Mike Tyson's Disappointing Piss-Poor Performance

 

    ENTRY 541| BOVEMBER 16/2024

I EXPECTED MORE: MIKE TYSON'S PISS-POOR PERFORMANCE

He boxed like shit.

I expected a lot more from Mike Tyson.

This event was very i,portant to me since Mike Tyson and I are close to the same age and I felt that a victory by him was a victory for all older boxers.

He won the first rwo rounds but Jake Paul dominated the folowing six.

I don't understand why Mike Tyson diidn't just flurry right from the beginning?

One thing that I did notice about Jake Paul is that he managed to somehow pick up som boxing skills.

He had some good techniques which his wa not known for. 

At last he is making an attempt to be a good boxer.  Unlike his brotherm Logan, who realized he sucked a boxing and somehow kiss-assed his way into professional wrestling, buyt somehow manages to also suck at that.

At the end of last night's bout, Mike Tyson was asked who he wanted nest, and he said he wanted a go at Logan Paul. Of course, Logan siad, "I'll kill you." Yeah, that was na expected and typical Logan Paul answer,

Bpth Logan and Jake are cocky and annoying, but that is their preferred public persona. People like to dislike tham and they like beig disliked, and it works for them. It maked them popular by being unpopular. It is not something I would ever try. I have enough trouble getting people to like me the way I am.

In conclusion, I feel that Mike Tyson should have tried a bit harder.  Although, I am impressed with the improvements made by Jake Paul. 

I am disappointed in Mike's performance and a bit angry. I think Mike Tyson disappointed his fan base. Howeferm I'm sure we will all eventually spring back.

I Also, I hope he tries again. Perhaps he sould try to kick Logan's butt.

One positive thing this even did accomplish was rekindle the popularity od the sport of boxing which seemed to be dying lately.

This event was so popular that there were reports of Netflix in the U.S. crashing and booting people off the platform.

That is also a good sign, because it opens up the possibility of more such events on Netflix.

Cheers to the new life od boxing and thank you to Netflix for bringing it to us.

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ABOUT 'The Brick;

'The Brick' is a competitive boxer, training since 1982.

Political lean: None. (middle)

Personality Type (Myers-Briggs): INTJ

Education: College Diploma (Applied Arts)

Lives in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (The Junction/Stockyards Village)

Born in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Entertainment Likes: Rock music and psychological drama films

Favorite books: Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher In the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984

BOXING STATS

9 bouts (Boxing Ontario) 

2 bouts (Ontario Boxing Association) 

1 bout (Florida State Athletic Commission) 

DIVISION:

Masters Novice

CURRENT WEIGHT:

76 kg (170 lbs.)  

 STANCE:

Orthodox (left lead)

Southpaw (right lead)

TRAINING STATUS:

ACTIVE

TRAINING SCHEDULE:

Mon: 0900-1100

Wed 0900-1100

Fri 0900-1100

COMPETITION STATUS:

ACTIVE

NEXT SCHEDULED BOUTS:

TBA

CURRENT TEAM/CLUB:

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Toronto

COACH:

Johnny Kalbhenn

'The Brick' Is Tournament Bound!

 

    ENTRY 540| MAY 31/2024

CHANGES TO TRAINING FOR UPCOMING TOURNAMENT

You will have noticed that there was no entry fir a while.

I was taking a break and also I didn't have much to report, until now.

I have been registered to compete in the Boomerz Boxing Novive Tournament, being held this August in London, ON.

Although it is more than two months away, it really isn't a long time, and I still have a lot to work on.

I am not going to walk away from this tournament with anything other than Gold.

Together, my coach and I are going to be concentrating on some specifics and I am going to attend the morning sessions as often as I can since there are more people in my classification at that time.

I cannot get decent sparring on the evening sessions since the young guys, full of testosterone, only want to kill.  They don't seem to understand the concept of good technical boxing.

"Killing" doesn't always seem to work in the Masters division. I want to focus on impressing the judges with good-quality boxing.

I have a strategy that I want to use, but I can't reveal it, of course, but it is a good one.

 I think. I hope.

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ABOUT 'The Brick;

'The Brick' is a competitive boxer, training since 1982.

Political lean: None. (middle)

Personality Type (Myers-Briggs): INTJ

Education: College Diploma (Applied Arts)

Lives in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (The Junction/Stockyards Village)

Born in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Entertainment Likes: Rock music and psychological drama films

Favorite books: Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher In the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984

BOXING STATS

9 bouts (Boxing Ontario) 

2 bouts (Ontario Boxing Association) 

1 bout (Florida State Athletic Commission) 

DIVISION:

Masters Novice

CURRENT WEIGHT:

77 kg (173 lbs.)  

 STANCE:

Orthodox (left lead)

Southpaw (right lead)

TRAINING STATUS:

ACTIVE

TRAINING SCHEDULE:

Mon: 0930-1100

Tue 1030-1200

Thu 1030-1200

Fri 093000-1100

COMPETITION STATUS:

ACTIVE

NEXT SCHEDULED BOUTS:

BOOMERZ NOVICE TOURNAMENT

Aug, 23,24,25

CURRENT TEAM/CLUB:

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Toronto

COACH:

Johnny Kalbhenn

Boxing On the Screen--Part One

 

    SPECIAL ENTRY | APRIL 7/2024

BOXING ON THE SCREEN--PART ONE

This is a project I have been working on for a while.

IO am presenting this time part one because there will for sure be more to this.

It has for a long while a pet peeve of mine how older TV and films depicted the sport of boxing. In most cases, it was quite inaccurate. As if they couldn't consult with someone to make an attempt at accuracy. I realize most of them are fictional stories, but they should have at least tried for some accuracy.

In this first special feature, I will discuss episodes from three well-known sitcoms from the past.

"FAME" (1984) S3:E5 "Knockout"

As part of this overall unfunny and underdramatic series about the students of a performing arts school, this episode features one of the main characters, Christopher, who decided to take a "break" from performing and return to the Sweet Science.

There is very little information about this episode but upon being able to watch it again I remember how terrible it was.

It was obvious that neither actor knew quat about how to box, but one line in the script sent up a flag for me.

When Christopher was talking to the other students about their upcoming performance versus his upcoming "performance he said, "What I am doing is not a show. There is a bloody guy on the canvas who isn't going anywhere for quite a while,"

That is rarely true in boxing, especially at the amateur level. Whoever wrote that into the script was making a rather poor attempt of making an underdramatic show more dramatic by adding a ridiculous;ine.

As it turned out, we don't get to even see the ending of the bout, nor much of the middle, or the beginning.  All the audience sees is a grand total of about a minute of two actors pretending to bo and doing a terrible;e job at it.

"LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY " (1977) S3:E2 "Tag Team Wrestling"

 

As per the title this episode was mainly about wrestling but there was a boxing aspect.

The character Carmine was apparently a Golden Gloves champion so that was used some times in the series.

Although, as expected the actor really wasn't a champion of anything,  although I was surprised to see that he did have a bit of boxing skill.

That being said, in addition to the entire boxing sequence being rather silly ('70s sitcom style), there was once major flaw. 

The ring they used was both for a professional wrestling match and a boxing bout. That would never happen since they are two entirely different rings.

Both the surfaces are different as well as the rope tension.

Therefore you can not use the same ring for both.

"THE FACTS OF LIFE" (1982) S4:E9 "Academy II"

This was a rather odd episode in the series as it was one of very few that did not take place at the girls' school.

It turns out that this was the second attempt at a series spin-off called "The Academy", thus the title. This episode was later renamed "The Big Fight".

This one took place at a boy's military academy where Natalie's boyfriend, Alfred, attends. Odd also since Natalie didn't have any known boyfriend up to this point.

The academy was having a boxing tournament and Natalie wanted to attend so she could write an article about it.

As we soon learn though, Alfred has his work cut out for him since his opponent turns out to be a "tough guy" with boxing experience as a  --you guessed it-- a Golden Gloves champion.

A Golden Gloves champion with an obviously poor defense. I' 'm not sure how he made it all the way through the tournament lie that.

During the introduction to the bout the "referee" explained the rules, but of course one thing he said was completely and totally wrong.

He said that a knockdown would result in a standing 8 count. That is of course incorrect and doesn't even sound right. How can there be a stand-8 council after a knockdown? In amateur boxing, a knockdown will result in an RSC. A boxer will not be allowed to continue. A standing 8 is issued by the referee for other reasons where the bout can continue.

The oddest part is that the bout did end by knockdown so that inaccurate line didn't even have anything to do with the story.

Another mistake was that the ring surface was made up of exercise mats. That would never be allowed. The ring surface must be a non-slip, smooth surface which exercise mats are not.

Despite the inaccuracies, that was a "not bad" episode of this series compared to the rest, and I don't know why "The Academy" was never produced into its own series.

NEXT ENTRY: April 13 /2024 

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ABOUT 'The Brick;

'The Brick' is a competitive boxer, training since 1982.

Political lean: None. (middle)

Personality Type (Myers-Briggs): INTJ

Education: College Diploma (Applied Arts)

Lives in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (The Junction/Stockyards Village)

Born in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Entertainment Likes: Rock music and psychological drama films

Favorite books: Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher In the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984

BOXING STATS

9 bouts (Boxing Ontario) 

2 bouts (Ontario Boxing Association) 

1 bout (Florida State Athletic Commission) 

DIVISION:

Masters Novice

CURRENT WEIGHT:

77 kg (173 lbs.)  

 STANCE:

Orthodox (left lead)

Southpaw (right lead)

TRAINING STATUS:

ACTIVE

TRAINING SCHEDULE:

Mon: 0930-1100

Tue 1700-1900

Thu 1700-1900

Sat 1100-1230

COMPETITION STATUS:

ACTIVE

NEXT SCHEDULED BOUTS:

TBA

CURRENT TEAM/CLUB:

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Toronto

COACH:

Johnny Kalbhenn

Report For the First Week of April

 

    ENTRY 539| APRIL 6/2024

WEEKLY SPARRING REPORT

THIS WEEK;  10 ROUNDS

FOCUS:  FOOTWORK

This week I did a total of 10 rounds of good sparring with the coach wanting me to concentrate on moving around the ring.

It went well.

During Tuesday's session, I struck my sparing partner in the liver. Yes. A nice liver shot. He didn't like that, I made the mistake of trying to do it again but as I was on my way in he nailed me in the forehead with a nice stiff jab that threw my head back.

Okay. Lucky punch. That's all.

SPECIAL ENTRY TOMORROW

I will have a special blog tomorrow. It will be part one of a series about how poorly boxing is portrayed in movies and TV.

NEXT ENTRY: April 7 /2024  (SPECIAL)

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ABOUT 'The Brick;

'The Brick' is a competitive boxer, training since 1982.

Political lean: None. (middle)

Personality Type (Myers-Briggs): INTJ

Education: College Diploma (Applied Arts)

Lives in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (The Junction/Stockyards Village)

Born in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Entertainment Likes: Rock music and psychological drama films

Favorite books: Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher In the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984

BOXING STATS

9 bouts (Boxing Ontario) 

2 bouts (Ontario Boxing Association) 

1 bout (Florida State Athletic Commission) 

DIVISION:

Masters Novice

CURRENT WEIGHT:

77 kg (173 lbs.)  

 STANCE:

Orthodox (left lead)

Southpaw (right lead)

TRAINING STATUS:

ACTIVE

TRAINING SCHEDULE:

Mon: 0930-1100

Tue 1700-1900

Thu 1700-1900

Sat 1100-1230

COMPETITION STATUS:

ACTIVE

NEXT SCHEDULED BOUTS:

TBA

CURRENT TEAM/CLUB:

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Toronto

COACH:

Johnny Kalbhenn

Big Talk From 400 km Away

 

    ENTRY 538| MARCH 30/2024

WEEKLY SPARRING REPORT

THIS WEEK;  15 ROUNDS

FOCUS:  MULTIPLE JAB/PUSHBACK

I originally wasn't going to do an entry this week being that it is a holiday weekend, but...here is one anyway...

This week I was able to get in 15 rounds including on my birthday Friday.

That coach wanted me to focus on using my jab as a way to force my opponent back to the ropes.

The technique works quite well and seemed to work better while I was in the Southpaw stance,

I am still training at least 90 minutes per session four times a week and I have a feeling that Cabbagetown Boxing Club is planning something.  I don't know when but I am staying in my game to be ready. As the coach has said, "Always be ready".

BIG TALK

I have been having some joker from Ottawa trash-talking me through social media.

I realize this is a "thing" in combat sports, but it is usually at the professional level intended to gain exposure and a larger audience interest. This case is none of that.

He told me that he wanted to meet me in the ring but Boxing Ontario wouldn't sanction it and that we good news for me...

...the fuck?

Big talk from 400 km away.

I have absolutely no problem at all traveling to Ottawa to kick some butt.

I have spoken with a Boxing Ontario official and considering the circumstances in this case, officials are allowed to override the rules.

Getting Boxing Ontario to sanction a bout is the easy part. Getting my coach to travel to Ottawa just for one bout is the difficult part.

By the way this guy trains at the Beaver Boxing Club/ I will let you figure out why it is called Beaver.

(Oooo...!)

NEXT ENTRY: April 6 /2024 

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ABOUT 'The Brick;

'The Brick' is a competitive boxer, training since 1982.

Political lean: None. (middle)

Personality Type (Myers-Briggs): INTJ

Education: College Diploma (Applied Arts)

Lives in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (The Junction/Stockyards Village)

Born in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Entertainment Likes: Rock music and psychological drama films

Favorite books: Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher In the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984

BOXING STATS

9 bouts (Boxing Ontario) 

2 bouts (Ontario Boxing Association) 

1 bout (Florida State Athletic Commission) 

DIVISION:

Masters Novice

CURRENT WEIGHT:

77 kg (173 lbs.)  

 STANCE:

Orthodox (left lead)

Southpaw (right lead)

TRAINING STATUS:

ACTIVE

TRAINING SCHEDULE:

Mon: 0930-1100

Tue 1700-1900

Thu 1700-1900

Sat 1100-1230

COMPETITION STATUS:

ACTIVE

NEXT SCHEDULED BOUTS:

TBA

CURRENT TEAM/CLUB:

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Toronto

COACH:

Johnny Kalbhenn

Working the Offense

  

    ENTRY 537| MARCH 23/2024

WEEKLY SPARRING REPORT

THIS WEEK;  13 ROUNDS

FOCUS:  OFFENSE

Nothing special happened this week so I only have a sparring report.

This week the coach wanted me to work with helping some of the other boxers with defence. That means that my main focus this week was offense. 

The coach wants me to work on jabbing more by keeping my opponent away and forcing him to the ropes.I have also been working on this technique while shadowboxing.

That is all I have this week except that next Friday is not only Good Friday but it is also my birthday.  If the gym is open I might go in for my "Birthday Beating". A Cabbagetown tradition. 

I might also do a special blog entry. I am not yet sure but check here and social media for updates.

NEXT ENTRY: March 30 /2024 

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ABOUT 'The Brick;

'The Brick' is a competitive boxer, training since 1982.

Political lean: None. (middle)

Personality Type (Myers-Briggs): INTJ

Education: College Diploma (Applied Arts)

Lives in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (The Junction/Stockyards Village)

Born in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Entertainment Likes: Rock music and psychological drama films

Favorite books: Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher In the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984

BOXING STATS

9 bouts (Boxing Ontario) 

2 bouts (Ontario Boxing Association) 

1 bout (Florida State Athletic Commission) 

DIVISION:

Masters Novice

CURRENT WEIGHT:

77 kg (173 lbs.)  

 STANCE:

Orthodox (left lead)

Southpaw (right lead)

TRAINING STATUS:

ACTIVE

TRAINING SCHEDULE:

Mon: 0930-1100

Tue 1700-1900

Thu 1700-1900

Sat 1100-1230

COMPETITION STATUS:

ACTIVE

NEXT SCHEDULED BOUTS:

TBA

CURRENT TEAM/CLUB:

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Toronto

COACH:

Johnny Kalbhenn

Checking the Hook (Again

 

    ENTRY 536| MARCH 16/2024

WEEKLY SPARRING REPORT

THIS WEEK;  15 ROUNDS

FOCUS:  GENERAL TECHNIQUES 

15 rounds this week with some very close observation by the coach.

This week the coach wanted us to focus on specific techniques, such as using only the left, working on the inside, and working off the ropes.

Open sparring is great but it is helpful occasionally to incorporate some drills.

CHECKING THE HOOK (AGAIN)

 have been practicing the check hook again. 

There is a coach at Cabbagetown that really likes it and so do I, but I don't like using it when my opponent is standing in an Orthodox stance. The problem is that the technique requires you to pivot to your opponent's right, so what is to stop him from flicking out a right cross while you are pivoting right into it?

I think I am going to ask that coach more about it. I really want to use it more in the rig. 

It is easy to practice on the bag when you don't have a Right coming at you.

NEXT ENTRY: March 23 /2024 

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ABOUT 'The Brick;

'The Brick' is a competitive boxer, training since 1982.

Political lean: None. (middle)

Personality Type (Myers-Briggs): INTJ

Education: College Diploma (Applied Arts)

Lives in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (The Junction/Stockyards Village)

Born in: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Entertainment Likes: Rock music and psychological drama films

Favorite books: Fahrenheit 451, The Catcher In the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, Of Mice and Men, 1984

BOXING STATS

9 bouts (Boxing Ontario) 

2 bouts (Ontario Boxing Association) 

1 bout (Florida State Athletic Commission) 

DIVISION:

Masters Novice

CURRENT WEIGHT:

76 kg (170 lbs.)  

 STANCE:

Orthodox (left lead)

Southpaw (right lead)

TRAINING STATUS:

ACTIVE

TRAINING SCHEDULE:

Mon: 0900-1100

Tue 1730-1900

Thu 1730-1900

Sat 1100-1300

COMPETITION STATUS:

ACTIVE

NEXT SCHEDULED BOUTS:

TBA

CURRENT TEAM/CLUB:

Cabbagetown Boxing Club

Toronto

COACH:

Johnny Kalbhenn