Rocky

Last time I wrote I talked about myself going through a midlife crisis and signing up to step into the Boxing ring for Charity in aid of St Lukes Hospice. Well I did it......

Put me on the track in front of thousands any day, stepping into a Boxing ring to fight was the most nervous thing I've ever had to do, to say I felt sick is an understatement!! I did have good preparation going in as I had a nice massage before my warm up by Becky and then Dave talked me through what I had to do and then helped me warm up! When it was my time to step out I could have easily thrown up with nerves, I was about to step into the ring with another girl and we were to hammer seven bells out of each other!!

I entered the ring to Eminem Lose Yourself with my corner men Dave Smith and Dezzi O'Connor. As soon as the bell went for the first round adrenaline kicked in and so did the nerves and we went for it!! It was the hardest 6 minutes of my life, I was blowing come the final round, how anyone can do 12 rounds is beyond me I was dead on my feet I'm not designed for that haha. Did I enjoy it? Yes I did, would I do it again? Hell no!!
I'm a sprinter and i do not have the lungs for that. So what was the result? Well I WON ;-)

The girl I joined in the ring was 18 years old and I take my hat off to her, she had a great engine on her and I'm sure she could of carried on all night. It was a great night and everyone enjoyed the show and I'm sure a lot of money was raised for a fantastic cause. The next time I am asked to do the raffle I shall think twice about it haha I shall stick to training at Boxing not fighting I can officially say I have got that one out my system for sure it doesn't matter what anyone tells you to do when you step into the ring all that goes out the window when someone is trying to beat the living daylights out of you ;-)