Improving Your Street Boxing Mind

Most people think street boxing men, especially good ones, are dumb. Yes, some fighters may have
dropped out of school to pursue full-time boxing training. But many boxers manage to finish
schooling and even end up as professionals, aside from being professional fighters. Some of
them even end up being champions, giving great honors to their institutions.

Some all-out boxing for the street fighters try to compensate for their prejudiced schooling by shifting to
Education, major on Physical Education. However, at times, this does not solve their image of
being dumb. Not many people see P.E. professors as smart or intellectual, though many really
are.

Boxers will be better off by finishing their formal education. There is no other solution
to this chronic problem than to have their father-trainer (FT) in on it. The FT must include in his
checklist for his son-trainee (ST) his academic standing. The FT should personally see to it that
his ST is studying, and should really give him enough time for this. It will greatly help if the FT
himself is a college graduate. Therefore, he will be in a position to demand from the ST the same
or even coach or tutor him a little on this.

Some may react and say that this is too much work for coaches. Imagine the coach doing
this to all his fighters. We are not talking of traditional coaches here, but of FTs. Father-trainers
are different from your traditional coaches who train players only for a win. Father-trainers
choose sons (and that means only a handful, at most 5) to train to be champions for life.

Great boxers must pursue their intellectual training. If school has really become out of
reach, there are other means such as books, short courses, teaching tapes and CDs, and home
schooling through the internet. Intellectual training is very much a part of being an ace athlete.