Boxing

This biographical sketch will explore Mike Tyson’s life of victories, personal, and professional losses. Mike Tyson, born Michael Gerard Tyson, was born June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York to Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Tyson. Jimmy abandoned the family in 1968, when Mike was two years old, leaving Lorna to care for Mike and his […]

Before social media was what it is now, you had to be someone exceptional to stand out from the other fighters in UFC. Yes, you could have amazing skill but many wanted to see character. With his Mohawk haircut, Japanese tattoo and that strong gaze he’d make every time you saw him getting ready for […]

This tells the audience automatically that when he feels he has no power against his family he tries to prove himself so that he would get recognised for his qualities of being a man. So therefore he proves his ‘manliness’ by showing Rodolpho a few passes of boxing, but really show that he is man […]

Aug 8, 2011 – By the time Warrior is released next month, there will have been two major motion pictures employing combat sports as a vehicle to promote a human interest story since 2010. The aforementioned will be one. The Fighter, starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, the other. Neither film is primarily about the […]

Boxing is a sport that is adored by millions of people all over the world , it is a contact sport in which the fighting style is called MMA (mixed martial arts), Boxing includes two participants called fighters who battle it out in a series of rounds (12)until the opponent has been knocked out and […]

James J. Braddock once said, ” I have to believe that once things are bad, I have to change them”. The movie Cinderella Man is about Braddock rising from a poor, unsuccessful boxer to the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. The historical background to his life and career was during the same time period […]

For many years there have been sporadic calls for boxing to be banned, these are often put forward by medical associations of some kind after a boxer has died from injuries sustained during a fight, the most common of which is the BMA the British Medical Association. Here are some reasons why boxing shouldn’t be […]

So It finally happened for me then, I finally became a professional, I thought from here on out my life was gonna be easy and I was going to do well in my career…one day maybe fight at Madison Square Garden in New York…meet world champions and all that. Why did I ruin it from […]