Combat, boxing, and performance
The REAL reason why men MUST learn how to fight—it’s not what you think!
Learning how to fight isn’t about violence—it’s about confidence, deterrence, and capability. This essay explains why being physically capable changes how you move through the world and keeps danger from finding you.
What Combat Sports Teach You About Risk, Strategy, and Winning
Combat sports aren’t just physical – they teach lessons in risk, strategy, and mental agility that apply to life and even online entertainment choices.
Boxing Your Way Out of Procrastination: Strategies to Stay Motivated in College
From boxing, I learned how to conquer procrastination. Here are some tips I picked up to help you stop procrastinating and get things done.
Best boxing supplements by a professional boxer (2025 Edition)
Instead of giving you the same old list of creatine, fish oils, and other supplements that every list provides for boxing supplements, I’ll share my own stack and what actually works.
You Don’t Need Self-Improvement—You Need To Learn How To Fight | Stoic Street Smarts
Discover why learning to fight may be the ultimate path to self-improvement. In this Stoic Street Smarts podcast episode, Ed Latimore explains how combat sports build real confidence, discipline, and resilience—and why fighting teaches lessons no book or routine ever could.
How I box professionally at 40
On July 12, 2025, I returned to the ring after an 8 1/2 year layoff, at age 40, to win a boxing match by TKO. Here is what boxing at age 40 is like and how I trained.
Why boxers need to take protein shakes
This article covers protein benefits for boxers and explains why all boxers, regardless of weight class, need protein shakes.
Why L-Carnitine Is the Secret Weapon for Better Boxing Cardio
L-carnitine is one of the best supplements for improving boxing cardio. Check it out if you want to increase your boxing endurance and stamina. Learn more here
Beta-alanine makes you punch harder, faster, and longer
This article covers another majorly underused supplement in boxing, beta-alanine.
The Boxer Guide to Restorative Sleep: How To Recover Like a Champion
Although boxing is physically and mentally exhausting, we often have trouble falling asleep. I break down best combination of supplements that’s helped me quickly fall into a deep sleep every night.
Trimethylglycine (TMG) Benefits & Supplement Guide for Boxers (2025
Trimethylglycine is one of the best supplements for any athlete to take. Boxers need to incorporate this into their training stack if they want to make big improvements in power and cardio.
The Secret Supplement Boxers Are Missing: Methylene Blue
If you’re a boxer looking for better endurance, faster recovery, and sharper focus—methylene blue might be the legal performance enhancer you’ve been missing. I use Meraki Methylene Blue, and here’s why I think you should too.
Why boxers need to take creatine
This article explains the cognitive benefits and the physical advantages gained by boxers if they take start supplementing with creatine.
Learn anything fast with this boxing training technique I used to learn physics
Discover how I went from failing high school to getting a degree in physics, all by learning how to box.
Why you must train your body to train your mind
It’s easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting. Training your body forces your mind to change, changing how you see the world. This change in perspective changes your actions, which is how you change your life.
Phentermine makes fasting easier, boosts energy, and improves cognitive performance for boxers
Phentermine enhances fasting and athletic performance through appetite suppression and neurotransmitter modulation. Unlike GLP-1 agonists, it offers controlled 20-hour effects, boosting energy and mental focus without muscle loss. While effective for fasting and training, it’s banned in competition by WADA and contraindicated for those with cardiovascular issues or hyperthyroidism.
What boxing taught me about resilience
Boxing is the most difficult thing you can do, and from my experiences, I learned what I learned about building resilience. Resilience is built by doing difficult things repeatedly.
The book made me do it—why I’m boxing again
I hope this post ages well. Once upon a time, I was a professional boxer. Now, at the age of 40, I’ll be fighting again. In this essay, I explain why I’m boxing and what I hope to accomplish this time around.
25 boxing tips for amateur and pro boxing
This article is my collection of suggestions for anyone who wants to become a better boxer. The 25 tips are broken down into four categories.
What happens when you learn to fight (+ benefits)
Learning to fight is transformative to your mind, body, and confidence. In this article you’ll understand the undeniable benefits.
Here’s why boxing is the toughest sport you’ll ever learn
I’ve been a boxer for over a decade. Here’s why it’s the toughest sport to learn
5 lessons from getting punched in the face
Getting punched in the face isn’t that bad. In fact, it can be the source of some valuable lessons. Here are five things you can learn from the experience.
Why did I start boxing?
In this essay, I explain why I started boxing. I think all fighters will see a bit of themselves in this post.
5 reasons why I quit boxing with only one loss
I explain the harsh truth of the boxing game and the factors that lead me to hang up the gloves for good.
How to get into boxing: amateur or pro
From my 12-year boxing career (6 years an amateur boxer, 6 years a professional boxer) I break down everything you need to know to get into boxing.
8 ways boxing will transform your life
I’ve been a boxer for over 10 years, and nothing has changed my life more than boxing. This is a list of reasons why you should start boxing today.
Why you have to keep pushing through the pain
You learn the most about yourself when you push through pain. These are some of the lessons that can’t be taught.
How to win a fight to the death
Fighting to the death teaches you a lot about life. Violence has a lot to teach us all. I learned from both street fights and boxing matches.
How to train for a boxing match: Insights from a pro
Fighting is easy. Fighting is fun. What’s hard is training for the fight. What’s miserable is training for the fight.
8 lessons from losing a fight
You learn more valuable life lessons losing than you do from winning. These are 8 valuable lessons I learned from getting knocked out in front of the world.
Lessons from the ghetto: willingness to fight
Fighting in the hood is always about more than just fighting. The following is an important lesson I learned from living and fighting in the hood.
48 boxing quotes from Ed Latimore
Here are 48 life lessons I learned from being a boxer. You may never fight, but if you use these lessons, you’ll gain a huge advantage in the world.