Final reflection

From this project I have learned many different things about Floyd Mayweather jr. And some of those things were new or old. This project helped me learn many different things about myself that I need to change.

The thing that I learned and that surprised me were all the different injuries that could happen to you. And some of those injuries could possibly be life changing If it happens.  But the other thing that I learned about the health risks is that there at  some health advantages also and some of them are really good.

During this project I learned that Floyd Mayweather jr has a foundation that helps children that don't have anything. And when I found that out I thought that it was a good thing because I think we need more celebrities that would do that for the children. And I also found out during my research that Floyd promotes fights and he also promotes different fighter that are in different weight classes.

The thing that was really hard about this project was to find something about Floyd that was kind of a how-to do something. That post I thought was the hardest and in the end I didn't do that post because I couldn't find anything that would work for the post. But I think that this was the hardest thing to find out of all the posts that we did.

The other thing that I thought was most difficult about this project was getting everything done on time. The reason why is because there was so much stuff that you had to find in a short period of time that you were kind of like overwhelmed because you knew that if you didn't get it done during class or at home you were behind. And I need to learn how to stay on task and get things done when they need to be done.

The thing that I thought was most rewarding was that I learned new things about myself.   The things that were rewarding are finishing large projects that take a number of weeks to do and finish the project on time. Those were the two main things that were rewarding about this project.

The other thing that was rewarding during this project is when the teacher took out two posts and and instead of ten posts we have eight posts. I think that was a big sign of relief because then you know that you can take longer on each post and trying to get it the best you possibly can. And we took a week each on the last two posts and it got a lot better because you know that you did your best on it.

So during this project it had its ups and downs, but all together I liked the project because you got to learn different things about people that you usually wouldn't get to research everyday.

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Accomplishments

For this post I am going to tell you the top five different accomplishment by Floyd Mayweather Jr. And these accomplishments are the ones that I see in my eyes. So here are my five different accomplishments. These accomplishments are going to be from least to greatest.

Accomplishment #5: Net worth of Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather jr. is known for being a professional boxer. And with being a professional boxer money comes along with it besides fame. So as of 2012 Floyd  Mayweather jr has a net worth of 115 million dollars. In my opinion I think that this is an accomplishment because he has earned this with blood, sweat and tears, and many years of work. And no matter what I think happens in his career I think he will always be worth 115 million dollars.

Read Article:http://www.therichest.org/celebnetworth/athletes/boxer/floyd-mayweather-jr-net-worth/

Accomplishment #4: Highest paid Athlete

As of 2012 professional boxer Floyd Mayweather jr. is the highest paid athlete. For fighting Victor Ortiz in September ad Miguel Cotto with both fight combined Floyd managed to rake in an astounding $85 million dollars, for the Victor Ortiz fight Floyd made $40 million dollars and for the Miguel Cotto fight Floyd made $45 million dollars, but on top of the $85 million dollars for the PPV receipts for the Cotto fight he took in $95 million dollars. In my opinion I think that it is a good thing that Floyd made that much money because if you are going to put your body at risk you should at least but your body on the line but making a lot of money while doing it.

Read Article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2012/06/18/mayweather-tops-list-of-the-worlds-100-highest-paid-athletes/

Accomplishment #3: Mayweather Promotions

Mayweather has a business called Mayweather promotions. The jobs of Mayweather promotions are to promote fights, promote fighters, basically everything to do with boxing. Mayweather promotions has three different fighters that it promotes and the fighters are in three different weight classes. And those fighters that Mayweather promotes are " welterweight: Floyd Mayweather jr. And for lightweight: Ishe Smith, and for middleweight: J'Leon Love". In my opinion I think that it is ago of thing that Mayweather promotions has different fighters because then Mayweather can be involved with different weight classes with different boxers.

Read Article:  http://www.mayweatherpromotions.com/

Accomplishment #2: World Titles

Floyd Mayweather jr has fought in many different weight classes during his career. And with fighting in different classes he has won many different world titles. And some of the titles are WBC, WBA. www.boxrec.com said the first world title is " WBA Super Welterweight super title, WBC Welterweight champion, and the WBA Lightmiddle weight champion". And there are many other world titles that Floyd has won.in my opinion I think that it is a good that he won all those world titles because then it shows people that he is the best, and if they want to be the best they have to take out the best which would be Floyd Mayweather jr.

Read Article: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=352&cat=boxer 


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Accomplishment #1 Record

 Floyd Mayweather jr. Is known for boxing, but he is also known for is astound record which is 43 wins and 0 losses with 23 of those wins as a knockout.  He has been able to keep that record a perfect one from the start when he started his professional boxing career. And I think that it is a good thing because with a record like that you should be able to make really good money which he is so I think this would have to be in my view his accomplishment number 1. And according to boxrec he has fought over the United States of America. And he deserved/ earned where he is at with his professional record.

Read Article: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=352&cat=boxer


So I have told you the five accomplishments of Floyd Mayweather jr that I think they are but in my point of view. So I hope you liked these accomplishments. So I hope that you think that these accomplishments are the same for him as well.

Health advantages and disadvantages

The reason why is chose to compare and contrast the topics health advantages and health disadvantages for boxing is because this is a huge part of boxing because of the risks that are involved. And I wanted to know what the health advantages and disadvantages were.

Boxing is a brutal sport these days. And with knowing that there could be some injuries that go with it. Those injuries would have to be a health disadvantage for boxing, because if you get hurt enough you could change your life and your family’s life as you know it. One wrong move and you could come out of that ring either blind or with a concussion or even brain damage. People whom have boxed for a number of years they might develop what is called "punch drunk" and that means a person getting hit in the head for many years and who has brain damage from it.

Even tho boxing is a brutal sport there could be some health advantage for boxing. Boxing is a sport that you have to be determined, mentally fit and physically fit.  There are things that you can do to become ready to step into the ring. The main things that you need to be good at are speed, endurance, and strength with those you are more likely to stay a little more healthy. Boxing is a good sport for exercise because you are always moving around and you always have to be in tip-top shape.

With all the injuries that go along with boxing It might be unhealthy getting beaten up. There are always a few things that you can do to help avoid getting hit and maybe a stay a little more healthy.  www.livestrong.com There was a study done. “And the study was researched by the central and eastern clinical study. And they had a team of 47 boxers that were studied and they had 21 injuries that were logged at a rate of 2 injuries per 1,000 hours of boxing. And 71% of those injuries were related to the head, and with concussions for 1/3 of those tallies”. Having concussions are a bad thing because if you have one it means that you are more vulnerable to have another concussion. There is another way that you can do to avoid getting hurt is by training and with a lot of tranning you are more likely to avoid getting hurt.

There are many differences between the health risks of boxing and the health advantages. And one of the differences are www.livestrong.com said “ CTE is found in athletes, including boxing as a result of multiple brain trauma. Tissue within the brain designates effecting the behavior”. So what this is basically saying is that if you get hit in the head to many times you are likely to get brain damage. The other difference is that www.livestrong.com said that boxing can be a great stress reliever. In particular the training part because while relieving stress you are also building strength.

The History of Boxing

Modern day boxing consists of different weight classes, such as super featherweight, lightweight and super lightweight and many more weight classes beyond these.

Believe it or not boxing is rather a old sport. Boxing started in the United States of America until the 1849. And according to www.london2012.com "boxing didn't make an appearance in the Olympics until 1904 in St. Louis". Ever since that boxing has been really huge. There are some boxers that have astounding records. Today boxers strive to be the best. But there are a few things that stand in those boxers way. If the boxers want to be the best they have to take out the best, and they have to train to be the best. That means eating healthy, training every day without any breaks, and they have to have dedication to wanting to the best.

Today there are many different promoters for the fights and some of them are Don King, and Golden Gloves and many more those were just a couple of them. Today there are a few tv channels that are known for broadcasting boxing on their tv station and they are Showtime (SHOBOX), HBO, and NBC those I think are the main tv stations that are known for having boxing.    

In my point of view I think that there are many people that have changed boxing as we know it. And those people I would have to say would be Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao and Muhammad Ali, but those are the people in my point of view that have changed boxing. But other people might have their own opinion about it. But who knows there could be other professional boxers that could have changed boxing, but all I can say is that boxing is an amazing sport.




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NewsWorthy

With Floyd still in tip-top shape, even at 35 years old he is still fighting to protect his astounding record winch is 43 wins and 0 losses. Floyd doesn't just like winning in the ring. On the side Floyd is a gambling man on the side, he recently won a bet that was on the spurs vs. the LA Lakers game. The winning score was 84-81 and the spurs won, which made Floyd Mayweather Jr. $275k richer.

USA today announced:

Mayweather, who was in attendance in the Staples Center, might have been the only non spurs fan jumping for joy. It surely wasn't his biggest bet ever placed, but it was still a huge win. And this was actually a smart bet too. The Spurs are 7-1 and the Lakers obviously going through a coaching change after firing Mike Brown. That's much safer call than when Mayweather most famously lost $3million by betting on Michigan against Alabama. The Wolverines lost 44-14, but Mayweather lost a lot more.

www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/11/14/floyd-mayweather-wins-275k-bet-on-spurs-lakers-Danny-green/170523



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I think that it is cool how Mayweather is willing to take risks by making bets and possibly lose all his money that he bet. Even if he didn't make any money from betting it wouldn't matter because he already has enough money to live off of, and that money he bet could very well be just his pocket change that he carries around with him.

Floyd Mayweather jr. has a foundation called the Floyd Mayweather jr. foundation. Floyd started the FMJF in 2007. The Floyd Mayweather Jr Foundation is a non-profit organization, Floyd wants to help the youth of Las Vegas.

"In 2007, Floyd decided to put to use his star power by founding FMJF, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to empower and promote the social development and advancement of struggling adults and adolescents.  The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation’s focus is on: community health and wellness, economic growth and development and youth education".http://tfmjf.org/about-us/

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Mayweather jr growing up

The life of Floyd "pretty boy" "money" Mayweather jr. An American Athlete in boxing. Floyd was born in 1977 to a family of boxers, boxing was in his blood, his dad Floyd Sr. is a former welter weight contender and his uncle Jeff Mayweather is a former IBO Super Featherweight champion. Floyd was fitted for his first set of boxing gloves at the age of seven. While growing up Floyd's life wasn't normal as everybody else his dad was selling drugs.

During Floyd's high school years he lived with his mother and grandmother in Grand Rapids. When Floyd's grandma got mad he would walk to his mothers house. While growing up his dad was sent to prison for Drug trafficking, and his mother also has delt with substance abuse.

During Mayweathers amateur boxing career he was very fortunate to win the National Golden Gloves. "He won the Golden gloves in 1993, 1994, and 1996". Floyd finished his amateur boxing career with an astounding 84 wins with only 6 losses. With his amateur career finished his pre-professional career ended bitterly in Atlanta Georgia at the 1996 Olympic Games when he lost and took a bronze medal, he lost by a controversial decision.

"Mayweather started his professional boxing career in October of 1996. Mayweather continued to win at an astonishing rate. Within mayweathers first two years of becoming a professional boxer her captured his first title and it was the WBC junior lightweight championship".After that mayweathers professional career as a boxer accelerated a lot more in 2000


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