In unofficial news, I'm expecting to step back into the ring in October.
News of this came to me shortly after 11pm tonight as Snickers and I were heading out of town, beach-bound. Our good friend, a fellow pro champion boxing buddy whose wife is also a champion boxer and whom we have business ties with, called us up to not only urge us not to wait anymore but also to tell us he's going to help make it happen.
In a lengthy phone conversation, he asked about my training, if I'm sparring and who I'm sparring with, what talks I've had with KBC and whatnot lately, my current weight and my anticipated game weight. We talked about my licensing issue and the politics of KBC, KBF and the other organizations trying to control Korea's pro boxing scene. "It's a big political mess", he said, "but you can't wait anymore and you don't have to -- I know what you have to do".
And so I'm not waiting anymore.
His news couldn't have come at a better time because just today beautiful new boxing boots from Adidas arrived for me and I'm beyond itching to get a fight scheduled. It's like I've got a rash from all the itching now and consequently am just frustrated all the time whenever someone asks me when I'm going to fight next or someone even so much as jokes about wanting to spar with me. I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired of having to wait and see this political BS through with KBC, KBA, KBF...whatever. "K-BS", that's what some of my boxing buddies refer to them all as now -- "Korean bull S#i!" I wouldn't go as far to call them that but will say I am suffering from a mean case of boxer blue balls, if you know what I mean.
I've got my new boxing boots. I've got my fight date in mind. And now I've got one worthy reason why to continually bust my own butt at training.
So until tomorrow when we kick off my pre-fight training with some sparring, tonight we discussed boxing and the next steps I have to do now, and we ate. Tomorrow I have my weekly weigh-in and sparring. Tomorrow will also mark a day of indulgence for me, something I usually do every time I get scheduled a fight, and by this I mean I'll get to eat whatever I want because from here on out it'll be train, eat, sleep, repeat. Everything I do will be directed towards preparing for this next fight. And oh what a fight it's going to be.
Six days a week I have been pounding out at 10+ rounds on the sandbag each day plus my rounds of shadow. My warm-up consists of running on the treadmill and sprints, and then after my boxing I always do crossfit, abs and select weight training. Saturdays are intense training days for me -- I've got the Crossfit Challenger class plus my boxing -- and then on Sundays I always have running and sparring.
I'm ready for this.
And while I always thought before I was ready for a fight while training under Junior Mint at UP Boxing, I now know I wasn't. I used to think he only occasionally said I was good at training as a means of keeping me humble but now I know it wasn't. Instead it was only because I was occasionally good at boxing, a fact that I really choked on for a long time when Snickers pointed it out but have since finally swallowed and accepted.
But I am a different boxer and I really do have Snickers to thank for that.
Having Snickers as my coach has been one of the hardest things I have ever had to accept and digest because he's also my husband and best friend. To say it was incredibly hard to start training under his supervision would be the understatement of my boxing career because before he was even my team mate back at UP he was that boxer I used to hear about and watch in awe ringside. He was like a super hero in the ring and especially at UP. So now to be married to him and be trained by him, woozers, it hasn't been easy. He has been so incredibly honest to me about my training and boxing like none other but consequently it meant the first month or so of me training with him has left me in tears at least once a week. My pride is very high as is my stubbornness, so it's been the hardest thing for me to humble myself and make mistakes in front of the very person I want so much to be proud of me.
I know Snickers' family still doesn't approve of me boxing nor will they ever come to one of my games. I'm so well beyond caring what anyone and everyone else thinks because I believe in me and Snickers believes in me -- that's one more person than I ever needed. Now I have the accompanying support of a fellow pro boxer -- my good friend who is a Korean champion boxer living in Busan. Both he and his wife are eagerly awaiting me to step back into the ring but he's really been proactive with helping to make it happen. So yes, in unofficial news, I'll be stepping back into the ring in the next couple of months and this time next year I will be training for my title belt if I haven't already earned it.
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