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Antonio and Felix have a dream of becoming lightweight champions of the world but each of them have a different boxing style. Soon Antonio and Felix will fight for the win in the Golden Glove champion ship. What exactly is the Golden Glove Champion ship? It is we're young athletes can develop lifetime skills. The first tournament was held in 1923. Both Felix and Antonio are seventeen years old, they live in New York City. Felix and Antonio have the dream of one day to become lightweight champions

This past Saturday night we witnessed a huge upset as Viktor “The Ice Man” Postol (28-0) simply out classed Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (37-4). You may ask how was this a “huge” upset, this is an upset due to the fact Lucas holds one of highest KO ratios in all of Boxing out his 37 wins 34 came by way of KO. Now you have a boxer like Postol who has 27 wins with only 11kos, who typically would not be favored to survive the relentless onslaught of a power puncher. There are couple factors that

The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection. The former champion died on June 3 at age 74 of shock. Ali had long suffered from Parkinson's disease, which made the once-graceful athlete a prisoner in his own body. President Obama, who keeps a pair of Ali's gloves on display in his private study, paid tribute to the late athlete, saying he was "a man who fought for us." Ali was born in the American state of Kentucky in 1942. He took up boxing

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest “Float like a butterfly sting like a bee,” is a widely known quote expressed by Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time. He is an inspiration to many children around the world coming from a poor family to becoming one of the greatest athletes of all time (Rummel). With confidence and bravery Muhammad Ali built his way up to the top. He is a great American for introducing his new tactics like staying light on his feet and his patented rope and dope by tiring

Sylvester “ROCKY” Balboa INTRO:) “Bang”.... “Uppercut”..... “Jab”. That's all you here in the ring… Every move/punch counts for the winning of the fight. Not knowing if the opponent was going to give the last punch. Sylvester “ROCKY” Balboa was much more than a fighter, boxer...He is motivation to not stop what you started. Rocky was a Star in the boxing world… Made films...A Overtime boxing match

My friend Jonny T offered his seasoned MMA opinion on three fights for tomorrow nights UFC Ultimate Fight Night installment 15. His analysis: Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer Josh Neer is a tough Militech Fighter with good hands and a solid ground game. He has submitted some very dangerous fighters in Joe Stevenson and Melvin Guillard. Unfortunately, has been decisioned by the bigger breed of fighters such as Josh Burkman. This has ultimately led to sliding down into the Lightweight division where BJ Penn

Imagine watching an average sized man use technique and confidence to overpower an opponent twice his size, defying the odds that were set against him. Royce Gracie began competing at the age of eight. Among his many accomplishments as a child, at the age of sixteen he received his blue belt, and was promoted to a black belt less than two years later. He also became an instructor for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu within the same year (Dzyn studio, 2014). Royce competed against opponents fifty pounds over his

UFC Middleweight Champion George "Rush" St-Pierre stated that he will take a break before sitting down with the UFC to talk about his future. Being the newly crowned UFC Middleweight champion, GSP is set to battle interim middleweight titleholder Robert Whittaker for the Undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship in the future. St-Pierre mentioned that many things can happen in the sport of MMA, and added that it is the task of his agency and the UFC to talk about his future. The middleweight champion

Conor McGregor versus Floyd Mayweather was the best fight I have ever witnessed. My neighbors invited me over their house to watch the fight. I was so ready to watch the fight; history was happening right in front of my eyes. This has never happened in the the world of boxing. The best MMA fighter, fighting the guy maybe known as the best ever to box. I got goosebumps just watching them walk up to the ring. I just couldn’t believe this was actually happening; I’m watching history. I was watching

Imagine been framed for murder, and the only option to prove oneself innocent is to get involved with the school's bad boy. In Nearly Gone, Nearly must fight to prove her innocence while fighting to receive a chemistry scholarship that her best friend is also shooting for. At the start of the novel, Nearly is so focused and determined to get the scholarship, so she can have a better life for herself than what her mom has given her. A quote that shows her focus is,"There was only one chemistry scholarship