What does a first-time world champion boxer do after he shocks the world?

Go to the beach.

That’s where St. Anthony’s High School grad Chris Algieri – winner of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight championship last month – spent his time earlier this week as he recovered from a fight that left him a bit bruised and battered, but a champion nonetheless.

If the “Theme from Rocky” had blasted through the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night, not one of the 6,128 people that filled its seats would have been surprised.

That’s because Huntington’s spiritual doppelganger of Sly’s classic underdog, Chris Algieri, defeated Ruslan “the Siberian Rocky” Provodnikov in a split decision, earning Algieri the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight championship belt.

Undefeated boxer Chris Algieri, a Greenlawn native, will take to the ring this Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the biggest fight of his life.