Will To Win

Match-ups are a funny thing; some are obvious, some are not. You could have 2 athletic guys with experience and the kill or be killed mentality and just automatically know that it’s going to be a good fight. It’s the reason you bought a ticket. You make sure you are in your seat when the fight starts. Then there are those other match-ups. You don’t know who the fighters are and you plan to mingle, get a drink or use the bathroom when they come on. The fighters may not have the best physique, the best jab, hook, or footwork. Yet they have what you don’t see. The will to win, the big heart, the, “never give up” mentality. Those matches carry that element of surprise. When the fighter is hurt, when he is behind on the scorecards, when he is faced with something he never expected. That’s when the “magic” happens. The fundamentals, technique, and skill go out the window and the fighter gives everything he has to win. He finds something inside himself that no one knew he had and maybe something he didn’t know he had himself. When the fight is over you realize you just witnessed something special. The will to win is a powerful thing.