I wanted to be very active in every time I got ready to fight, something happened, like show got canceled or you know, fighter pulled out. And I actually was supposed to fight December 12th, and my opponent pulled out the two days before the fight. So, you know, I dealt with that a lot, but you know, I I don't I'm I don't have to go through that no more because of the uh situation I'm in now. So I'm I'm actually happy about uh the current situation I'm in and you know, no more having to worry about opponents pulling out or fights falling out last second.

SPEAKER_02 4:26

Okay,

Style Breakdown And Ring IQ

SPEAKER_02 4:27

okay, good. I'm I'm glad for you because I was looking at your record and and I actually watched certain fights that I was able to find footage on. And you know, I I believe, I know that you are the top prospect, and and it it's I'm not just saying that just to throw words in the air. I I watch fights a lot and I watch fighters, and the two fights that stuck out to me. See, because when when somebody's a top prospect to me, it's it's about having a very well-rounded fighting approach, you know? And the two fights that stuck out to me were the Culvergin and the Zengesen fight. And I noticed that in the Covergin, am I saying his name right? Covergin?

SPEAKER_01 5:11

Yeah, I think that's how you say it.

SPEAKER_02 5:12

Something like that. So you are you're you are a you are a natural when it comes to fainting and jabbing. That that whole fight, like I watched that and I was really, really impressed because fainting is not something that uh, and and uh throughout the country when I watch fighters, it's something that doesn't actually come natural, and you would think it would, but it doesn't. You're fainting your jab. And that that demonstrated to me right there just the natural ability. Then the flip side of it was when I was watching the Zengison fight, you know, you didn't actually use to faint and jab, but you were getting in close on him, like you changed up your style, and that shows me that ability to adjust. And that's for somebody your age, like you're you're advanced, like you're you're well beyond other people that I've watched that are fighting at your age. And I was just really impressed, and I I just wanted to I just wanted to let you know

The Grand Prix Draw Reframed

SPEAKER_02 6:10

that. And I you know, I I also I know that you know you had the the whole tournament in the Grand Prix, and I know that what's the guy's name, Quamalie? Is it has so you know you had that draw, and I know that you were counting it as a loss, and I and I just wanted to hear why you were counting it as a loss.

SPEAKER_01 6:37

Honestly, because in in the first, you know, when it first everything first happened, I was I was disappointed because I definitely knew I could have performed better. But after a while, after talking to my team, and you know, certain things that I I didn't go to the media with or talk about because you know I take my my wins, like wins, draws, like I take everything on the chin, you know what I'm saying? I don't I don't want to make no excuses or anything, so I just took it as it was. And to me, not being in the tournament no more was like having a loss. So that's obviously why I felt like that. But after you know, talking with my team and everything, I actually happy that everything that happened that you know what happened, how I flew flew out to Saudi and you know, on like a two-day notice, and you know, it was a lot of things, cutting a lot of weight the wrong way. After everything that happened, my my team was proud of me. I was honestly disappointed at first, but with my team, you know, like having my back and letting me know everything what we were up against, it honestly made me feel much better. And I I kind of took it now as a win-win because I fought a fighter that was like 26 years old, 27 years old that had 16 fights, you know, and that was only my sixth fight. So yeah, I took it at first I was you know looking down on it, but it was a great experience fighting somebody with that many fights. And you know, honestly, my team and even me myself, I thought I won that fight at least four to two, maybe even five to one. You know, so I I had to, you know, just do a little bit of sitting back and and uh playing playing the background and see everything. And uh honestly, I don't look at it like that no more as a loss.

SPEAKER_02 8:17

Good. I I'm really glad because

Training Roots And Family Coaching

SPEAKER_02 8:20

I watched I watched the fight. And I mean, I didn't want to like bring up any stuff, but you know, I was kind of feeling a little bitter towards the WBC because, you know, the the guy comedy, he was applying pressure, but I didn't actually see him getting any good hits on you. And it seemed like he was trying to clench you a lot. So, you know, and then I was reading up that the WBC had, you know, broken this tie with their whatever the hell they're calling an enhanced scoring system. What the hell does that even mean?

SPEAKER_01 8:50

Honestly, with the enhanced scoring, I have no idea, but I just know that day that I fought, there was a lot of bad, bad stuff going on. You know, there's 16 fights, there were 16 fights in one day, which is, you know, judges are only human and everybody makes mistakes. But with 16 fights, the fights were starting at I think 8 a.m. that day, all the way to like 6 p.m. That's judges sitting there all day. And um, I was one of the last fights, so you know, I could get a judge that's been sitting there watching boxing all day, who whose brain might be foggy, and you know, there were 16 fights and four draws, so that kind of lets you know the judging that was going to be. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 9:27

Well, you know what? I think that it's amazing that you know you have that viewpoint because that's a really positive outlook, and and you do understand that people are human and they do make mistakes and definitely don't hold that against your record. I mean, I I am really, really impressed with you. I know that you're fighting in the featherweight division. Your father is your coach. Is that accurate?

SPEAKER_01 9:48

Yes, yes. He's uh my coach and my manager.

SPEAKER_02 9:51

Okay. And now, what how old were you when you started boxing? And he was he your coach from the beginning?

SPEAKER_01 9:58

Yes. So I started boxing around, I mean, I've always been in a gym. Like my father and my uncle, they used to box, but so I've always been in a gym since a kid. But like as far as me actually going to the gym every single day, seriously training, was about six years old. And at first, my dad, he he didn't start coaching me right right away. It was my my grandfather Jose Santiago. Okay. Um he he's the one who actually was coaching me first. And as I got a little once I after like a year, me actually being serious in the gym and my dad seeing that I really wanted to box, that's when my dad started coaching me as well. And then my father actually had got incarcerated for a while. So my uncle he stepped up and he started coaching me. So once my father got out, and you know, me and my uncle were already working, everything just came together.

SPEAKER_02 10:47

Okay, okay, and and you're in Colorado Springs.

Elite Sparring And Camps

SPEAKER_01 10:51

Yeah, that's uh so sometimes I do training camps. I actually do training camps everywhere. Colorado, sometimes for pre-camp or might go to Vegas and do a camp or even New Mexico. I actually when for the Zanginasol fight, I did like a mini camp there in uh New Mexico.

SPEAKER_02 11:07

Okay, with uh with Yoruba?

SPEAKER_01 11:09

Yeah, with Yoruba. Yeah, that was um actually my main spar partner for that fight.

SPEAKER_02 11:14

He's he's amazing, he's amazing. And I heard, I heard that you have done some sparring with some with some really top-level elite, you know, Shakur Stevenson, Keyshawn Davis. Can you tell me about that?

SPEAKER_01 11:26

Yeah, I've I sparred a lot of the top guys. Uh yeah, I've been sparring Keyshawn since I was about 15. Oh, wow. Um I sparred Shakur when I was, I think, 17. So I've been in there with a lot of the high elite guys. I mean, honestly, a lot of the top guys, because they all, you know, anybody really underneath the B B, which is Bow Mac and you know, Bud, anybody underneath that type of thing. Uh, I've been training with around Bud since I was 14 years old. So any of the fighters that come out, I've always, you know, got the opportunity to get great work in.

SPEAKER_02 11:59

Listen, all I'm gonna say is it definitely shows I I've watched you and you know, at first, at first I didn't know who you were because I I was I was in Jack Condelari's Center and and all of the fighters there, they kept saying, Try Nash, Try Nash. I'm like, well, where the hell is he? You know, like is he real? Is he real? And they're like, no, he really is real. You're gonna meet him. And I'm definitely going to, you know, as soon as you make fight announcements, I'm definitely coming to whichever fight I can make, and I'll do some media there for you. And, you know, I just I know that you have, I don't know if you're still using this motto,

Mindset, Motto, And 2026 Plans

SPEAKER_02 12:35

but it's kill when you hunt.

SPEAKER_01 12:38

Say that again.

SPEAKER_02 12:39

Kill when you hunt. When you go out hunting, you gotta kill, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:42

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 12:44

I mean, you know, you definitely when I when I think of Top Prospect, you definitely are, you're actually the only name that really comes to mind now that I now that I really got to experience and watch the footage. I was actually really trying to dive even deeper and you know, even looking at other people's commentating and and things like that. But I'm very, very impressed with you, and I'm really looking forward to to seeing where you're gonna go this 2026. And do you have any idea of how many times you're trying gonna try to fight?

Announcements, Promotion, And Shout-Outs

SPEAKER_01 13:16

We plan on fighting four to five times this year.

SPEAKER_02 13:20

Okay. And you are you're trying to get champ title, right? World champ?

SPEAKER_01 13:26

Yes, yes. That's that's definitely the plan and the goal. You know, once once I make all my announcements and everything and everybody sees what what direction I'm going in, you know, it'll everyone will understand. But honestly, I'm in a great position now compared to to just, you know, a few years back of not wanting to sign with certain big promoters, just staying patient. And I'm uh I'm glad I listened to my father and I stayed patient because now I I feel like I'm with one of the best company, not one of the best, the actual best company in boxing now. So, you know, once once we're able to make the announcement and everything, and everyone sees who I'm with, uh, I feel like everyone be like, wow, that that was a great decision.

SPEAKER_02 14:05

Well, I'm super excited for you, and I cannot wait to hear the announcement. And before we close out, is there anything that you wanted to tell the public? Any words of wisdom, any any shout-outs, anything?

SPEAKER_01 14:17

I want to give a shout out to my team. Shout out to Yoruba Maru and his father down there in New Mexico. You know, you guys just stay tuned. This this will be a big year into anyone supporting me and watching this year. I will be getting very serious on my content and um, you know, YouTube vlogs, everything, you know, everything you guys want to see. I'm I'm gonna be on it this year. So, you know, just stay tuned.

SPEAKER_02 14:39

Okay, thank you so much for your time, Troy, and I'm looking forward to everything that's gonna happen in your future, and I'll be back in touch with you, okay?

SPEAKER_01 14:47

Okay, thank you so much.

SPEAKER_02 14:48

So much. God bless you.

SPEAKER_01 14:50

Thank you, you too.