![]() ![]() ![]() So what in Hades is on his mind?īrock is known as "The Boxing Banker." That's not as foreboding as Bernard Hopkins' nickname, The Executioner, but it's more accurate (Hopkins served five years for strong-arm robbery, not murder). David Remnick, in his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Muhammad Ali, "King of the World," recounted the conventional wisdom of boxing that, "only a fool or a desperate man gets hit in the head to earn a living."īut the same holds true for Calvin Brock, who is undefeated in 29 professional fights with 22 knockouts. It's also part of the reason fighters are widely considered to be dim and/or animalistic. The willingness to shut down that reflex is essential to being a fighter. Know why Olympic boxers wear headgear? Because not even a gold medal is worth a broken jaw.Īnd considering how much greater the range of motion of one's neck is than that of one's stomach, staying as pretty as possible is probably as rooted in Darwinism as it is in vanity. Boxing's rhythm, the bob and weave, is dictated by man's innate reflex to avoid getting hit in the mug. The tradeoff for any offensive maneuver is the chance of catching one in the snot locker. ![]() What makes a man willing to get hit in the face? Perhaps that seems trite, but it's the question that makes boxing compelling. Calvin Brock's decision to give up finance for boxing is paying off with a big check - he'll get $1.2 million for his title fight.Īnd to avoid ever having to get hit in the face. ![]()
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