The content explores the multifaceted nature of professional boxing, highlighting the often-unseen roles of "journeymen" and the critical importance of male mentorship for young men navigating life, drawing parallels between the discipline and resilience required in the ring and in personal development.
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I have to go again even though I've just
come back even if I'm covered in blood
blood all over me everywhere that no one
bothers to wipe off and yet they call me
still the crowd cheers the riff is a
patient my opponent awaits me I feel
deadened every voice is far away and yet
I hear I know that this is the moment
that I have to go it's my job at first I
liked it I couldn't stop it was my life
now no longer
I'm exhausted worn out I'm in pieces how
long can my body last how many of those
punches can it take night is falling I
feel it falling quickly on me my powers
weaken death will come and be the fatal
wound for me the final defeat that was
the poem the boxer by Gabriel 10t it's
about a boxer who is watching on while
the crowd cheers for his opponent and
statue in the photos of the seated boxer
that statue was founded the baths of
Constantine and this discussion around
who carved it and heard the subject is
is it a boxer at the end of his career
reflecting because the scars they did
tell a story of a long life in the ring
and the crowd is cheering but he seems
distant mm-hmm he's separate from it
he's beaten was bloody
maybe's witnessing nodulation and she is
for his opponent and trauma it's etched
into his face and the other week I went
down to the pub to watch the Tyson
purity Waldorf fight I went in with a
few lads and I got in early to watch the
prelims that was really excited about it
I started talking to this chap at the
bar but we didn't know each other's names
names
till about two hours into the
conversation he was nor the bloke we
started chatting about boxing
he had a boxing background he was a big
fan of fury he said Furies a real
throwback he said to me he said you know
what he said
you look like Jack Dempsey I said that's
a right
you look like Chuck Whitner it's us and
fury he's deceptive he doesn't look like
a million bucks and a stall it comes off
as awkward and he's not showy except
when he's playing up he looks like a bit
of a plotter clutter on the ring but
he's a solaced he's a jack-of-all-trades
he's real ring general now he can fight
on the inside he can fight on the
outside you can go to the distance
because this is Durance is sharp his
footwork defensively is some of the best
in the business
you can stutter step peak you can step
off you can rally or it can square off
and it can advance it can lay on
pressure and it can dominate and can
parry you can fight off the ropes there
or square off and send up the fight and
it can counter you can mix it up it can
throw down but he knows when to back up
and can use his height and reach to keep
distance maybe it'd be a nightmare to
fight as jab sharp it's one of the best
in the business and he fights at awkward
angles that's it's a difficult style
he's just improved phenomenally over the
past few years and he's an intelligent
fighter it keeps his head there's no
real knockout power but he's a complete
fighter in many respects and talking to
this bloke at the bar I mean we covered
a lot of ground we were engaged in the
conversation we really saw each other
and we really valued each other's
perspectives and there was an exchange
of information but also of experience
not just about boxing but a whole number
of things
now he's from Naples originally Jeff
spent a lot of time man you know I loved
Italy so we spoke on life there we
mentioned the culture the festivals that
the the Festa de San Gennaro which was a
great experience talked about other
aspects of Italian
like politics cuisine travel business I
found out he was a bit of a journeyman
back in his day when he was fighting I
said yeah yeah I can tell you've got the
nose for it he said yeah well thank God
I did and a great conversation with a
man it should open many doors go one
door opens and then you walk down the
corridor and other doors start opening
up all around you taking you in
different directions and it's the
exchange of knowledge but also
experience how many young men today that
I've known that did not aware that they
can have these kind of connections with
other men it's not necessarily a case of
them not having the words or the
experience because that comes in time
but it's more because that door has
never been open to them no one took the
time to sit down with them and and
listen and actually ask questions and
and valued the perspectives and their
experiences for young men today it's not
often about altering who they are but
rather stripping away who they are not
and a good journeyman boxer he'll teach
a young fighter more in a handful of
rounds then that kid would learn in six
to twelve months in the gym now
journeyman he's a boxer who's always on
a journey but he never arrives at a
destination but he plays a key role in
mentoring a prospect under contention
and the journeyman is the opponent you
never remember now he's not showy but
they're the unsung heroes you know
professional boxing it's always been a
dirty business
and that's what it is it's a business
it's not a sport yeah it's marketing
it's image it's prestige but it's
corrupt and it's built on the backs of
men who sacrificed their bodies and the
health to make up-and-coming fighters
look like the next big thing now these
men they laid the foundation and they're
vital and the development of many
champions and he's an essential teacher
and a building block now he pads new
talent up you props him up and it gives
them minutes in the ring and it makes
them look strong
but he also fleshes out the witnesses so
it gives the a-team aspects to work on
and to improve he gives them his time
his attention the benefits of his
experience and there's no glory there's
there's no recognition there's very
little pay because my said gentlemen
I've known that they work full-time and
regular jobs and they have other
interests they pursue they've got
families all the rest of it and boxing
it's it's just a sideline yeah and I
mean they can go up in weight and
there's a bigger payday but it's more
risk because you get kayoed is a stand
down period so yeah no pay but the phone
rings and you take the fight and can be
at short notice
that's also fine line they can look too
good on the ring and they can show up to
prospect and that won't be used again
and a journeyman he's got to be able to
keep people happy
you know the prospect the the promoter
the boxing board the public he's got to
make the prospect look good and he has
to be able to defend himself above all
and make it look competitive and it's
always been humorous to me that the
public they always take pro boxing at
face value but it's marketing you have a
prospect with marketability with the
right connections and the right backing
he gets a push but the outcome is for
the most part at least in the early days
are predetermined
now these matches aren't 5050 and in
order to progress at anything in life
you need to take risks to get to the
next level and you can't run before you
can walk
it's like Renzo Gracie said Lorenzo he's
a member of the Gracie clan the school
of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Renzo said a
boxer is a lion he's the greatest
predator on land but you throw him in
the shark tank is just another meal a
young man has to be able to navigate his
terrain and take those calculated
measureable risks to get to the next
level and then grow and develop through
proper guidance those skills
he needs to survive and then you train
there taught through lessons from and
being modeled by more experienced men
and the best journeyman op known that
were from the United Kingdom from
Ireland Wales Scotland we had really
strong amateur ranks and that a very
good discipline very strong technique
and very strong mindsets and they took
pride in what they did now it wasn't
just about a payday now they saw
themselves as mentors as teachers and
they put these prospects to the test
that make them work for it that open up
the floors in the ring but yeah it's
it's a fine line who sometimes the kid
he needs a lot of work and the fight can
go in favor of the journeyman although
the decision never will and no matter
how close it is on points and the
journeyman could knock the kid into the
third row and that still raised the
prospects hand they're there to do a job
there's no stair downs is there's none
of that psyche out or that psychology
because there's no point it's just a job
but sometimes the prospect it get a bit
overexcited nagged up you'll cook off so
in those cases the more experienced
fighter has to send the kid a message
and give them a receipt fire back and
note up-and-comer wants to get knocked
out by a guy with a hundred losses under
his belt it's it's kind of like watching
a deer in the headlights at that point
and that's a hard realization for an
up-and-comer as well yeah it's kind of
like a kid finding out there's no Santa
Claus they slowly come around to the
reality of the business a gentleman's
job is to control the pace of the fight
and now he picks his moments when to
fire up when to slow it down and they're
working levels they level up with a
level down because they don't typically
have the stamina of a contender and they
don't want to go too hard as it may have
to fight tomorrow night and like I say a
lot of gentlemen they work full time as
well they they fight a number of times a
month training travel family order so
they could be looking at putting in
anywhere from 20 rounds per month
or sometimes more and it may sound like
a lot but you can do upwards of a
hundred plus firing rounds when you're
leading up to a professional fight but
the fact is if you're not signed with a
good promoter you're not going anywhere
in the business and as a fighter that's
that's a reality many have to come to
terms with and that's decided very early
on I mean you can cast the reel but if
not big fish are biting you need to make
a decision I have a lot of respect for
journeyman many are providing for the
family doing this it's to pay for the
kids school uniforms I mean that's how
they look at it now it's supplemental
income and you can look at a fighter's
record in the scene you know if 50-60
losses in a row but that's not telling
the full story there's a man behind the
losses doing what he needs to doing what
he loves and taking pride in it and male
mentorship it rebuilds because we need
to rebuild young men because there's so
much damage that has been done and this
isn't going to happen overnight
now male elders they need to be bearers
of light in the dark the lighthouses
let's steer these young men to shore
because boys today that they don't have
men in their lives you know divorces
single mothers we've cut these young men
off at the knees we've cut them off from
male mentors from from social networks
from community the big beaten over the
head in the men left to work out
masculinity alone and young men all
young men they're searching for identity
for purpose for connection and to be
valued for their contributions but as a
society where we failed them now
collectively in every respect now
they're on a crash course with life with
no networks or role models to guide them
well it's same time being attacked and
shamed and there's a lot of predators
out there now just looking too many
black boys with no father figures I mean
just look at the stats on MA to come
from broken homes it's
so it's easy to see how they can go off
the rails you want to treat me like a
dog I'll act like a dog and I'll bite
any hand that reaches out to me I'll get
a tattoo on my face I'm not like you
and I'll take pride in being an outcast
and that will be my identity it's a
romantic notion but it only ensures
they'll be exploited and boys are
retreading they're not engaging and
they're looking for something and
they're not even aware of what that
something is
that is how severely we have failed
young men they have lost to such an
extent that they look to women to fill
the role of mother father mentor teacher
guide friend
they are looking for women to provide
something that they are fundamentally
incapable of providing a woman have
walked away from the table so they have
no skin in the game no obligation past
that of their own needs and boys grow
into men when other men show them the
way when men listen and accept them when
they value them when their model
accountability for them when they
provide structure when they show them at
how to look after themselves you know
nutrition training self-care show them
how to how to handle yourself in an
assertive manner so you don't get walked
on or end up crossing that line intend
damaging your future prospects and also
you know helping them identify and
appreciate their own value and most
importantly older men can show younger
males a healthy middle ground because
the world it isn't just black and white
it's not all strict axioms and absolutes
life is shades of grey and it's our
responsibility to ensure boys can stand
on their own two feet and that they have
the skills to engage you look at Mike
Tyson Mike Tyson had no understanding of
responsibility now he had the world
handed to him on a plate he owned it but
it was handed to him and
before that happened he was robbing
people on the street and once he lost
everything he said in response well what
did you expect people people want quick
fixes and gratification they're not
interested in rebuilding because that
would require investment but young men
that they need to get active they need
to connect to to find their own words
and experience life because whatever you
think day in day out in your mind is
what you will experience yeah every day
where well either growing it or more but
we're retreating into less and some
boxes some boxes they bleed like a stuck
pig and a cut man a cut man is probably
the best psychologist you will ever meet
because the eyes don't lie yeah he keeps
you together when everything else is
around you is you're falling apart now
you could have personal issues or you
down four rounds in a row and you're
running on empty but he can read your
fear and all of your concerns but you
know with him in your corner you're
gonna be okay if you make a mistake if
you get hurt you know he's there to help
you and he knows you he knows how you
think how your mind works what you
respond to what set you off
he's the calm spot in the ocean and he's
there with you every step of the way
it's a team effort and the more a
fighter panics the less the cut man can
do to help so the best thing that a
young fighter can do is to give his
trust to his corner in at least he can
look in the mirror and say he gave his
best you know people could ask you they
could ask you what is boxing boxing is
life because to a boxer it is his life
and people they they look at boxers like
they're dummies and yeah I mean you
can't sit down with them and talk Greek
philosophy but I mean you can't do that
with most people but their mindset is farm
farm
advanced than most of the population and
it's their mindset that sets them apart
they're a different breed that mentality
it comes from experience and it comes
from consistent small accomplishments
and from positive feedback and you can
see it now as his skills grow and
develop so does this sell value in the
confidence and they've focused on
becoming better now on proving things in
a very very practical way improving
their technical skills or their
knowledge and they're hungry but they're
also curious you know they want to learn
and grow and they're excited about new
challenges and their development becomes
their motivation what once crawled can
now walk you know one of the key factors
of photo success is their support
networks know they know they can't do it
alone and they know it's a two-way
street and you get respect by showing
respect and respect is care it's care
for yourself and it's care for the other
person and you've got to put the work in
but you've got to take care of yourself
because if you don't respect you no one
else will and it also means no one else
has to wipe your nose for you because
you value yourself enough to put in the
work and you value those around you
because it's those relationships that
will open doors for you now and in the
future in Sugar Ray Robinson II he said
everything in boxing is rhythm and if
one thing is out of rhythm everything is
and a young man is the sum of many parts
now as custom art Howe said a boy comes
to me with a spark of interest I bead
the spark and it turns into a flame and
I feed the flame and it becomes a
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