Is Sergio Martinez lacking that key to success?
Posted: March 19, 2012 at 9:48 am
by Paul Strauss: Its a hard argument to make. First of all, most of the credible boxing people rank him number three or four on the P4P list. He is recognized as the true lineal middle weight champion. Doesnt that mean he is a success? Well, as they say, everything is relative, and in his case what has been withheld from him is the big money fights, and the chance to be part of the big show. Why? Is it something he has done or not done that has kept him just short of being a mega star? Is he flawed or somehow unworthy?
Take a moment and have a little fun creating an ideal prize fighter. Now, you shouldnt limit him to just your own likes. Expand things and create someone who you know will reflect the proper image and have wide ranging appeal. A comic book hero if you like. Remember, were talking ideal now. Try this on for size. This person should be handsome, yet rugged, someone who will appeal to female enthusiasts. He should be David like in build and athletic ability. He should have incredible boxing skills, both offensively and defensively, as well as being very tough. He should be very fast, yet graceful and fluid. He should be intelligent and well spoken. He should also conduct himself with proper deportment, and avoid any hint of scandal. He should be willing to fight all comers. He should be gracious in victory and never complain when misfortune might occur..
Do you know anybody like that? Some of our most recent mega stars of the ring include names like Manny Pacquaio, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Oscar De La Hoya, Roy Jones, Jr., Mike Tyson, and Sugar Ray Leonard. Do their attributes match up with our ideal? Not really. Theyre all flawed, but in each case they were so strong in some areas that they overcame weaknesses in other areas. And, the key is they had help. The best example is Tyson. Everyone knows about his fall from the championship throne. But, when he was in his prime, coming up the ladder, he was one of the most exciting fighters of all time because of his tremendous knockout power. . People knew he was going to destroy his opponents, but they still wanted to see it happened. It was like a perverted attraction to see an accident.
All those named made it to the big show multiple times, and actually increased the size of the stage. But, they all had flaws, and thats okay. Sometimes we like our heros flawed. For example, consider Dempseys popularity vs that of Gene Tunney. All those named were not the ideal either, but still enjoyed having huge followings. The key is they had outside help. They were media favorites. Marvin Hagler can tell you about not having it. He banged away in relative obscurity for a long time before the then Speaker of the House Tip ONeill helped him get his title shot. Without that help, he may never have got his shot. All fighters need help.
Sergio is as close to our ideal fighter as anyone out there. Understandably, he has a desire to get one or more of the big names into the ring, but so far has been unsuccessful. So far, he hasnt had much help from outside his own circles in doing so. Why? Isnt he deserving of such a fight? Say with Julio Cesar Chavez, or Felix Sturm, or Floyd Mayweather, Jr. We can understand why a particular fighter or his manager might not want him to jump into the ring with someone who has Sergios skill sets and difficult style. But, if the fighter is one of the best P4P fighters, and the recognized lineal champion of his division, why isnt the boxing media pushing for and demanding the fight or fights be made? Sergio has handled himself in exemplary fashion both in and out of the ring. Important to some and unimportant to others, he doesnt engage in trash talking, and as far as the public knows, he has avoided any problems outside of the ring. In fact, the opposite is true. He has taken steps to get himself involved in some very worthwhile causes.
It makes you wonder if the boxing media and cable networks truly are concerned with the welfare of the sport? It cant be that theyre worried about Sergio failing to make weight, or come up lame with some questionable injury? Sergio is always in great shape. Theres no danger of him tiring in the championship rounds. Just as our ideal fighter is, Sergio too is handsome, charismatic and articulate, which compliment his superior ring skills very nicely.
How then is it he hasnt got his just desserts? You have to admit, he sounds almost too good to be true. As our demonstration suggests, you cant conjure up a better ideal to promote and publicize in the sport. Promoters, the media and the cable networks should be drooling over such a fighter, such a superior individual. But, they are not?
Certainly people in the media and specifically the cable television networks are entitled to their opinions, and obviously have their favorites under contract. But, they also have an obligation to assist in trying to make the best fights, involving the most deserving fighters. Sergio qualifies as one of those fighters. He keeps winning and knocking people out, while coming away unscathed. But, still its not good enough. The hyperbole and forgiveness given to some fighters has not been extended to Sergio, not that he needs the latter. Frankly, it would appear the time has come for that to change. The media types in control should set aside their personal prejudices and selfish interests. They need to do whats right for a deserving fighter and for the good of the sport. Gentlemen, that means being proactive!
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Success Story: Kelly Hatton
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Memphis City Schools art teacher Kelly Hatton has been physically active, particularly as a softball player, since she was a little girl.
Lesley Young Special to The Commercial Appeal
Kelly Hatton, 30, who says she has been physically active all her life, found a new and challenging workout regimen in kickboxing. "It's new and different. It really feels like a personal trainer sometimes," she said.
"I still play for my husband's business league," said Hatton, 30. "I've worked out all my life, it seems like."
With a wedding looming ahead last year and feeling like she had plateaued with her workouts, she decided to try something different.
"Kickboxing has really conditioned me," Hatton said. "It feels like personal training sometimes."
Hatton has her own pair of boxing gloves -- a Christmas present from her father -- and goes to the gym to hit the bag on her own.
Hatton also attends two classes a week with instructor Mark Akin, a nationally ranked competitor, at Envision Memphis Downtown.
"There are usually only three regulars, so it's a tight-knit group with a lot of individual training," she said.
Hatton says she doesn't lose weight easily.
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Tribal Group PLC – Contract Awards
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Tribal Group (LSE: TRB.L - news) plc
International schools inspection contract with Abu Dhabi Education Council
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Mathematics Professional Development Contract to take forward the National Centre for the Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics in the UK
Tribal, a leading provider of technology products and services to the education, learning and training markets, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the Abu Dhabi Education Council ("ADEC") to inspect Government funded and private schools in the Emirate. The 3 year contract is expected to be worth up to 6m, and builds on the schools inspections Tribal undertook for ADEC during 2011.
In addition, the Department of Education has awarded Tribal the Mathematics Continuing Professional Development Contract. This builds on Tribal's original contract under which it has since 2006 operated an online personal development portal for over 50,000 mathematics teachers in the UK. Tribal will now continue to provide this service until 2015, with the potential for a further three years, under a new contract initially valued at approximately 5m.
Tribal's Chief Executive, Keith Evans, commented:
"We are pleased to continue our work in Abu Dhabi. This contract complements our school, college and nursery inspections activities on behalf of Ofsted in the UK, and confirms the value of our UK expertise and solutions to international markets.
"Our service which provides continuing professional development to teachers of mathematics through the National Centre for the Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics is an example of our expertise in personal development and e-portal management, which brings together our intellectual property in software, subject knowledge and education and learning more generally. We are delighted to continue to deliver this service for the Department of Education."
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Grotech Ventures-backed Personal Inc. Closes $3.5 Million Share Offering – cbl
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Posted March 18, 2012
By Bill Murphy WASHINGTON -- Personal Inc. has closed a $3.50 million mixed offering, raising the amount from 17 investors, according to an SEC filing.
Principals named in the filing by the Washington-based company are the following:
President and CEO R. Shane Green; COO Doug Wheeler; Executive Vice President Edin Saracevic; Chief Technology Officer Tarik Kurspahic; Vice President for Product Development Jennifer Devereux; Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Josh Galper; and Chief Marketing Officer Henry Gaskins.
Also named in the filing were the following directors:
Don Rainey, of Vienna, Va.-based Grotech Ventures; Tige Savage, co-founder with Steve Case of Washington-based Revolution LLC; Eric Semler, of New York-based hedge fund TCS Capital.
Personal, founded in August of 2009 by Nokia Corp. alumni Green, Wheeler, Saracevic, Kurspahic and Devereux, is developing an online mobile platform for sharing digital information.
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Yoga can help caregivers cope
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Published: March. 18, 2012 at 2:08 AM
LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- For every victim of Alzheimer's -- about 5.4 million U.S. seniors -- there is an exhausted, lonely caregiver, but researchers say yoga may help.
Dr. Helen Lavretsky, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and colleagues said the study involved 49 family caregivers who cared for a relative with dementia ages 45-91 -- including 36 adult children and 13 spouses.
The participants were randomized into two groups. A meditation group was taught a brief, 12-minute yogic practice that included an ancient chanting meditation, Kirtan Kriya, which was performed every day at the same time for eight weeks. The other group was asked to relax in a quiet place with their eyes closed while listening to instrumental music on a relaxation CD, also for 12 minutes every day at the same time for eight weeks.
After eight weeks, the researchers found the meditation group showed significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms and greater improvement in mental health and cognitive functioning, compared with the relaxation group. The meditation group showed a 43 percent improvement in telomerase activity -- slower aging and improved immune cell longevity -- compared with 3.7 percent in the relaxation group.
"We know that chronic stress places caregivers at a higher risk for developing depression. On average, the incidence and prevalence of clinical depression in family dementia caregivers approaches 50 percent," Lavretsky said in a statement. "Caregivers are also twice as likely to report high levels of emotional distress and have an increased rate of cardiovascular disease and mortality."
The findings were published in online edition of the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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