38 In The Ring

This is it, my heart beating so fast even I just saw the stadium standing in front of me that makes my blood boil. Leonard in my right side with a smile on his face and he walk in front of me and says…

Leonard: when you in this stadium boy, there's no going back, we will go forward no matter what!

He paused for a bit and he continues to walk while talking to me.

Leonard: Let's go get that d*mn license!

Me: got it, coach!

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Lenard and I come inside the stadium and look for the weighing room. When Leonard opened up the door, there are a lot of people down here. A lot of them a matured than me and bulkier, and I thought 'the hell, I thought this is just a god*mn pro license exam?!'

The one who is examining our weigh shouted my last name.

??: Mr. Cruz? I repeat number 17, Mr. De La Cruz!

Leonard pushes me in the back and says…

Leonard: take off your clothes boy, it's your turn!

Me: ye-yeah... *gulp*

A lot of boxer looks at me since I'm the youngest of them especially I am skinny one that almost no muscles are bulging, some of them are talking at my back saying…

???: what's with this shrimp? Sending him at this age and that physical body… isn't that sending him to his death?! (while whispering to his side)

???: Yeah… poor guy, he must be desperate to take this exam right?

I take what they said, I just walk to weighing scale and the examiner announce that my weight is around 48 kg (105.8 pounds) and I was in the junior light flyweight and the bad news is I don't have any juniors around so I need to fight the lowest weight of men's division.

While I'm on putting my clothes on, I heard Leonard curse…

Leonard: Sh*t! are your grades in school's good?

Me: Yeah? Why is it, coach?

Leonard: good! Then there's no problem if there's a written exam right?

Me: oh!

Leonard: oh? That's just your reaction?

Me: don't worry about it…

After the weigh-in, the examiner notified us that the written exam would conduct in the next room. The twenty of us go inside the room and wait for the examination papers. The door opened up, maybe just because of all of us excited and nervous, all of us look at the examiner simultaneously. The examiner explained the rules…

Examiner: all of you got an hour to finish this test, no matter you are finished or what and most important… no cheating! If anyone of you caught cheating you will not be conducted on the final exam, got it? Any questions?

When the exam started I look at the questions, I thought 'this look like child's quiz! no... no… it's just I'm accustomed to difficult subjects'. In just twenty minutes (since it is twenty questions, one minute per question), I finished test that all of the examinees look at me with a doubtful look. One of them talk to the other examinees said that…

Boxer ex. (examinee) 1: Nah… maybe that boy surrendered, all of these questions is so f*ckin hard guys!

Boxer ex. 2: should I pass too? I can't answer any these!

Boxer ex. 3: Nah bro… maybe at least we can answer just one question!

All the boxer examinees finish the question, some of them look happy with a proud face but the majority of them are in desolate looks like they have lost in the fight in the ring. The final exam is a fight of each examinee, so they judge how we fight and score us.

Other examiners go with their coaches and put the equipment so they can get ready. But my coach is only spectating the other boxer with a serious face on his looks.

Leonard: it seems I made a wrong decision this time boy.

Me: why is that?

He pointed some boxer and said…

Leonard: see that blonde-haired person with a dragon tattoo on his shoulder… I knew that guy he's an underground fighter, tsk…(he click his tongue) and that bald guy with a bulky body, he's also bouncer as his job before going in this test and lastly that guy you should be most careful…. (he pointed at the guy maybe next to me as the youngest examinee)

Me: why would he be the most dangerous one?

Leonard: he's the champion in inter-high and also middle school, he's a pro amongst the pro boy. And he's being taught by one of the greatest gyms in New York. He has never been defeated ever since he started his boxing career.

Me: I see, so I just need to pray that I can't fight any of those guys you pointed?

Leonard: yeah that it!... and also godspeed! (he took a fist on the air)

I take a deep breath, I didn't respond to him instead I just fist bump. The judges announce my number but what I just hear about the other number makes my body almost into limp. That's the number of the guy who's the same age as me.

Me: you got to be sh*tting me!

I look to my coach but he's already facepalming and doesn't want to look into my eyes. I always remember that every champion once a newbie so why should I back out from this fight! The judge notified me that I could go to my ring at any moment.

I can feel my heart beating so fast, and my gloves feel so heavy that I know I may not able to win this fight but my heart says that that's the ring you have dreamt ever since. When I walk o the ring I saw a little bit watching the fight maybe around 50 people, maybe they want to watch the fight of that guy.

Step by step entering the ring's rope, I bent my body and stand up straight and look into the light's in the stadium up above like glittering stars in the night. I close my eyes feeling it to my bones, take a deep breath and look at my opponent.