Let's Get Ready To Rumble

By Stephen

Whack! As I threw a right hook at Omar Smith. The person I was boxing for the first time in my life. I had started it off with a hard blow to his stomach. Then I sat back and waited for him to make his move. He threw a right hook at me and pushed up my headgear. Ring! The round came to an end.

"Stephen get it together don't wait for him, go after him, attack first," exclaimed my coach.

I asked, "What should I do I can't land anything?"

"Go straight for his jaw," my coach responded with triumph.

Ring! As we began the next round, he came out swinging. He started to slow down. Then he tried to rest on me and I pushed him. He fell down. I think the referee said, "No knock down, it was a push." Then he waved his hands together. I charged after him, I landed another right hook. He fell straight to the ground this time. The referee started to count. "One, two, three, four, five, six."

The kid got back up. The bell rang as he was landing a straight jab to my nose.

That was the end of the fight. I went to my corner and my coach took off my headgear and gloves. I went back to the referee as the announcer came into the ring. "The winner by rule of split decision out of Reno, Nevada is Omar Smith," announced the announcer. I was so depressed. I will remember it for the rest of my life.