He lifted weights, ran long distances, and learned how to be a boxer.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

You saw that in the way he stood bobbing his head, always looking down, nodding like a young boxer to instructions to make you think he was listening to every word, throwing in a thousand "yes"es and "that's right."

你看他站着摇头晃脑的样子，总是朝下看，像年轻的拳击手听指令时一样,那样晃着脑袋，好让你觉得他在听你说的每个字，一边不断附和着“是““对“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He also was an excellent boxer.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

"My uncle - the best person, like,he used to go with me to boxing fights because I was a boxer and he used train me."

VOA: standard.2009.10.17