Brutal ways that boxers got into fighting...

[Ray Corso]

Did you ever feel you might have a champion in the making?

The forty to fifty out of the thousand or so that walked in my gym
became "champions" in life! They lived, they became productive, they had family and friends. Some are 50 years now and the gym remains opened owned and operated by a member who joined in the early 80's.
I trained many champions in boxing but the ones that went on to be men are beyond boxing successes. Boxing was just a tool!

Ray

[PRINCEKOOL]

The Edison Miranda Story, may be the most brutal story of how a individual got into boxing (That i have ever heard!) he was abandoned by his mother, and lived in the streets as a child! he had to chase down and eat lizards and rodents to survive! he searched for his mother, and found her years later but she rejected him! he was also working on a construction site at the age of 14 years of age!

Gerry Cooney's instruction to boxing seemed quite brutal as well, but at-least he was sheltered and fed some food. (At the 4 min mark in this video he starts chatting about his up bringing)...

[billeau2]

When a child is brutalized by adults or older children they can develop the attitude to fight back and not just survive but conquer.
It can be mental & physical abuse and when those situations are internalized serious social issues occur as they age.
Thats what youth boxing is all about, giving a kid some direction and a chance along with him being able to strike back without social troubles coming their way.
My best moments in the sport was actually assisting a child to not succumb to the pressures from the streets.
I won ONE out of 50! That's considered a success!

Ray

Bless you Ray... Thats real truth.

[Ray Corso]

I thought of Mathew Franklin (Saad Muhammed) when recalling tough circumstances that young men have lived through.
Boxing helped Mathew and I was proud to help him out in a few of his biggest fights. We loved him and respected him!
Ray

[billeau2]

I thought of Mathew Franklin (Saad Muhammed) when recalling tough circumstances that young men have lived through.
Boxing helped Mathew and I was proud to help him out in a few of his biggest fights. We loved him and respected him!
Ray

If memory serves correct...Didn't he come up around Philly? I remember someone, I think it was him, who used to know and come by my martial arts teacher's house. If so small world ay?

[Canelo and GGG]

Did you ever feel you might have a champion in the making?

The forty to fifty out of the thousand or so that walked in my gym
became "champions" in life! They lived, they became productive, they had family and friends. Some are 50 years now and the gym remains opened owned and operated by a member who joined in the early 80's.
I trained many champions in boxing but the ones that went on to be men are beyond boxing successes. Boxing was just a tool!

Ray

You da man ray


Manny Pac can be example,he was doing everything to stay alive ,eventualy it was fighting,muay thai first if i m not mistaken.

[rozahmed]

These days guys fails at other sports and decide to take up boxing.