I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.
Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child.
Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.
When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.
I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.
But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn't just go and get a college degree and earn it. I had too many bills, too many families.
For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life.
I was always into martial arts and boxing.
When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.
Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.
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