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By Brent Matteo Alderson - INTRODUCTION:
They call boxing the sweet science, but the term is a kind of oxymoron, because except for instances when the sport is practiced at the highest level, it’s rarely sweet, and more often than not it’s unmerciful and painfully brutal.
And even though it’s an honorable thing to be a fighter, the sport is dangerous and the rewards for participation in the professional ranks rarely counter-balance the commitment, sacrifices, and dangers that boxers have to endure.
In the late nineties, Former NFL player, and University of Miami business major Alonzo Highsmith put his best foot forward and committed himself to becoming a professional boxer. He trained full time for about two years before lacing them up for a professional bout, but was never able to crack the top 50 and was dejected by the realities of the sport and commented - “boxing is like a third world country, the people at the top are very wealthy and everybody else is starving.“ [details]
They call boxing the sweet science, but the term is a kind of oxymoron, because except for instances when the sport is practiced at the highest level, it’s rarely sweet, and more often than not it’s unmerciful and painfully brutal.
And even though it’s an honorable thing to be a fighter, the sport is dangerous and the rewards for participation in the professional ranks rarely counter-balance the commitment, sacrifices, and dangers that boxers have to endure.
In the late nineties, Former NFL player, and University of Miami business major Alonzo Highsmith put his best foot forward and committed himself to becoming a professional boxer. He trained full time for about two years before lacing them up for a professional bout, but was never able to crack the top 50 and was dejected by the realities of the sport and commented - “boxing is like a third world country, the people at the top are very wealthy and everybody else is starving.“ [details]
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