Ayala helps those living with Parkinson's disease get their bodies moving through boxing.
PUBLISHED 11:39 AM CDT Sep. 13, 2022“Shoot, before grade school,” world champion Paulie Ayala said. “I was like four years old doing exhibitions. We’d get into school yard fights every once in a while. But for the most part, I got into [boxing] because my older brother was doing it. It looked like fun and I ended up loving the sport.”He’s landed punches at the highest level of boxing. But now, his haymakers are inspiring others in their fight against Parkinson’s Disease.
It’s clear Ayala knows how to fight. But now his time is spent helping others fight off the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s disease, which affects the lives of 60,000 Americans per year. “Twelve years ago, it was like this. Now, it’s like this. So it’s getting worse and worse,” Parkinson’s boxing student Nalin Vyas admitted.
“A lot of times, they’re like, 'I can’t do it,'” said Ayala. “So we try to push through it and go with not motivation, but discipline. And they’re always glad at the end that they were able to complete it."“It’s helped me with handshaking,” said another fellow Parkinson’s boxing student Richard Keyer. “So from that point of view, it’s very positive."
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