![]() ![]() I knew this would be dangerous for me - fucking while already sad. ![]() We flirted across the counter, and I slipped him my number. He was there, of course - the man who always made my sandwiches with not-too-much mayo, which felt like care. ![]() I wasn’t hungry on the night of January 20, 2023, but I went to the bodega anyway. But then came the words of my coach, Skender Halili, a goateed, kind-eyed man, and a top fighter in his own right. I felt like the world was spinning faster and faster. I collapsed during planks and lay flat in a puddle of bright blue braids as the fighters around me moved with grace and precision. In reality, I was a human furnace wearing the wrong shoes. In my mind's eye, I was Rocky already, running up park stairs, jogging through scrap yards, doing one-hand push-ups, and punching thick slabs of meat. I learned all of this the hard way on my first day. It’s the slow, hard, sweet build to mastery. In boxing, day-in-day-out consistency matters most, and image matters least. For the first time in a long time, I felt the raw, ecstatic optimism of a fresh start. DMX boomed from the sound system as jump ropes skimmed the wooden floors. I smelled the humid air, thick with sweat, and looked around at fighters tightening their hand wraps and punching the air. When I reached the gym, my body’s warmth slowly returning, it all felt so gritty and real. Somewhere deep in me was a fighter’s spirit - what the fuck else explains how I’ve survived this long? It was time to let her out. No matter - I gnashed my teeth like a determined dog, tears turning to icicles on my flushed cheeks, and pushed forward. The wind blew without pause as I marched the 38 minutes downtown to Church Street Boxing Gym’s Tribeca Location, just a few hours after watching Rocky I for the millionth time. One brisk, mid-December morning last year, I was mad enough to do something about it. More than anything, I was tired of feeling like a victim of my circumstances. I grew tired of protesting the murders of women like me. ![]() I grew tired of beating people on Grand Theft Auto and identifying with serial killers like Aileen Wuornos, who shot her probable abusers. I grew tired of stomaching every time I was raped, every time I was undermined at work, every time I was called “faggot” or “tranny.” I grew tired of feeling frustrated that the concept of revenge-horror films like The Purge - legally murdering as many people as you wish for 24 hours – were mere fiction. Through the years, my victimization morphed into a rage sans outlet. It’s taken me my whole life thus far to learn the game of how. I remember being told by my father, “Don’t let anyone play you like a punk,” which meant: Stand up for yourself, or fall for anything. Her name was Carlyncia, and she slapped me every time she saw me. I’ve wanted to be my own hero since I met my first bully. That's right, didn't lose, I won."įans have since mocked KSI for still talking about the result several months on as one user wrote: “Seriously no way that this man is actually saying he won against Tommy in February near to March now.” A second user added: “That fight was so long ago why is he still yapping about it.”Ī third comment read: “No evidence, other than the fact that he threw less punches and was hugging him the entire fight?” Some fans did come to KSI’s defence as one user wrote: “True, Tommy won three rounds at best, which would still lead to a ksi win due to the point deduction.As a Black trans woman who is never not fighting for her place in this fucked-up world, I identified with this vision of heroism - one that’s less about external transformation than internal recognition. "You can't! There is none, you can't find it, I win. “There's no evidence of Tommy Fury beating me up, show me the footage of Tommy Fury beating me up. He said: "I stay undefeated, I didn't lose! There's no evidence. READ MORE: Fury given unusual advice to help cut heal quicker READ MORE: Fury vs Usyk could be decided by major rule change proposal Over four months on from the fight, he has still stood by his original comments that he shouldn't have lost the fight. KSI refuted the decision moments after his defeat and threw a tantrum by kicking a screen in his post-fight interview. The fight headlined Misfits Boxing's Prime Card in Manchester as Fury won a split decision despite being deducted a point in round two for punches to the back of KSI's head. The YouTuber-turned-boxer suffered his first defeat in the ring at the hands of Love Island star Fury last October. KSI has claimed there is 'no evidence' that he lost to Tommy Fury in their boxing match. ![]()
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