The heart of a boxer

Boxing teaches us a lot about how we should handle life. From the basic punch up to the knock out punch, it makes us realize how fragile and how predictable life can be. The philosophy of life and that of boxing is fairly similar at least from a boxer’s point of view.

As an athlete and a boxer myself, I can clearly attest to this fact. There are times that I get punched really hard until I come to a point that at the back of my head, I know that its over. But then, I can still move my arms, my legs and I can still hold my head up for so many times even after a brain shattering punch. And then I realized how I lived my life that way ever since. I had the never say die attitude that most people admire. Giving up is the last resort that I would look at if I face a lot of punches.

My trainer often refers to me as a “destroyer”. He says that I could destroy my opponent with my left but he also said that in the process, I make myself vulnerable to another knock out punch. I was a risk taker even when I was just a little boy. A boxer’s mindset plays a major role in defining his strength. I am the aggressor type. I do not wait for chances like that of a counter-puncher. I make the opportunity. Funny as it may seem, that is my life. I don’t actually wait for chances but I make them.

A boxer’s heart does not know the meaning of quitting. When the bell rings, its war. Just like life, you never back down on challenges and if by any chance that you fall, get up and start swinging again. As Rocky Balboa would always say, “It ain’t over ’til its over.”