I don't understand what pushes a man to go through such intense training regime. All those training for just that tiny tiny chance of achieving glory. Kinda reminds me about gladiators.
Waking up at 5 am in the morning to jog, then train, then jog some more and then train again till night.
Its even more difficult when a boxer wants to lose weight to go down a weight class. Some extreme diets only contain drinking water 3 days before the weight-in.
For every 1 Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Leonard, there would be a 100 unknowns.
My current favourite boxer, Manny Pacquiao aka Pac-Man aka Mexicutioner. This guy is a legend, currently the best pound for pound boxer. "Pound for pound" is a term to describe the best boxer if every boxer were in the same weight-class, as no matter how good a featherweight boxer is he can never take on a heavyweight boxer.
Pac Man with Arroyo
All lean muscles, no fats here people.Manny Pacquiao just celebrated his 30th birthday. His guest of honour even include Arroyo, the President of Philippines. He is a legend in Phillipines, it is said that when he fights, rebels would put down their guns, robbers would take a day off and the daily routine of Fillipinos would stop to just watch him fight.
He just added Oscar Dela Hoya aka the Golden Boy in boxing to his impressive boxing record. It was a major upset as he was labelled the underdog before the match.
Another boxer to look out for is British Ricky Hatton. It would be a dream match for Pac Man to go against Ricky Hatton.
But Ricky Hatton is also known as Ricky Fatton, due to his excessive drinking and eating.
If it really happens, my money is on Pac Man!
Ricky Hatton, currently the best boxer in Britian and one of the best in the world.But the one man whom i want to see fight again is Floyd Mayweather Jr. One of the best boxers who belong to our generation. Our dads had Muhammad Ali, our older siblings had Mike Tyson / Holyfield. We have/had Floyd Mayweahter Jr. But sadly he retired last year, at the young age of 30. His record is impressive, 39 Fights/39 Wins/25 KOs/0 Losses, he was the best pound for pound boxer before he retired.
He have defeated both Ricky Hatton and Oscar Dela Hoya before, but he has never met Manny Pacquiao. It would be awesome to see the both of them fight it out.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. aka Pretty Boy Floyd (in my opinion the king of boxing, after Pac Man of course)PS: Holyfield should retire, i know he wanted to make history to become the oldest heavyweight champion at the age of 46 but honestly, i think what kept him going was the child support he has to pay which amounts to $500,000 for 11 of his children (from marriages and affairs) and the upkeep of his 100 over bedroom castle which was almost taken from him earlier this year.
To Mike and Holyfield, your time has passed, be like Lennox Lewis, a real champion in life and in the ring.
Till Next time, I'll see you in the boxing gym
