What requires a sturdy head, quick-thinking skills, and a never-back-down attitude? Working in a high pressure financial job ........and boxing. In Hong Kong there is a charity event that pits financial professionals against each other in a series of bouts for charity. It is no joke and volunteers do some serious training:

Would you ever participate in this event? What would be your dream financial boxing match-up?

For all the talk of private equity and hedge funds as exit opps here on WSO, one interesting route that often goes overlooked is the non-profit path.

Too often non-profit and charitable work gets lumped into one of two camps:

1. Something for liberal arts students
2. Something you've got to do to round out your b-school apps

Well, I'm here today to obliterate this false dichotomy.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Myerson, the founder of Haymakers For Hope, a truly awesome charity that combines amateur boxing and the fight to end cancer. He's an ex-Goldman Analyst with a truly unique story to tell. Read on to learn more.

I know we have a lot of fight fans on WSO, and today we've lost one of the greats - maybe the greatest of all time. Smokin' Joe Frazier succumbed to liver cancer at age 67. During his career, he racked up an amazing 32-4 record, with all four losses to either Muhammed Ali or George Foreman. I will always remember him for the class act that he was his whole life.

After taking Ali into his own home and putting a roof over his head when Ali was banned from boxing for dodging the draft, Ali turned around and bit the hand that fed him by insulting Frazier repeatedly. Frazier never said a word, he just let his fists do the talking. His fights with Ali will be remembered as some of the best ever. Rest in peace, champ.

We had a robust debate here on WSO about the death penalty recently, especially as it pertained to the September execution of Troy Davis in Georgia. At the center of the issue was the perceived lack of evidence against Davis (an issue also hotly debated) and the concern that a possibly innocent man was being put to death.

Dewey Bozella was never on death row, but his case is both inspirational and gives you a lot of food for thought. You see, Dewey is making his professional boxing debut at age 52 on Saturday night in Los Angeles after spending 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. I can't imagine what it's like to spend half your life in Sing Sing for a murder you didn't commit, but I damn sure wouldn't want to be his opponent on Saturday night.

Bozella is the recipient of the 2011 Arthur Ashe Courage Award, presented to him at the Espy's in July. His story is pretty incredible. He was convicted in 1983 of murdering a 92-year old Poughkeepsie woman in 1977. He got 20 years to life in Sing Sing. He took up boxing in prison to keep the other inmates from harassing him, and he eventually became the Sing Sing prison boxing champion.

Now that I know WSO has a bunch of fight fans, I thought it would be a good idea to offer a few thoughts about Saturday's upcoming slugfest between 32-year old phenom Manny Pacquiao and 39-year old "Sugar" Shane Mosley. This one has the potential to be Fight of the Year, so any monkeys on the fence about it should definitely tune in.

It's hard to think of a more electrifying fighter than Manny Pacquiao, and the odds reflect that. At the moment, Mosley is a 6:1 underdog, which has me wondering if it wouldn't hurt to put a little money on the older fighter. After all, Mosley's no pushover. He fought almost 100 fights as an amateur with a record of 96-3, and he won his first 38 professional fights, most by knockout.