Everyone in their lifetime has a defining moment for some it is greater than others. What some believe is their defining moment it may not be true. The defining moment in my life I believe will be occurring in exactly 2 hours and 38 minutes from now as I’m writing this paper. I am in my hotel room lying on my bed. I am so nervous that I feel as if I am about to puke. Why am I so nervous? In a few hours I am going to be boxing for the 2003 National Ringside Championship in the 125 weight division. The excitement and the fear all rolled up into one emotion that’s so inexplicable it becomes scary.
I get called out of my room by my coach “Phillip get up…. Their you go with that lazy attitude again”. I am known for doing absolutely nothing before my fights like lying around and letting my muscles relax. Lying around also gives me a sort of laid back no worries in the world type demeanor. Most people say I don’t look nervous at all before my fights. As we go down the hallway it seems as if the journey to the elevator, which is just a couple of feet away, takes 5 minutes to reach. The anxiety is killing me.
We press the down button on the elevator and you can hear it roar as it ascends to the sixth floor. Ding! The eleva
Bong! Bong! The 1st round has started and I immediately get hit and the kid hits harder than I could ever imagine, my jaw is still feeling the wrath of his punches. I could not attack the kid for any reason the kid kept me to far away with his jab and let the right hand flow behind it each. I’m just standing there continuing to get pounded. Bong Bong! The bell rings again and I go to my corner.
It’s funny sometimes how quickly things can move. It was approximately bout number 8 and I had to go get my gloves and hand wraps checked. I was in the red corner; (I hate that corner because I was wearing all blue.) So I had to wear red gloves. Another one of the kids from my gym had just lost his fight and so far only 2 others had won. So there was a lot of pressure on me to win this fight. My coach reassured me that there is no one in this city or as far as he knows in the world that should be able to beat.
My coach told me to continue what I was doing and I would win this fight. That’s all I needed to hear. The 3rd round begins and he hit me with 2 straight punches and grabbed me. The kid is tired and couldn’t continue. He just shows me that with the move he just pulled so I got back under his chin and continued to work.
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