Selma Blair is taking the fight to multiple sclerosis (MS) quite literally, teaming up with boxing legend Freddie Roach.
The 52-year-old actress – who recently opened up about why singer Robbie Williams cut a date short years earlier – shared pH๏τos and videos of her in the ring on Instagram.
She trained with Roach at his iconic Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles, where he once trained another boxing legend: Manny Pacquiao.
Blair’s video post – set to Bill Conti’s beloved Rocky theme – shows her training in the ring and posing with Roach and others, more than six years after her MS diagnosis.
‘Thank you to the incredible @wildcardboxingclub and @freddieroach. Day one. My life is about to get even better. I’m honored,’ she said in the caption.
She also spoke with US Weekly about why she decided to step into the boxing ring earlier this week to start her training in the sweet science.
Selma Blair is taking the fight to multiple sclerosis (MS) quite literally, teaming up with boxing legend Freddie Roach
Blair’s video post – set to Bill Conti’s beloved Rocky theme – shows her training in the ring and posing with Roach and others, more than six years after her MS diagnosis
She trained with Roach at his iconic Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles , where he once trained another boxing legend: Manny Pacquiao
‘It is great. Obviously, I couldn’t be more novice, but I take it really seriously and I really want to be a good fighter,’ she revealed.
She added that she loves, ‘surprising people and surprising myself,’ before praising her trainer.
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‘There’s something about Freddie Roach, knowing that he is such a fighter and has done really well with himself, neurologically,’ she said.
‘Just staying in his presence and staying in his strength, and to be able to learn something from someone who’s a true master,’ she added.
‘To even get to play in this as who I am and get to feel like I really want to do this. You know, he gets it,’ she continued, adding, ‘we all wish there was a little more Freddie Roach in us.’
The actress added that she wants to, ‘be in good shape’ while also learning to, ‘redo some balance and learn how to use my arms in tandem with the rest of me that’s getting stronger.’
‘So, it’s really about stamina and trying to increase being awake for all the things I have,’ she said.
Blair also spoke about her 13-year-old son Arthur, who she shares with her former partner Jason Bleick, who she said has been, ‘so tough.’
‘It is great. Obviously, I couldn’t be more novice, but I take it really seriously and I really want to be a good fighter,’ she revealed.
The actress added that she wants to, ‘be in good shape’ while also learning to, ‘redo some balance and learn how to use my arms in tandem with the rest of me that’s getting stronger’
‘We’ve always been so close and wrestled, because I was kind of like Mom and Dad — and then Dad was like Mom and Dad when he was with him,’ she said.
‘He really was tough on me. Seeing how strong he is, how good he is at things, it was inspiring,’ she added.
‘Like, I used to be like that. I want to take this seriously. I wanna work with the people that have defied all that, that have been the best in their game,’ Blair said.
She added that she was a ‘late bloomer,’ and said, ‘I gotta keep going. It’s just been inspiring for me to say, “Yeah, I can do it.” I’m safe now. I am relapse-free right now. I’m at [this] stage long enough with me being relapse-free that I’m just kind of living in the fumes of some old damage. I feel confident that I’m not gonna fall apart if I push myself. And that’s just confidence.’
