Narrative Essay Boxing

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As I contemplate my movement down to the ring, I imagine all of the things that have brought me here to this very moment. Looking at my previous accolades as a boxing legend in the making, i’ve took many hits throughout my life whether it was physical, mental, emotional or a social impact. I can’t say I haven’t been beaten to a pulp before or experienced a traumatizing moment that almost made me not want to live in this world anymore. Many things in life did not go the way I thought it would have went. But, something had kept me going throughout my life that I will never take for granted, which is my support system. My coaches. The cousins that had inspired me since I made my visit to their hometown. And my friends and family that I always …show more content…

It is almost as if I had the same amount of adrenaline that I had at my first bout, but with a more confident mindset brought to the table. Before I got called up, I made my last view of the real deal that is on the mirror. The ice white layered lining of my trunks with the royal blue brilliance on it. The Isle of my origins that is splattered onto the back of my enhanced pure gold pullover. And the jet black gloves that i’ve accompanied from the start of my professional career. My mind fills with ticks on the clock.. Tick..Tick-Tick...Tick-Tick….. As I walk into the faded black dark shadow that marked the start of the large opening hidden with blinds of absent color. From there, I knew that this night will imprint a magnificent moment in the future history books. The sound of clicks began to play and an immediate presence of impact strikes the beat in the entrance music. I remove my cloak of invisibility and reveal myself to the millions of people in the crowd. “Making THEIR way to the ring, weighing in at one hundred and ninety three pounds. In what seems to be his final announced match of his career! It’s your RRRREEIGNING, and DEFFENDING WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHHHHHHHHHAAMPION. ‘Dream Chaser’ Jarren

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