After dashing for 16,000 yards within the NFL, Frank Gore is getting into the subsequent section of his profession as knowledgeable athlete and getting into the boxing ring. On Saturday, Gore had his first professional boxing match on his thirty ninth birthday in opposition to Yaya Olorunsola in Biloxi, Miss., for Gamebred Boxing. Gore took the bout furiously, knocking out Olorunsola within the fourth spherical.

It’s nice to see Gore redeem himself within the ring after his exhibition loss to former NBA All-Star guard Deron Williams. Williams took the cut up determination over Gore, then promptly retired from fight combating afterward. Gore expressed an curiosity in a rematch with Williams following the battle, however he’ll unlikely obtain that chance.

Sure elements of the battle in opposition to Williams have been embarrassing, so it was good for Gore to have the sort of exhibiting he did in opposition to Olorunsola in his first official professional battle. At one level within the second spherical in opposition to Williams, Gore was knocked (extra like shoved) by the ropes and truthfully appeared overwhelmed by the barrage of haymakers thrown by Deron.

So, I’m certain Gore and his staff made it a degree for him to come back out much more aggressively this time and, based mostly on the end result, their mission was achieved. How far can Gore can take this new profession path, seeing how he’s starting this journey at practically 40 years of age? That is the age the place we normally see fight fighters begin to wind down whether or not they resolve it’s time or father time makes it for ‘em.

Due to Gore’s measurement (5-foot-9, 210 kilos), he’ll be combating boxers that can tower over him generally. Williams had about six inches on Gore, and Olorunsola appeared to have a top benefit of a minimum of a couple of inches. So, Gore might want to develop into acquainted with getting inside on a lot taller fighters as Mike Tyson did early in his profession. Now, I’m not evaluating Gore to Iron Mike within the ring by any means. However he’ll face a few of the similar disadvantages as Tyson did within the ring on account of his stature.

Like most boxers developing the ranks, Gore will doubtless have a couple of extra fighters which are greener than himself, tossed his strategy to construct up his document. Taking part in 16 years within the NFL will certainly play in Gore’s favor. Not solely from a physicality standpoint but in addition in identify recognition. Whereas he wasn’t the most effective working again within the league, Gore was thought of a top-five again at one time. Boxing promoters will use any angle they will to promote fights, and if Gore retains successful, we may even see him work his means right into a shot at one of many 700 boxing championships worldwide.