A have a lot of people supporting me here and a lot of kids look up to me. I didn’t have someone growing up here. People here expect big things from me. There are negative environments everywhere; sports are positive for kids, and I use that for motivation. “I know my opponent ...
I legged it for the exit so that I could get one of the taxis waiting outside. That enabled me to have three hours sleep before needing to get up for my flight back to Al Ula. If the two of them do it all again, then so will I. ...
“For us Cubans, fighting in hostile atmospheres is second nature because we’re used to traveling since we’re kids. We’re used to going places where we do not necessarily have the crowd behind us. “In the beginning, there were 20,000 Mexicans rooting for Canelo but the fight turned ...
The 3 types of boxing hook that I teach involve one being thrown for each range, noting that when ‘in range’ we can either be at close range, mid range or long range. So the hooks are the short range hook, the mid-range hook and the long range hook. Here is the video, all 90...
Bewildered by the whole thing, Paul tells me later it felt like walking into an "army or cult." Backstage, where the assembled cool kids have no green rooms, there is a different kind of excess. The feeling is that of a house party on the verge of running too long. One of the Wink...
You don’t have to start your own boxing gym. Just go to one that’s already existing and offer to help their fighters for free. Start low, training little kids. Tying up their gloves, running with them, and getting them in shape. I have no pro experience but still I made a websit...
This is the trainer with a million kids. He’s a loving guy and a great trainer. The problem is that he has too many kids or boxers to look after. The worst of it is that you may not be his favorite pupil or that he’s too busy working with his more established fighters. ...
Sometimes, Jimmy seems close enough to touch, sitting patiently in the pool hall every day, while Singer and I and everyone else look for him in other places. I can see him hiding in the smoke and the shadows, no past, no future, wearing charity clothes they gave him down at the Cami...
” Especially mystifying when it was for older kids. In elementary, it was the middles school. In middle school, it was the high school. In high school even, it was college. There was something exclusive about athletics. Jonah was always clued in, but not me. It wasn’t me, it ...
Daniyaals martial arts academy is one of the most amazing places for your child/children to be! My child wasn’t the most confident but since coming here, she’s thriving she loves being here she loves the staff who are welcoming and very approachable! Such a great team that work here!