Elizabeth Kelly March 10, 2014 Research Paper Being a famous boxer, you might think it would be easy, but the boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, had a hard time making his way to the professional league. He nearly drowned as a kid, was abused sexually, and was not the tallest kid in school. Even as an adult Ray faced depression, drug addiction, and being an occasional heavy drinker. But even all that did not stop him from pursuing his dream, one he never had a plan for, after two of his brothers talked
was six he resolved to obtain the title of the Welterweight Boxing Champion. This ambition was fueled by his vehement feelings of animosity and commitment to exacting revenge on the Judge, an adolescent who browbeat and bullied Peekay relentlessly throughout his early childhood. The Judge drove Peekay to shed his cradle of innocence and to comprehend the hate and racism in apartheid stricken South Africa. Peekay will continue on to become the Welterweight Champion because of his motivation from the
“Whatever comes next for me, as far as boxing is concerned, I have no regrets. I would never change what I've accomplished and the history I've made.” (Oscar De La Hoya). This quote was said by the one and only Oscar De La Hoya, the man who I chose to write about. Oscar was born in Los Angeles, CA on February 4, 1973. His nationality is American from a Mexican origin and comes from a boxing family. His nickname was “The Golden Boy”. I chose Oscar De La Hoya, because he is the greatest boxer known
class. When it came to boxing, Robinson was as good as it got. Muhammad Ali called Sugar Ray "the king, the master, my idol." "Robinson could deliver a knockout blow going backward," boxing historian Bert Sugar said. Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, then was the middleweight champion five times between 1951 and 1960. At his peak, his record was 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts. And he never took a 10-count in his 200 fights, though he once suffered a TKO. His one early loss
In order to succeed, one needs passion, challenges, and inspiration. Becoming a welterweight world champion doesn’t come suddenly, rather it’s a lengthy process that tests determination and perseverance to become such a great athlete. Without the overconsuming desire to overcome his odds, Peekay would be satisfied with failure. He wouldn’t have done all things he did to stand up for himself. In the book Power of One, Bryce Courtenay incorporates the theme, overcoming overwhelming odds, to display
had little in…the art contrived by Honolulu and Yokohama masters.” When first describing Dick and Perry, Capote describes dick as “an athlete constructed on a welterweight scale. The tattooed face of a cat, blue and grinning, covered his right hand…More markings…ornamented his arms and torso.” The metaphor comparing Dick to a welterweight athlete gives the perception that Dick is a mean looking guy. Basically, what a stereotypical criminal looks like; and that is exactly what Dick is. At the end
in the Olympics since 1904. Amateur boxing matches are short in duration. Three minutes in men. For women it is four rounds that are 2 minutes each. There are different weight classes. Light flyweight, flyweight, bantamweight, welterweight, lightweight, light welterweight, heavyweight, superheavyweight, and more. Boxing is a dangerous sport. If you get knocked down you can keep going. Unlike the UFC which in my opinion is better if you get knocked down you can fight your way out of it or just lose
In ‘Of Mice and Men,’ anger and violence is of common recurrence. Anger, as shown by many characters, is always around because of fear, jealousy and anxiety. Lennie is always the source of this anger, whether it be toward him, because of him, or from him. One of the first characters to portray anger in John Steinbeck’s Novel is George, Lennies companion. Straight away in the Novel, anger is shown towards Lennie, Georges anger is because Lennie wants something they do not have, and because it
The Judge and the Jury hate Peekay and bully him because he is a Pisskop and Rooinek, which he is an English man. Their hatred for Peekay comes from the land and time they live in, and the Boer War that had happened recently. These children were raised and taught that those who speak the language of a Rooinek was to pay for their ancestors deaths. Peekay soonly learns that to survive the hate of The Judge and The Jury he needed to deal with the cruelty and learn to fit in. Peekay learned that if
“I know I’m a better fighter, if we fight 10 times I will win 10 times, he’s just not a better fighter than me.” This is just one of the many quotes created by the world renowned athlete known as Floyd Mayweather, an undefeated professional boxer and winner of the Best Fighter ESPY Award six times over. The previous quote was during a SHOWTIME Sports interview where Mayweather was asked about his victory over Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. This case study will based around using a specific psychological
Morrie is offering Peekay money to go to college at Oxford for a degree in law, but Peekay is refusing. Peekay says that if he takes Morrie’s father’s money he would have to go to college all day everyday to justify it. His dream is to become welterweight champion of the world and go to college on the side, but he doesn’t want anyone’s help. If he gets into a college, he wants to do it on his own and with his own money. Peekay had a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to Oxford University to get
In the book, The Power of One, the main character Peekay has a vast amount of traits that make up his peculiar personality. Three of these personality traits are resilience, maturity, and independence, and he gets each from a different life experience or person he meets. These, combined with something he called his “camouflage,” made it possible for Peekay to get through the rough patches in his life. Peekay’s personality traits show up in a different part of his life, but they all come together
Arnold Palmer, a golfer deemed to be ‘successful’ by society, once said that “the road to success is always under construction”. In today’s society, success is usually only recognized when a person has reached an acknowledgeable point of achievement. One point of destination. Many people believe that to arrive at this one destination they must set goals to reach it. However, because a person who aims to be successful should constantly be creating new goals and striving to complete those goals, by
Comparing The Grapes of Wrath and The Power of One "Two heads are better than one," it's always been said. But is another person always valuable, or can extra baggage keep an individual from achieving his goals? Both sides can be argued effectively, and both may be true depending on the circumstances. Two historical novels, The Grapes of Wrath and The Power of One, show how two sets of characters took different routes to achieve their goals and how they fared along the way. In The Grapes
Oscar De La Hoya is a famous professional boxer. He is known all over the world for his looks, talent in the ring and his great sportsmanship. He is one of the best fighters in the field of boxing and a good role model for young children in the world today. PERSONAL Oscar De La Hoya lives and was born in East Los Angeles, California on February 4, 1973. His parents names are Joel, a former professional boxer from Durango, Mexico, and Dona Cecilia De La Hoya. His mother, Cecilia, passed away in her
“Macho” Camacho(Héctor Luis Camacho Matias). Hector was born on May 24, 1962 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico to Maria Matias and Hector Luis Camacho Sr. Hector was a professional boxer and even sang. He won many major featherweight, lightweight, and junior welterweight championships at such a young age. He pursued on with his career and won three New York Golden Gloves in 1978. Hector was such a good of a boxer that he even put someone into permanent retirement. On November 20, 2012, the legend himself was shot
In The Power of One we are carried through Peekay’s life from from age five to age seventeen, as the story continues we see how the people Peekay meets shapes his life as his story progresses. The Judge, Hoppie and Doc are three of the most influential people in Peekay’s life and his interactions with them helped him develop from an innocent child into a successful young adult. From Doc, Hoppie and the Judge, Peekay is taught honesty, independence, perseverance and he is given a love of learning
Cell phones are wonderment 's of technological advances over time. Though when do Cell phones become a tool that could be used to cause suffering, like in this case getting me in trouble. None the less, the time I was used my phone the wrong way not only got me in to trouble, but made me realize that I should think before I do. Like any other 17 year old I owned a Cell phone, or called “smart phones”, regardless, my cell phone was a very big part of my life and still is to this day. It can be used
Throughout The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, Peekay’s challenges he has to face causes his moral development to grow with him. Peekay went through so much in the beginning that affected his whole life. Through his experiences with The Judge, Hoppie and Doc, his confidence grew stronger. When you first meet the judge you probably wouldn’t expect him to be a major character, but he is. From all of the harassment and bullying, he caused Peekay to become stronger. “I was a rooinek and a pisskop.
You Are Who You Surround Yourself With Throughout the different parts of Peekay’s life, he seems to have a lack of true parental influences. From growing up without his parents and always moving around, Peekay has been shaped by people that have entered his life. Whenever some sort of adult figure would come into the picture, such as Hoppie and Doc, he would immediately consider them to be his idols. Since he didn’t have a true parental figure, he would try to emulate any adult he met. By looking