to box tamerlan was was a great boxer. his dream was to fight for the united states olympic team. he loved boxing. it was his passion. it was just outlet. as he got older and he started fighting semipro. he learned that he would never be able to be on the olympic team because he wasn t an american citizen and a lot of people told us that was a big blow to him into the family. we don t know this for a fact. but our assumption is that some of tamerlan s frustrations about his life here in the united states likely emerged from his failure to progress as a boxer. he continued working out at gyms and whatnot. but it wasn t the professional path that he was. he was on before. tamerlan ended up meeting a young woman named katherine russell. she came from a wealthy family and rhode island. her dad was a doctor. mom was a nurse. why it girl? by all accounts,