1. Starting Out as a Nerd

Nothing about myself speak that im a fighter

When people eventually discover that I do boxing, their reactions were almost similar. “You don’t look like a boxer” “That’s so random”. Honestly, I get it. If I were them I would agree too.

First, I dont have an intimidating body. I dont have a massive build, tattos or aggressive aura people would expect from a fighter. I looked more like the guy who spends all day studying. And to be fair, I am.

I scored straight 9A for SPM (national examination in Malaysia) and later graduated with a First Class Degree in Computer Science. This feat of mine mostly come from my ability to break downs things into fundamental level. I have a habit to understand things at the core rather thatn just memorizing facts.

While me doing boxing was unexepcted for most poeple, I rather find it very predictable that soon I will take this path. Ever since I was young, I was strangely drawn to fights. Every time I watched people fight, something inside me reacted.

I wanted to be in there too. I want to experience it

Soon enough, this desire of mine manifest itself when I finnally moved out from my mother’s house. Once I had little freedom over my own life, I joined a Muay Thai gym for the first time.

Eventually, I found my way to boxing.

And the journey began.