World Boxing Council

disease Central Idea: Parkinson’s disease progresses through 5 stages. Visual Aid: P/P Slide 2 (Holland, Moncivaiz) Introduction: What do Pope St. John Paul the Great, the Reverend Billy Graham, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and American boxing legend Muhammad Ali all have in common? The answer is Parkinson’s disease. I was interested in learning more about this disease because my grandmother has been dealing with it for a couple decades now and her symptoms have recently become much…

(deceased) boxing champion and civil rights activist. Known to be one of the most significant celebrated sports figure in the 20th century. Also influenced millions around the world to never give up on their dreams. Muhammad Ali’s Impact inside and outside the ring redefined boxing as more influenced throughout decades. One of Muhammad Ali’s shot to popularity was his famous, unbeatable boxing style which has dazzled the boxing industry and millions boxers around the world. His boxing style…

Second I will be talking about a group of athletes from different sports. The two types of athletes I will be talking about is basketball players and boxers. Both basketball and boxing is a great sport, in fact they have a lot in common when it comes to work ethic. One thing I found interesting is that boxers are observed as a case study, an in depth investigation of a small group or an individual and basketball players are observed using the longitude method, participants observed over time…

Boxing… The misunderstood art! What do you mean? No sport where you beat the opposition up until one gives in can be considered an art!this is a generalization made by many who have not even seen a full boxing match. Boxing is the only way of life to those who are fans and participants in the sport. Just imagine that feeling of months and months of running, lifting weights, taking blow and blow, one punch at a time one step at a time for it all to come down to one night of 12 rounds in front of…

Boxing is a challenged sport and involves aggressive with the fists. Also, boxing competition means two or more fights between the same fighters. In fact, boxing has agreements to outflow from the life of the investable debt, troubles, expulsion, ruthless organization, and prison. However, every boxer that entered to boxing career has a story to tell like Joe Louis and Mike Tyson. In the essays of “Champion of the World” by Maya Angelou and “Rape and the Boxing Ring” by Joyce Carol Oates tells…

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” This was a common way people described Muhammad Ali while he was boxing in the rink. Muhammad Ali was a famous boxing champion, but he should be known for more than just his boxing. He also was known for taking pride in his religion and race. He showed people that not only is it okay to be different, but to embrace it. Muhammad Ali has had a positive impact on society because of his religious and racial outlook. Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., later…

What’s the difference between “Grand Theft Auto V” (GTA V) and boxing? For starters, GTA V is a video game, and boxing is a competitive sport. One side is influenced by money, weapons, sex, and drugs. The other is influenced by physical brutality and roaring chants of spectators. Both of these two have their differences, but one thing that they primarily share is violence. Statistics show that GTA V was a record breaking video game seller – having sold over 34 million copies. It was also one of…

worst when finally things started getting better, he had a major comeback. That’s when Damon Runyon gave Braddock his nickname the “Cinderella Man”. He was given the nickname because of his fairytale like rise to a poor local fighter to the boxing champion of the world. In October of 1934, Braddock had been given the lucky opportunity to fight John Griffin who was also known as Corn. Everyone was amazed and John Griffin was very upset when Braddock knocked him out in the third round. June…

notices another photo of a man in a boxing ring and though it was Penrose when he was younger but it happened to be his father also. He tells Paul “boxing released something in him- he was a gentle man out of the ring, a very good husband and father, but vicious inside the ropes”. Then Paul asks him if he took up boxing and he tells him he did for a while but that it triggered the wrong emotions. Penrose says “still, it gave me an important idea – my father’s boxing career, in particular” (Pg.…

the diseases that we have in this world, why did I choose Parkinson’s disease and Freddie Roach? Simply because I have been an avid follower of his since he handled the eight-division world champion, the fighter of the decade, and a Filipino professional boxer, Manny Pacquiao. I was dumbfounded when I found out that Freddie Roach has Parkinson’s disease. I was straightaway an enthusiast of his since knowing that he had Parkinson’s disease, and yet he made boxing champions in this era.…