Press Release: Here are the top ten reasons Why Brockton, Massachusetts Will Benefit With An Official Boxing Team:

10.  Single household and inner-city youth that embrace the false negative image of a "thug" are missing a key component sport/activity that will benefit them greatly. The Science of Boxiana, if taught by a skillful teacher, will bring out the integrity and purpose of these individuals. There is plenty of unrefined and untapped co-ed talent in Brockton. Boxing is NOT just throwing punches -it is about avoiding punches. It is often referred to as "The Sweet Science" and is really about strategy, intelligence, athleticism, conditioning, and character. Sportswriter Barney Nagler saw the art behind the Sweet Science when he mused that Sugar Ray Robinson "boxed as though he were playing the violin."
 

9.  "You are what you say, you become what you repeat." Negative vibrations in the form of music [over time] creates a pessimistic attitude and negative outlook on life. Words spoken as slang such as "dawg" or "nigga" become the individual.  This path is not tolerated, my teaching methods emphasize proper and respectful English. I am building good citizens as much as great fighters.

 
8. Learn. Sweat. Enjoy. These are the key components at Think1stBoxing. The individual will decide if they want to take up this trade as a practitioner. When a child learns they continue to want more. Boxing is capable of filling a void in disadvantaged urban youth. Sweating is underrated, it alleviates toxins from the body, hence cleansing the individual of perhaps bitterness and or feelings of low self-esteem that manifest themselves in anti-social ways. This initiative will promote healthy living, free of bad habits and destructive additions.

7. Enjoying being YOU is the ultimate outcome. Most inner-city youth are looking to Kobe Bryant or Lebron James rather than THEMSELF. Think1stBoxing will increase participants' faith in themselves.
 

6. A portfolio, providing he or she decides to become a practitioner will be established for possible scholarship though USA Boxing and other educational avenues. This will do wonders for a teenager to have a portfolio filled with news articles documenting winning fights. Pessimism can be transformed into optimism, insecurity into confidence.


5. Single households, school teachers, and the community at large will experience a great influx of this positive energy. 
 

4. Think1stBoxing is a Learning Center NOT a "gym." I am an experienced engineer who will offer my students a unique and life-changing experience. Those that aspire to the 2015 Olympic Boxing Qualifiers with dreams of Olympic glory in 2016 Brazil will know that they came to the right place. Yesterday's first and second generation Italian and Irish are today's two Kreoles: heralding from Cape Verde Island and Haiti Kreole. Think1stBoxing founder and Head Coach The Nonpareil Hilario speaks fluent Cape Verde Kriolu.

 
3. Brockton has had and enjoys a great high school football tradition. That is only if you're still in high school -with passing grades! This opportunity allows every teen from a 19 y/o former "drop out" [or sadly 18-20 y/o felons without hope] to a 14 y/o at risk pre-juvenile detention youth to DREAM BIG !

 
2. At best, everyone will WIN when there's LESS gun violence, dropping-out, teen pregnancy and incarceration.


1. The rightful moniker bestowed on Brockton as the City of Champions has been dormant. We have had no new champions since Rocky Marciano and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Both of those champions share a rare distinction of retiring on top and staying retired. The Brockton High School football team has been known internationally as the "Boxers," but Brockton needs to reach back to its roots and reach forward with NEW CHAMPIONS through an official Boxing Team. 


It Begins with DREAM BIG 2015 Olympic Qualifiers. NOW IS WHEN !

 

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