James Patterson Essay

In case you were one of the few MMA fans on the planet that didnt catch last nights UFC event, fellow MMA fanatic Michael Hans has provided some guest commentary for The Punch. His thoughts on UFC 84 (FYI, I wholeheartedly agree with points number 1 and 4): 1) Loved the Penn fight. He dominated and I would like to see him rule the lightweights for years to come. I know why he wants to fight GSP, but thats for personal not professional reasons. He wants to beat the one guy who is a true challenge

Marcellus Clay Jr or rather his stage name Muhammad Ali is a well renowned Heavyweight boxer, who shocked the world during the mid nineteen hundreds. Not only did he win the Heavyweight title three times, but he won fifty six times when he was just twenty one. He did not let the fame get to his head, he instead used it to call out what was wrong with the nation, like racism and politics to get them notice and have them fixed so the world can be a better place. He was then stripped of his title and

If you ever wondered what it would look like if two professional wrestlers fought each other in an MMA bout, Bellator will deliver the closest thing to it on January 21 when Tito Ortiz squares off against Chael Sonnen in a light heavyweight main event. They both grew up as wrestling fans and have nicknames that firmly pronounce their colorful personalities. The bravado of Ortiz’s fiery clad “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” is the perfect foil to the boisterous Midwesterner in Sonnen aka “The American

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Dothan, Al) Team Alabama Boxing and Fitness proudly announces Byron Mitchell, the boxing coach for Team Alpha, will be inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame for Boxing in 2018. Mitchell has been boxing for 24 years and was the WBA Super Middle Weight Champion from 1999 to 2003. Mitchell was the 1996 National Golden Gloves Middleweight Champion and turned professional in 1996 for Don King. The Boxing Gym is proud of Mitchell's accomplishments and is thrilled he works with the

Stipe Lasic Mrs.Leonard College Prep English 14 December 2016 From Bro to Pro “Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.” Jack Dempsey was a professional American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927. Through hard work he reached the status of heavy weight champion and impacted the future of boxing. According to the article Jack Dempsey Biography, “Born William Harrison Dempsey on June 24, 1895, in Manassa, Colorado, Jack Dempsey's parents, Hyrum and Celia Dempsey, were

Floyd Mayweather Sets Date For Next Fight Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather next bout is set just four months after his victory against Manny Pacquiao. The boxer an kicked he will fight against Andre Berto on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (NV). This will mark Mayweather's final fight, closing his iconic career without a blemish on his 48-0, 26 KOs record. The event will be broadcast on Showtime Pay-Per-View at 8pm (Eastern standard time). Mayweather understands the magnitude of the last

For this biography I would like to talk about George St-Pierre. George St-Pierre, aka GSP is a professional mma (mixed martial arts) fighter and held the UFC world champ. GSP has a black belt in Kyokushin Karate, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. George was raised in St-Isidore, in Quebec (a town of only around 2,000 people) and was bullied by older kids for years, when he was 7 his dad put him in Kyokushin Karate. St-Pierre has said “life isn’t like the movies, when you’re only 8 or 9 and they are 12 there

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