Tick Tock
When the first bell rings, the seconds begin to count
The fight against time has begun. Both fighters against the clock, trying to stop time.
A boxer knocked out, himself is counted out. No more time, time to go, home time.
A boxer [...]
Posted at 7:45 pm on March 29, 2009 | 1 comment | Filed Under: boxing | Tagged: boxing, dom carpenter, dominique carpenter, white collar, white collar boxing blog | read on
…it’s about not getting hit.
Boxing is not about hitting, it’s about not getting hit.
This is what I have read, and this is how I have been taught. The fight itself is in some ways an incidental to the boxing; As is hitting. A goal, if you like. A consequence, if you dont. Boxing is about training hard and living [...]
Posted at 5:00 pm on March 29, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: biography, boxing | Tagged: boxing, dom carpenter, dominique carpenter, white collar, white collar boxing blog | read on
I am a 40 something Londoner living in Brixton. A divorcee and father of Francesca (9 years old). After many years of working in bars, trying to be a pop star/chef/licensee/racing driver (not really), then waking up to a long process of rehabilitation for various abuses, I decided on art college. I have recently completed 6 years of study in Fine Art at Camberwell and have achieved a Bachelors and a Masters degree. My principal research was the psychology of aggression, this led me to train and compete as a boxer.
