Bernard Hopkins lit a fire

I watched the Bernard Hopkins vs Kelly Pavlik fight Saturday. What I saw was a 43 year old man boxing as if he was 20. It was an amazing display of boxing prowess. To think this sport can make it so at 43 you can beat up a 26 year old champion is amazing(not saying Pavlik doesn't have his flaws but he's not a push-over). 

I felt that fire inside me watching these two men fight. I'm completely hooked on boxing again. I downloaded the Vitali Klitschko vs Sam Peter fight as soon as I could. It filled me with great joy to see Vitali in motion. I didn't even care about this fight or that Vitali won last week. This is the change that Hopkins brought upon me.  

I'm so hooked I payed $150 for tickets to Roy Jones Jr. vs Joe Calzaghe. I feel it again like I regained that spark. That feeling of joy from watching poetry in motion.

It feels great.

Onto some personal news. Saturday I'm going to get my tattoo finished. 

Going to get some nice colour in there.

I'm excited for that.  As soon as that heals I start training full time for the Golden Gloves.  

Today I took a drug test for the Carpenter's Union and hopefully will be starting school in December. I plan on keeping my security job and doing that so things may get rough in the future. 

Well it's not a super long post as I said it would be yesterday but it'll do.

Vitali Klitschko beat up some Nigerian

Vitali Klitschko won the world heavyweight title last saturday. He apparently beat the crap out of Sam Peter. I think its sad that I just found out about this and I seemingly don't really care. There was a point in time where I would have been watching live cheering and doing shots when Klitschko won. This is the sad state of boxing. 

I've always loved boxing. It's been something that I've always fallen back on. I was born in the year Mike Tyson captured the heavyweight crown as the youngest man to ever do it. I used to watch the Rocky movies religuosly. I always had the most fun pretending I was a boxer as a young rapscallion.

Now boxing sits in this dark place with MMA chipping away at its foothold. Sure there are many fans that will never waver considering MMA to "barbaric". Me? I'm young and I've actually come to enjoy watching MMA it doesn't bother me to see wreslting and BJJ. But I miss the joy I got from watching boxing. MMA fights will never match: cursing up a storm when Lewis Klitschko got stopped, almost coming to tears when Kotsya Tszyu quit against Ricky Hatton, laughing at the insanity during the 10th round of Judah Mayweather. Boxing stirs something up inside me that MMA never will. 

Boxing seems to hold the answer to the question I've asked all my life. "What does it mean to be strong?"

I started boxing to find that answer and while I wavered from my search for a while, I'm back with a determination to get my answer. So while I may not care about current fights in the boxing world in the future I will care about my fights... and the world will too.

BOLD

I weigh 254lbs. I'm fat. It's time for me to take initiative and get off my ass. I'm making a bold prediction right now.  I will win the NJ state Golden Gloves at 175lbs.  This is something I will try my hardest to accomplish. 

I've boxed on and since May 2005. It's time to make something of myself in the boxing world. I have skill and more than enough natural talent. I just lose motivation. This can no longer happen.  I'm 22 years old while still young I am getting older everyday and I'd hate to never give myself a chance.  I want to fight and I want to win.  The only way I can lose is if I don't try. 

So I make my prediction again. I WILL WIN THE NJ STATE GOLDEN GLOVES AT 175LBS!