Masculinity of Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson was on top of the world, winning the WBC boxing title in 1986 at age 20 (“Sports”). Although Tyson is acclaimed to be one of the best boxers to ever live, he had a dark side to his character. Much like Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter, Tyson was, in a way, was publicly shunned.Something they both share in common is what they were punished for. It could be said both were shunned because of committing adultery. Tyson’s hyper aggressiveness led to many runs-in with the law and being suspended from boxing.

In Joyce Carol Oates’, The Cruelest Sport, she argues that boxing is a cruel and savage sport and that it should not be practiced or even considered a sport. The title of this work The Cruelest sport leads to the questions: Why is it the cruelest sport? Is it because of the physical injuries? Or is it because of the corruption? Oates argues that because the ultimate goal of boxing is to injury someone, it is a barbaric sport. Boxing is the only sport where two men climb into a ring and fight each other like animals. Boxing is harmful because of the injuries, wounds, and deaths that occur during every fight. Victory is usually when one of the fighters is knocked out. Victory is usually achieved when one fighter is unconscious. Boxers fight

Millions of people worldwide take part as spectators to the sport of prize fighting: better known as boxing. In a 1962 essay entitled “Who Killed Benny Paret?” the author, Norman Cousins, writes about the dangers that come with the sport of boxing. He especially talks about a match that resulted in the death of a boxer named Benny Paret. Cousins argues that boxing is just a show of violence and that boxers put themselves in the ring just for the simple purpose of entertaining a crowd. Even though investigations reflect the role of the referee, Paret’s manager, and the doctor’s examinations as the main cause of Paret’s death, Cousins blames Paret’s death on the people that attends boxing matches to see a man get hurt or knockout because he

Boxing, an official sanctioned sport in the early 20th century, is a sport that is known as one of the most violent and physically demanding sports on the earth. Professional boxers that get paid to fight must be in top shape in order to preform at the highest level. Being a professional boxer is a tough life. Boxers train hard for many months leading up to one fight and either win, lose, knock out the opponent or even get knocked out. The sport has been around for centuries, but has most recently taken off over the last 100 years. It is a multibillion dollar industry with fighters taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars if not even millions of dollars for big matches. In his novel Papa Jack, Roberts tells the story of the famous African American boxer Jack Johnson. He details the boxers rise to fame and fortune and his downward spiral that would soon follow. In Papa Jack, Roberts displays life of a professional boxer through firsthand accounts with events that happened during Johnson’s life and shows how boxing not only influenced his life but also how he influenced the African American community.

“You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren 't true, but you never hear about the positive,” This quote resembles Floyd Mayweather 's life. His family really loves the sport of boxing, and Mayweather loved being in the gym with the gloves on his hands. The life of crime started to take over for Mayweather 's parents. Mayweather’s talent inside the ring was amazing, and a great is what Mayweather turned into he shined in the ring. Mayweather proves to be one of the greatest with a record of 49-0 which is the second best without a loss to 51-0-1.

Sixty years ago in a small town in rural Minnesota, there lived a rowdy young man by the name of Jack Smith. He had a very obsolete personality and could easily instigate a fight with anyone he met. By the age of seventeen, Jack had already been expelled from high school due to a myriad of reasons that included numerous fights. However, the final straw was when he hit a teacher in a fit of rage after Mr. Robencraw insulted his intelligence for failing yet another quiz due to his extreme procrastination. For years he wandered around Minnesota, a vagabond with no purpose in life. But that was until he met the legendary boxing trainer Rob Rammers , whose famous saying was scurry like a spider, sting like a scorpion. Meeting Mr. Rammers changed Jack's life completely. Under Mr. Rammers training Jack became a truly great boxer and soon, Rammers decided that it was time to take the world by storm. During his first fight, Jack was up against another powerful newcomer that was well documented and was the favorite for the fight. Jack was booed when e went into the ring, but he quickly quelled the crowd by delivering an instant knockout with his devastating right, and because of that right fist, he was thenceforth known as Bazooka Jack. His success did not

beat up and his trainers thought it was time to stop the match. After that fight, Mayweather

The sport of boxing is a conflict sport that causes thousands of injuries and even deaths every year. As with any conflict sport harm to a participant is expected, but when the injury stretches to the extreme of a death it is a shocking outcome that involves many investigations. These investigations point fingers at both plausible and implausible causes this deaths. Norman Cousins points out the potential causes during the Griffith v. Paret Match that resulted in the death of Benny Paret in his essay Who Killed Benny Paret? Cousins in Who Killed Benny Paret?

Prior to the late 1980s, there has not been a great deal of research done around the between masculinity and its relationship or influence with sport, but it appears that in recent times it has been widely researched with various different theories and concepts developing from this research.

(Calder-Smith, 2004) During the next decade, Tyson was sentenced to six years for the rape of a model. His wife divorced him for alleged domestic violence, and he lost his boxing licence for biting his opponent’s ear during a boxing match. (Gutteridge & Giller, 1996)

Racialized minorities are a key factor that is linked to masculinity in this film. It is clear that Marcus is seen as a role model for many racialized men due to his struggle and success in the music industry. Being an influential black man motivated his many fans to respect and aspire to be just like him. However, in the film, Marcus like many black men was influenced by the media’s portrayal of what it meant to be man and rather than inspiring non-violent forms of living. He conveyed aggression along with a love for drugs, money and women.

What was the Affect of the Joe Louis Versus Max Schmeling Rematch on American Society? Word Count: 2,861 Abstract In the late 1930s Joe Louis and Max Schmeling were two of the world’s best boxers. Joe Louis was the American brown bomber and Schmeling was the black man of the Rhine. Joe Louis was the world heavyweight champion in 1938 and Max Schmeling was the man who took away his undefeated record in 1936.

Joe Louis is known as one of the greatest boxers of all time, and he certainly loved what he did. There was a time in our economy where wrestling was dominated by gambling interests, but Joe Louis earned an honest name and helped elevate this sport back to what it once was by establishing his reputation and bringing people’s interests back up from the decline. His real name was Joseph Louis Barrow. He went by his fighting name, Joe Louis, but also had the nickname of the “Brown Bomber”. He didn’t necessarily have the most facile life, but he almost always persevered and made do with the hand life dealt him.

Cassius clay, one of the world’s most distinguished boxers, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 7, 1942. Clays work ethic was apparent even in the early years of his life. As a child, he raced the school bus to school each morning. His friends would wave to him as the lead fluctuated based on the school bus’ stops. This work ethic extended to the classroom. Because of a learning disability, Clay had to work extra hard in school to not fall behind. Clay grew up with racial segregation all around him. These injustices sparked a passion in him to change the way people viewed African Americans: “I wanted to show that color didn’t matter”(Muhammad Ali: An American Legend). Clay’s boxing career began because of an incident when he was 12 years old. He and a friend rode their bikes to the Columbia Auditorium for The Louisville Home Show. When they were ready to go home, Clay discovered that his bike was stolen. Filled with rage, Clay wanted to retaliate. He found police officer, Joe Martin, who told him, “You better learn how to fight before you start challenging people that you’re gonna whoop” (Hauser 18). Martin became his coach, and although Clay never found the thief, he found a love of boxing that would continue throughout his life. Between the ages of 12 and 18, Clay

A public error causes for a public apology. In athletics, ethical errors are made and must be apologized for as shown by Mike Tyson. On June 28th in 1997, Mike Tyson bit two chunks of Evander Holyfield’s ears off in a title boxing match in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada (Weinberg). Tyson publicly apologized two days later in a news conference and on October 16th in 2009 in an interview with Oprah Winfrey and Evander Holyfield (Fonzy Foo, Oprah.com).