Word: boxer
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...America, but it will take time. Are you ever scared in the ring? How do you deal with that? I'm always scared when I fight. Fear is very important because it helps me stay alert and focus on defense, which is more important than offense. A good boxer protects himself first and strikes second. Why do you think people consider boxers stupid? It's just one of those clichés - like all models are bimbos or all politicians corrupt. I've met plenty of smart boxers in my life, and I plan to do everything...
...ring, Klitschko is quick to stress that boxing is "only a small part of my life." And he is eager to knock down one of the boxing world's most enduring clichés: that of the dim-witted fighter. "Why does everyone think boxers are stupid?" he asks. Well, maybe because of events like last week's press conference by former wbc title-holder Mike Tyson, who announced that he's ready to return to the ring and is "tired of being stupid." But the Klitschko brothers break that sorry old mold. They hold Ph.D.s in sports science from...
Grubman, the only son of a Philadelphia boxer turned city worker, wanted his kids to have the best, and made that plain in a Nov. 5, 1999, memo to Weill. "For someone who grew up in a household making $8,000 a year and attended public schools, I do find this process a bit strange, but there are no bounds for what you do for your children," Grubman wrote...
...match, Knoxville has flown in the aptly named Butterbean, a 350-lb. professional boxer. Butterbean also seems excited about the prospect of knocking out Knoxville. "This is going to be fun," he says...
...Garry Grundy, a student at the Divinity School and the Law School, said he was pleased with the way Boxer handled criticism and questions about the state of the Democratic Party...