September 18, 2014 By
O.Z. Productions-“There are reasons you never see in your neighborhood pickup
games of boxing between neighborhood kids.”-Rafael Ochoa.
Boxing for its long history has always been considered the
Red Light District of sports. While Floyd Mayweather is the pound for pound champion
on the sport and the highest earning athlete on the planet, kids still inspire
to be Lebron James and Peyton Manning. There is more than one reason for this,
but for experienced boxing manager, trainer and promoter Rafael Ochoa there is
one reason. Mental Training.
“Boxing is a sport where you will spend hours training,
having a strict diet and having to carry a large amount of emotional and mental
weight. You have to remember unlike the big sports here in America, there is no
team, no role player, no all-star team.” Says Ochoa. Boxing is a sport where
you train mentality just as much as you do physically. That’s hard to do. There
are reasons you never see in your neighborhood pickup games of boxing between neighborhood
kids. It’s an individual sport and training is not a passive pick-up game.”
Ochoa, has been involved in the pugilist sport for over 40
years and his eyes have seen everything there is to see.
“I’ve seen guys who are Gym Hall of Famers (Fighters who are well prepared at their training
camps but unable to handle the mental and emotional toll of a professional
career.) fall apart at the moment they face real adversity. That is pressure
that no one wants to have to deal with day in day out. There is no league, no
union just you and that is hard. When all the lights and eyes are on just you
and the guy across from you what do you do? In football, basketball and
baseball you get a chance to score it’s not like that in boxing. If you can
train and perform like a Floyd [Mayweather] or a Ward [Andre Ward], you can in
my mind handle any other mental toll from other sports.”
For all and all Ochoa feels that while boxing is not for
everyone as a professional career, he does believe that boxing is a great sport
for exercise purposes.
“Boxing as a way of cardio training in my view is one of the
best ways to get into great shape. Just don’t take any punches!”
Rafael Ochoa is a trainer, manager and promoter with over 40
years of experience in boxing. He is the owner of OZ Productions, a Houston,
Texas based management and Production Company that specializes in boxing and
music.
For more information about O.Z. Productions please visit: www.ozproductions.net
Material courtesy of O.Z. Productions Used with permission.
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