Travelling to the Fights with Some of my Crew... Saturday, February 27

Travelling with my former Canadian coach, Egerton, to the fights tonight made me really miss the good old days when I first started boxing and everything seemed so fresh and so unrestricted, unreserved.  But now that I've turned pro quite some time ago, have opened my own club and thus have been exposed to the world of boxing from not only from a pro boxer's point of view but also that of a club owner and manager, everything is so incredibly different.  It's no longer just a sport.  I've seen the business side of boxing, the dirty strings that get pulled, the politics that a fighter fights just to get into the ring, and how ultimately the fight in the ring is only one small part of the "sport" in comparison to all that surrounds the ring fight itself.  And now to have stepped into the Canadian boxing community, I've been already exposed to so much in the several months that I have been here and have learnt a lot.  

I've really tried hard to do a lot of self promotional work, whether it's attending fights and mingling with fellow boxers and promoters, or throwing myself out there via social media.  Tonight I felt some of my hard efforts paid off -- I scored amazing tickets and even a ride to the event, my picture was printed in tonight's tournament program, several promoters recognised me and approached to talk to me, various boxing fans knew who I was, and I got asked by numerous people regarding whether or not I knew when my next fight was.  

I love boxing and I even love the background footwork, business aspect of it and social networking that goes along with it.  It's all a challenge to me and I do like challenges.  Fighting in Korea and dealing with the political BS that came with me being a foreign fighter was flat out ridiculous and insulting but now I'm in Canada and this is Canadian boxing.  It too has it's own set of political messiness but it's definitely doesn't compare to that of Korea's boxing community.  I feel like I have a solid crew behind me, backing me up and definitely helping to get me in the ring, but it's not an expected crew of people like one might expect.  There are those who say they're in my corner but I personally feel they really aren't and those who are in my corner but others know nothing about.  I'd love to throw out some names here and express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to them, because they've been so incredibly supportive of me, but I think some of them need to remain rather anonymous for now.