Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story Of Success

Rising boxing star Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield (19-2-1, 11 KO's) thinks he has what it takes to deal the undefeated Floyd "Money" Mayweather (48-0, 26 KO's) the first loss of his career, joining a long list of possible September opponents for the sport's pound-for-pound king. Who is Karim Mayfield, you ask? That's a great question -- one that Mayfield himself has yet to answer. The San Francisco, California native has yet to score a career-defining victory over a big name but could possibly end up landing a mega bout against the sport's finest pugilist.

(Paragraph 1) ¨I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.¨ This Quote means that, the much somebody put on you, That should make you succeed better. Floyd Mayweather is a ¨ Game Changer¨ Because he is a successful Black male that encourages all race to be the best they can be and help kids stay off the streets and live life the right way. (Paragraph 2) When Floyd Mayweather was young, He was going through a lot. When he was about 2-years old, He had a barrel shotgun pointed to his head by an unknown person.

Three time Olympic World champion in track and field, Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, a book about Louis Zamperini’s bravery helped him to survive his bomber crashing into the Pacific spending forty-seven days adrift at sea only to be captured and sent to a POW camp. All of Louie’s emotional story is captivated in Hillenbrand’s memorable story. As a child and young adult, Louis first started out as a thief, but unlike the average

The Hall of Famers Sugar beat were, Henry Armstrong, Kid Gavilan, Carmen Basilio, Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano, Gene Fullmer and Fritzie Zivic. Sugar was so efficient that he won his first fighter of the year award in 1942 and his second fighter of the year award in 1951. He became pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights before losing against Jake LaMotta. He wouldn't loose for another eight years. During Sugars time as a welterweight he won against Jimmy Doley, Chuck Taylor, Bernard Docusen, Gavilan, and Charlie Fusari.

What's worse is that this fight is a championship belt fight; which is a pretty big award for boxers. The two amigos hope that this

 Before everyone became equal in every way from the 211th, 212th and 213th amendments George was intelligent and strong unlike the average person. Since the amendments were put in place George is physically handicapped and  “every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains” (1).   In addition , George must wear forty-seven pounds around his neck to weigh himself down. When Hazel suggests  to just take a few of the lead balls  George refuses the idea, unwilling to risk jail or return back to the dark ages  “with everybody competing against everybody else” (Vonnegut  2).

The Celtics boasted a long championship drought from 1986-2008, leaving fans in Boston disgruntled and antsy. That drought ended when Celtics GM Danny Ainge made pivotal moves to construct a team that would ultimately bring number 17 to Boston. Let's look at a quick recap of those moves: Traded Jeff Green, Delonte West and Wally Szczerbiak to Seattle for Ray Allen and a 2nd round pick

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Down Barriers When Jackie Robinson stepped on Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, he single-handedly paved the way for some of the most well-known athletes in the world. Without Robinson, there would be no Michael Jordan, no Hank Aaron, and no Tiger Woods or Cam Newton. The heroic act of simply becoming the first black man to play professional sports was one that will forever affect the sports world and the lives of individuals around the world. What he meant to the world was even more than being just some special athlete, he was a leader and proved a colored man could do everything in society that a white man could do.

The new founding’s made by scientist and philosophers thought that there could be other “realistic” reasons on why things like such happened. The Enlightenment Era was revolutionary because the people were finally finding their voices. Instead of basing their day to day lives off of religion, they grew a curiosity for intellect. Certain people who were Deist believed that there was a God and that he created all life, but He was not involved in every little thing that transpired in their daily operations. The people were finally breaking away from the church and changing the views on

Grendel had been terrorizing the Danes for twelve years and none of them could defeat Grendel with weapons During the battle with Grendel, Grendel notices Beowulf’s extraordinary strength: “He knew at once that nowhere on earth Had he met a man whose hands were harder; His mind was flooded with fear- but nothing could take his talons and himself from that tight Hard grip” (p. 33, 433-437). To proclaim his victory and triumph over evil, Beowulf hangs an arm of Grendel’s, which he savagely ripped from the beast, from the ceiling. Later, Beowulf encounters Grendel's mother, who is even more terrifying than Grendel. In the battle with Grendel’s mother there is yet another example of Beowulf’s super-human strength when Beowulf lifts a huge sword that was forged by giants and kills Grendel’s mother with it.

The main character in my book “Rod Sterling’s The Twilight Zone The Big Tall Wish” is Bolie Jackson and he is a real washed up boxer. His biggest fan is Henry a young neighbor of his with magical powers. The night of the big tall wish Henry mad for Bolie was Bolies comeback fight and Henry wanted Bolie to win.

Marciano wanted to play a sport but boxing was not his first choice. “Failing to become a professional baseball player, Marciano turned to boxing and won 27 of his 30 amatuer bouts before he turned professional in 1947” (Randolph). Just because he failed at baseball didn 't mean he was going to quit. Rocky lost some fights as an amatuer but as a professional he was a tank. “The only heavyweight champion to retire with a perfect professional record, Marciano was undefeated in 49 fight and successfully defended his title 6 times before retiring in Apr. 1956” (Sullivan).

SELECT According to White and Ciccarelli (2015, p.14) humanists are capable of controlling what kind of life one will live. They believe we as humans have our own free will and are capable of achieving our full potential in life. COLLECT According to Goldman (2011) Joe Frazier grew up in the poverty stricken neighborhood in North Carolina.

Now that Mayweather has retired from professional boxing, he will go down as one of the greatest pound for pound fighter in history. The man shares the record of being the undisputed champion with another great boxer Rocky Marciano (inspiration behind the blockbuster movie Rocky) but at the same time there are others who deny such claims - citing his choice of fighter who many believed that he cherry picked them or his less than exciting and crowd friendly tactics or his flamboyant lifestyle. What nobody can deny is his glittering career full of highlights and great moments like being champion for 18 years in his 19 year of professional boxing. To honour the future hall of fame, we look into his journey in becoming the G.O.A.T. The Early Days

The movie accurately depicted the story of James J. Braddock, a successful boxer, before the Depression. The inaccuracies in the movie were overlooked with how accurate the other parts of the movie were. The actors and actresses of the movie played their parts perfectly, especially Russell Crowe. Crowe played his part as James so well that one could almost think he was the real James J. Braddock. Cinderella man is a powerful and moving story about a poor, local man having the courage to keep boxing and eventually becoming the heavyweight champion of the