then 20, and then I couldn’t stop. I finally called a halt at 150. As with the kids in my neighborhood, some fighters become so identified by their nicknames… we forget their real names. Case in point, Canelo!
Whether Paul's union with Showtime signals the immanent or imminent death of boxing is beyond my ken. I have heard and read boxing declared dead so many times it can come to feel like a zombie sport, sometimes near the pulsing heart of the culture and sometimes enfeebled and at the margi...
Meat and soda were rare feasts, and the kids often wore slippers and ragged clothes to school so they wouldn't wear out their nice shoes and shirts.Shortly after the family moved to San Leandro, living in a tough neighborhood near East Oakland, Donaire's older brother, Glenn Jr., began ...
his murderer yelling, "I told you I was gonna kill me a black son of a bitch." A James Robinson died of a gunshot to the head in Overtown in 2007, likely a suicide, but he turned out to be just 54. A Jimmie Robinson was beaten to death under an overpass near the pool hall in...
To start out, you should probably ask around through friends and search on Google Maps for “boxing” near your address. Check out several gyms and talk to a few trainers. Be honest and upfront with them as to what goals you plan to achieve in boxing (fitness, amateur competition, boxing...
Self-defense was described as mandatory on the streets of Chelyabinsk, and Kovalev describes the antics he and the neighborhood kids would partake in, leading to admitted mistakes. However, at age 11, Kovalev learned to box in a now decrepit building where the fighter sifts through the remnants...
During recess kids in the regular classroom bullied her and beat her. When she came home bleeding, her stepfather asked, "Why do you always come home fighting?" "I said, 'I'm not fighting, Dad. I'm getting beat up,'" she said. "He told me, 'You're going to watch boxing with ...
“apple bananas”). We got a tour, but my favorite part was a small bamboo grove he had near a stream. There were wild rabbits all around, and I thoroughly enjoyed a woman feeding their pet rabbit an apple banana. I am easily entertained. The final stop was a children’s community ...
I miss my family and my people but I’m a pro who is focused on getting to the top now and now is the time I will stay focused until I get to that big showdown for the title, coming soon to a theatre near you!Mario Hernandez!
Garry inducted Bill Black that night; he wasn't in either. One of best parts of the night was as the crowd was mingling before the event, we were standing near the stage, away from everyone else — D.J. Fontana, Scotty Moore, Garry, me. And suddenly, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck come...