Pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently challenged the retired ten-time six-division champion and now boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya to be the antagonist of his final fight before retirement in September‚ as per Inquisitr. This challenge came after De La Hoya said in a radio interview a week ago that he was thinking about coming back to the ring everyday as he believes he is still fit enough to fight‚ according to an article in Fight Saga. The article even mentioned something about
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despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches‚ for instance‚ attract such universal interest? Don’t the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Humans are as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The dangers that these sports cause are susceptibility to major accidents
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Mike Gerard Tyson‚ also known as “Iron Mike” was the youngest heavyweight champion of the world in 1986‚ at the age of 20. Tyson has done some questionable actions in his career and his personal life‚ making him a great person to discuss about psychologically. His career statistics are not only groundbreaking‚ but also unbelievable. At the age of 20 he not only had a record of 22-0‚ but out of his 21 wins he won them by knockout. Now at the age of 50‚ he is a completely different man. I chose
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you down. Also if the force is strong‚ that one punch could kill you. The article “The Death of Benny Paret” is a prime example of why boxing should not be played. Boxing is just like when guys(Gladiators) would be in a arena and fight till the death back in 180AD. Benny Paret fights a man named Griffith and Griffith punches Paret 18 times and it kills him. Boxing is not a sport that should be played because it can lead to extreme injuries or possibly death. For example‚ Benny Paret’s story. Benny
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Cited: "Apathy." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster‚ n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. COLEMAN‚ JONATHAN. "Death at the Garden." The New Yorker. The New Yorker‚ 24 July 2013. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/07/boxing-emile-griffith-benny-paret-death-madison-square-garden.html Gansberg‚ Martin. “Thirth-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police.” Kirszner and Mandell 127-30. Kirszner‚ Laurie G.‚ and Stephen R. Mandell‚ eds. Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical
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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
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opponent is boxing. The two boxers wear padded gloves as they fight for a total of 12 rounds within that time frame the opponent has to be knocked out. Boxing may seem like a sport that many people do not watch but is still popular in modern society. The skills that fighters’ such as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao acquire is a form of art. A Philadelphia native who believed that boxing was a form of art‚ was painter Thomas Eakins. Currently this famous painting that portrayed boxing is Between
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Eddie "Scrap Iron"(gym keeper). In this movie Eastwood has shown in his movie a story about a struggling life of boxers and coach. In this movie an actor and director is playing a role as Frankie Dunn a boxing coach. Frankie has played his part very well in this movie by high training level of boxing and giving them skills that they are applicable for. Making every boxer in his gym a very strong fighter. One his most favourite boxer in his gym (hit pit) was that black guy Frankie taught him all the
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“I shook up the world…” Muhammad Ali cried as he knocked out Sonny Liston‚ becoming the heavyweight champion of the world on Feb 25‚ 1964. Muhammad Ali had a truly normal childhood‚ he had an amazing boxing career and was a great activist. Muhammad Ali was an amazing boxer and anti-war activist. Before Muhammad Ali was a world renowned boxer‚ he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay. Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay Jr. to Odessa and Cassius Clay Sr. Cassius Clay Jr. was born on July 17‚ 1942. Clay
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the infamous ’rumble in the jungle’ in Kinshasa‚ Zaire. Narrated by Norman Mailer and George Plimpton (both writers who attended the fight)‚ as well as filmmaker Spike Lee‚ When We Were Kings illuminates the significance of the fight not only in boxing history but also as a major cultural event. In addition to the fight‚ the promoters organized the "Zaire ’74" concert which featured many of the major black artists of the day‚ including James Brown and B.B. King‚ among others‚ most of whom had
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