2. The Transportation Problem

If there is one biggest challenge I would highlight in my early boxing journey, it would be transportation

I was just a student with no car. And when you’re training for a competition, you are supposed to show up in the gym

During my first fight preparation, I only showed up once or twice a week. Not because I didn’t want to train, but because Grab was freaking expensive.

Bro, Imagine paying RM40+ for a ride, plus RM10 for class fees, just to attend a single training session.

So most of my training happened alone. Jogging. Shadowboxing. Repeating same drills. I dont even know if i did it right

I know my coaches were not stupid, they definitely notice I rarely come to training. However, they still let me compete. Im truly grateful for that, but I can’t continue like this

I won that fight, but it didn’t feel clean. I just swing around. I gassed out in round two. The only reason I won was because I was slightly stronger than my opponent.

That’s all.

Looking back, having no transport while trying to compete can be a pain in the ass.

Do you know how hard is it to count how much money you have in the bank and compare it to how much training you can do.

For the sake of showing up at least once every week im still willing to spent that much.

And honestly, I was jealous of people who could just drive to training without thinking twice.

I won’t lie, I felt resentment at times. But who’s fault is that? No one.

After that fight, I stopped going to boxing training for more than half a year.

but it seems like I always find myself coming back to this sport lol