Ten Things I Learned In The Boxing Gym

1. Groin and hip protectors always rise up and make you look like Steve Arkle.
2. When you walk into a boxing gym for the first time, you never feel welcomed but you do feel antagonized.
3. Duct tape is used to fix anything that is broken in the gym.
4. Every professional boxer isn't necessarily a skilled practitioner of the sport; they just get paid to box.
5. In the eyes of the judges, last seen best remembered.
6. Boxing without self-respect and morality always leads to breakdowns in and out of the ring.
7. A good head shot can knock you out, but a good body shot will steal your soul.
8. Never come forward on an opponent without throwing a punch first.
9. Speed really does kill.
10. Professional boxing is a business and it's shady at best, beware.