Jonny Mansour doesn’t want a nickname. Not yet, at least. He’d rather let the crowds decide. At just 6-0 with 2 KOs, Mansour is already headlining cards in the San Diego area.

On April 18th, in front of a packed Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, he outworked William King (6-3-2, 3 KOs) in an eight-round non-title bout, scoring 80-72.

Prior to the fight, Mansour spoke at length with your correspondent about his career in boxing .

“I didn’t have to box; I could have been working with my father in his business.” Mansour was a business major at San Diego State University.

Jonny Mansour | IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

Monsour is an Iraqi-American and a Chadian Christian. San Diego is home to a substantial Arab-American community (there are as many as 60,000), including Iraqi-Americans.…