It may seem absurd, but I entered a local boxing competition this weekend and fought in my first boxing fight ever. The cash prize for winning the lightweight female division was $500, so I decided to give it a whirl and see what happened.
I'm not fully convinced that I ever want to box again. It was tough. My body was sore afterwards. And I didn't win the $500. Am I glad I fought? Absolutely. It was an adventure that I never imagined I would ever take.
Scroll down to the first video under the blog title "Incarnational Living" to watch a round of my first fight. And then follow the videos up for the next 3 rounds of fight 2. It isn't pretty, but really, when is boxing ever pretty?
And don't tell my mom.
"Justice and Power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just." Blaise Pascal
6 comments:
Oh my word!! I totally thought you were kidding at first, but I recognize your shorts, so you're actually not kidding. I've got to tell your brother!
I love you lil' sis! Keep your chin up. Or is it "keep your chin down"?!!
wow. i think that effectively ended any of my notions of boxing someday. i am very impressed, beans. you rocked it. and got rocked, a little. no shame, though, in losing to a real boxer!
That's awesome Merilee! You're so cool!
Um...I'm a little dumbfounded. Our Beanie...Boxing! Has this been a lifelong dream or something? Did you just decide to go up there when the girl asked if there was someone that wanted to fight her? I only ask because....SIGN ME UP!!!!! That was AWESOME. I'm proud of you Beanie! ~Goods
Mer-
I couldn't believe this was true, so I had to log on and see it...awesome! By the way...from a guy who has been in the ring...you did fantastic. I can't believe you got in there against a professional fighter with no training! It was like watching Rocky-ette ;-)
You are absolutely amazing, Merilee.
Mike
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