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by David P. Greisman - A career can come crashing down in 10 seconds or less. Rebuilding it can take much, much longer.
Rebuilding is not just about television dates and title shots and regaining the opportunity to have those opportunities. Rather, it is about confidence, about a fighter not just showing everyone else that he deserves another chance, but about that fighter showing himself that he is capable of capitalizing once that chance is extended his way.
As important: He must show himself that no matter how many wins he has compiled as a gradual confidence booster, there will not be another devastating loss to serve as an immediate confidence buster.
Not just cannot be. Not just should not be.
Will not be.
The fights this coming weekend spotlight three boxers at different places within that process: Amir Khan, Vic Darchinyan and Wladimir Klitschko.
The rebuilding of Klitschko has provided the blueprint for the rebuilding of Khan. The rebuilding of Darchinyan, meanwhile, could provide, in a way, the blueprint for another recently kayo victim: Paul Williams. [Click Here To Read More]
Rebuilding is not just about television dates and title shots and regaining the opportunity to have those opportunities. Rather, it is about confidence, about a fighter not just showing everyone else that he deserves another chance, but about that fighter showing himself that he is capable of capitalizing once that chance is extended his way.
As important: He must show himself that no matter how many wins he has compiled as a gradual confidence booster, there will not be another devastating loss to serve as an immediate confidence buster.
Not just cannot be. Not just should not be.
Will not be.
The fights this coming weekend spotlight three boxers at different places within that process: Amir Khan, Vic Darchinyan and Wladimir Klitschko.
The rebuilding of Klitschko has provided the blueprint for the rebuilding of Khan. The rebuilding of Darchinyan, meanwhile, could provide, in a way, the blueprint for another recently kayo victim: Paul Williams. [Click Here To Read More]
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