Dramatic lighting excercise - Trying to make a normal guy look like a boxer

Not that I am into boxing or anything violent for that matter, but wanted to learn the art of creating/changing a personality with moody lighting.  So was incubating this idea for a while and when I told one of my colleagues, he suggested to make someone ordinary into a boxer. So, I basically took it in as a challenge and change myself into a boxer. This one was particularly harder since I had to be in front of the camera as opposed to behind it. Focusing was the hardest, since I had to physically move around to change the setup (and also had no reliable way of precisely standing at the same point), I left the camera on autofocus and used the flip lcd screen (live view) to position myself. Then used a cheap remote I bought through e-bay (for less than $10) to shoot the picture with a 2 sec delay. Pointing the remote without making the camera focus on my hands was a challenge at first though. But what took most time was getting the setup and angles right. One of the most important things to learn in a lighting setup is to set one light at a time. Even though I knew this, many times (including this time) I found myself over excited and getting messed up. Once that happens, simply turn off all the lights and start from a scratch.

Ones the setup was complete, I changed the outlook using simple day to day stuff to bring out a tough looking boxer :). Didn't really know technical poses for this sport, so went with a general one that easily can deliver a determined look. Had to play with the camera angle as well to get a leaning pose. What I learned about light in this whole excercise can be put into this following sentence -

"Whats important is not where the light hits.. but where it misses... "

Here s the result.. You can be the judge on whether this try was successful or not. Please let me know..

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Thanks
Akila.