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    The great boxing legend Muhammad Ali once said was “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali was one of the best boxers there were because when he was 18 or 19 he joined the Olympic team and then winning a Gold medal by defeating the three time European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski. Muhammed Ali was legendary to boxing because of who he was, his accomplishments in boxing, and what he accomplished outside of boxing. Their was a well known boxer named Muhammad Ali, who was known…

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    stages of his life, Peekay gradually discovers the true meaning behind the power of one. Some boxing gloves, a nickname, and a chicken named Granpa Chook are significant to his journey. With the devotion of his mentors and the pain of Granpa Chook’s death, Peekay pushes himself to fight both physical and emotional enemies while also uniting the spirit of Africa. The Power of One places heavy emphasis on boxing, which holds deeper meaning than just an ambition stemmed from Peekay’s childhood.…

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    Dave Pelzer

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    and feared to find out what your punishment was going to be that day. This autobiography, “A Child Called It”, was written by Dave Pelzer. Surprisingly, Dave Pelzer was the little boy that was abused in this book, and decided to share it with the world to make everyone aware what might happen behind closed doors. In this report I will include many parts of Dave’s life story including: plot, setting, characters, themes, and my response. First, there were many conflicts that Dave came by, but the…

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    Wrestling is a sport well one person battles it out with another, you can basically call wrestling a street fight with rules. If your not ready for the fight ahead then maybe you go look for a different sport. I was not physically ready for this match. I got hurt pretty bad with a concussion and it did not feel good. My painful concussion happened at Mountain View High School almost a year ago. I was wrestling this kid named Kyle Rice, Kyle is a kid who has wrestled for so long and beat me…

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    Since the time of the Greeks and Romans, wrestlers have competed both on the battle field and at home to see who will win. Many sports advertise challenging competition similar to that of wrestling, but very few can follow through with these promises. This happens because these other sports do not build themselves on set standards such as mental and physical strength and technique. These important parts of wrestling have set it apart for centuries. As a wrestler, I know that these standards make…

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    In a world plagued by inequality, warfare, and poverty, violence can sometimes seem to be random and meaningless. It appears to disregard the natural laws of cause and effect and instead leave a legacy of confusing destruction. While this may or may not be true of violence in real life, it is absolutely false in literature. Violence, in a work of literature, must be seen through a critical lense. It is more than just the action; it is the motivation, the consequences, and the author’s intended…

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    first meeting with Sonny Liston Ali went to Sonny’s house and calling coward, and he was too scared to fight Ali. How did this affect him? The only way this had effect on his life was that it gave him a his first world heavyweight champion match with Sonny Liston. At the time Sonny was the world heavyweight champion and he didn’t want to fight young boy who had a big mouth. However this changed after Ali called him out on…

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    Karambit Strikes

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    This is something that most people never think about, using the karambit as an impact weapon. Why would you do this you ask? Perhaps if the altercation doesn’t appear to be a dire enough situation or you just don’t have it in you to cause someone permanent, serious injury or death. Even with a fixed knife or the blade engaged on your folder you can still strike with the back edge of the karambit blade to strike (think that a piece of steel slapped upside your head won’t hurt?) because once…

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    It’s been little over 21 days since the fighter awoke from a Georges St-Pierre chokehold to discover he had been stripped of his UFC middleweight championship title. But Kelvin Gastelum had other ideas… in the form of a first-round TKO. Gastelum gave Bisping the what’s for in the main event of UFC Fight Night 122 in Shanghai, China. Although Bisping landed some decent counters, ultimately Gastelum out-powered him, switching his lights off like it was NBD. Wow, talk about brutal. Talking…

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    Inspirational Boxer Have you ever wondered how it would feel like to be in a boxing match? All the excitement people have because of two famous boxers are boxing each other to win a belt, and some money. Alvarez’s road began in 2011 Canelo Alvarez has conquered the boxing world he’s been boxing so many famous boxers that are good, he has fans where he is from Guadalajara, Mexico and all over the world, he’s been through so many tough challenges when he was only 25. His parents were…

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