Jonathan So
Boxing equipment for kids and all you need to know about kids boxing
Published June 1, 2011 | 
When two men are pitted to break each other ribs and cranium at the lustful delight of a packed audience, no one would argue otherwise: boxing is indeed a brutal sport.
Now, picture this: two kids sparring and slugging it out inside the squared ring. Even minus the crowd, a decent man with natural aversion to violence would howl in protest. The reaction is understandable.
Well, boxing is not a perfect sport. It has flaws. In so many ways too, it is repugnant. But there are reasons why it is called “the sweet science”; and there are plausible reasons too why it is called a sport.
Boxing for kids may be argued by some as too dangerous, but so are other sports. Hell, even dancing would break your neck. But what’s in boxing that people find it so gruesome? Continue reading
Minus Hope for an Upset, Pacquiao Fight Will Only End Marquez’ Quest for the Moolah
Published May 30, 2011 | 
Really, the chasing stops at the bucks. Come November, Juan Manuel Marquez will be facing yet again Manny Pacquiao. The fight was sealed, all Marquez has to do is deliver. But can he?
More than three years since their second encounter (seven years since their first bout), Marquez finally saw green (yes, it means a “go” and “dollars”). The man must be grinning at his luck. After all, it’s no secret that Marquez sought the Pacquiao sweepstake for years. Claiming to be the only guy who holds Pacquiao’s numbers, let’s hope Marquez was counting on his own grit, not money.
Speaking of money though, sans that other guy whom Pacquiao is supposed to face in a perfect world, Marquez just became Bob Arum’s logical fodder for his cash cow. Remember, the Top Rank pasture has to stay green. Let’s just pretend now that the sagely Arum woke up one day as an honest man and realized than an aged “Sugar” is not so sweet after all. Now he’s turning to the toughest old Mexican burrito from GBP. Continue reading
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