Tarick

NBC's "The Contender"____________ Tarick was born and raised in Detroit and began boxing at the age of 8. He grew up boxing at the famed Kronk gym in Detroit, where he compiled a phenomenal amateur record consisting of 136 wins and 12 defeats. As an amateur, Tarick was a 6 time Mi state champion, 4 time Midwest champion, and 3 time U.S. National champion. He was also an Olympic Trials finalist. Turning pro at the age of 20, his career was guided by world renowned manager Jackie Kallen and later by hall of fame manager and trainer Emanuel Steward. As a professional, Tarick compiled a record of 20 wins and 2 defeats. He won the WBO's NABO(North American Boxing Organization) Super Middleweight Championship and was rated #4 in the world by the W.B.O. and #6 by the W.B.C. He was chosen as one of sixteen fighters worldwide to participate on NBC's "The Contender"(Season One). Tarick has also earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Michigan. He has been featured in such works as Eminems music video "When Im Gone", Jimmy Kimmel live with Anthony Anderson, the Howard Stern show, "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutch, etc...The following quotes are words of truth that I believe everyone can relate too, no matter what profession you are in. Quote:"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."Theodore Roosevelt "Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 I got Paris Hilton with the bunny ears... Tarick and Paris "Goodtimes" poolside at The Standard Hollywood Tarick with Foreman, Tyson, and Sugar Ray at Mike Tysons Birthday party My girl My Baby Ava... Ava ..This profile was edited with SpaceCodes.com - Profile Editor MySpace HELP Profile Help!