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Continued from page 1 The journey has not been without arms ever faster and harder, what do amounts of pain in the gym, so the
struggle. The purest thing about you do? Do you go faster but take

right away. It is an investment. You fight becomes easy.
keep contributing and contributing, boxing is boxing itself. Everything some power off to make it look like Once an opponent has been chosen,
wisely and consistently, with the else surrounding it is enough to break you’re working harder then you are? the work not only begins in the gym
hopes that one day it will blossom one’s will and move on to something Or do you do everything in your but at home as well. The hunt for
into something magical. However, else. I’m not one of those people. I power to punch holes through that sparring partners who can mimic
wasn’t raised to be a quitter. When bag? When you’re near the end of a
like a stock share or investment, your opponent’s style, the constant
sometimes it doesn’t. That is part things get tough, I was taught to rise heated sparring session and you’re reviewing of your opponent’s
of the magic for me. The mystery, to the occasion, in and out of the ring. already imagining the feeling of tape, picking apart his style and

knowing I have a say in my destiny Training for a fight is where the relief of taking those sweat-logged visualizing in your mind what you

and a fighting chance. But like fight is truly won. There’s an old gloves off and spitting out that
saying in boxing that goes, ‘The will do when he does this or that,
anything else in life, nothing is mouthpiece, so you can breathe
guaranteed and that’s the challenge. more you sweat in training; the with no restrictions, but the coach how you’ll react if he does land
Well, I love challenges. less you’ll bleed in war’. No truer asks if you want to do one more his best punch, then; transferring

I am a fighter. I can’t explain it. I words have ever been spoken. I round, what’s your answer? These all those thoughts to action in

can’t sum it up in one sentence why played every sport growing up, but are all situations a fighter finds the gym. There’s days where it
no sport challenged my character all made sense in your head then
I love this sport. If I had to, that him/herself in when preparing for
sentence would be “I just do”. The the way boxing did. It forces you to combat. How you answer those when you applied it in the gym
moment I stepped inside a boxing dig deep inside of yourself, peeling questions dictates how you will physically, it didn’t go as planned.
gym, a feeling took over me. I just back the layers of facade you show respond to adversity under those So you go back to the drawing
knew. I picked up the mechanics to the world and expose yourself in bright lights when it counts. What board and question yourself again.
your barest form. You find out who

of boxing quickly and the fire I pushes me through those mental and That’s why a fighter needs so much

have for this sport burns bright. I you truly are. When your lungs physical battles is my unexplained time to prepare, because the time it

strongly believe it was God’s will. It are on fire for those early morning love for the sport and a burning takes to formulate the game plan is
is my way of showing the world that runs, do you slow down and pace desire to prove people wrong, or one that doesn’t happen overnight,
anything is possible through faith, yourself? Do you run harder and its trial and error over and over and
run over that wall of pain, self- maybe I’m trying to prove it to
self-belief, and hard work. This is over until you get it right.
the tool God gave me to be a role doubt? When your coach is putting myself; that I can push through, There are equally challenges
model for others and I practice my you through strenuous heavy bag that I can overcome. A fi ghter
drills and your arms are heavy but has to make the decision to push outside the ring as there are inside
trade every day to ensure the gifts
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