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Army Reserve Capt. Boyd Melson works out at Mendez Boxing in New York City. He’s been “The Rainmaker” — a reference to the 1992 film “The Power of One” — since his West Point boxing days. With 4 KOs to his credit since turning pro, he’s the guy to ask about landing that perfect punch. Staff writer Jon Anderson did just that:
For as long as good guys have been socking it to bad guys in the movies, who hasn’t dreamed of landing a perfect knockout punch?
But for as long as guys have been getting into actual fisticuffs — from boxing rings and hockey rinks to hand-to-hand in basic and bloody-knuckled bar fights on the first weekend pass — we’ve learned the hard way that it’s not nearly as easy as Hollywood leads to us to believe.
Just ask Army Reserve Capt. Boyd Melson. The son of an Army first sergeant, Melson got into his share of scrapes growing up in Brooklyn. But he’s been knocking out the best of them since he began boxing as a U.S. Military Academy cadet.
Read Jon’s full story, plus the workout, but don’t hit people. It’s mean.
