the ito boxing gym is known for their hard training for their boxers . they have produced 1 japanese champion and 3 A class boxers in the 9 years since the gym opened . I am in their care for 3 years now since I was in the last year of my high school .
till I was in middle school , my dad was a known business lawyer in japan . he earned a lot of money so me , big sis , mom and dad lived a very comfortable life . but when I graduated middle school and just enrolled in my high school , our lifestyle was smashed brutally by the cruel reality of the corrupt modern society . my dad was a honest lawyer and never participated in any back dealings since he started his career . but many people were jealous of his success . his own best friend plotted against him and ended his career with devious means and wrong charges thus wrecking our comfortable lifestyle .
my dad couldn't handle the shock from the sudden betrayal and had no choice to face the criticism of public head on . we had to pay the damages as per court's orders so were left with no money . fortunately we weren't burdened with any debt . mom and sis had troubles with their friends circle and suffered humiliation . I couldn't make any friends since childhood despite my effort for some reason so I didnt suffer criticism.
we family moved with my grandparents in their house located in Tokyo. we became poor but didnt lose to our circumstances as four of us were honest and hardworking by nature . my dad started drinking alcohol daily to forget his sorrow but still went to work daily . he was introduced a job of accountant in the small factory of his childhood friend and accepted it . mom took care of my grandparents and big sis had to drop out of college and started working as a cook in the nearby family restaurant .
for me , I continued with my high school while doing part time jobs to earn my own school fees . I had no time daily so couldn't even try to make any friends . but one classmate introduced boxing to me in my 3rd year and I found a place where i could vent out my frustrations . I had learned the true face of society early so couldn't trust others innocently . this caused me to be shunned by my class and I had frustrations stored inside me fully .
my classmate mori kosuke wanted to become a pro boxer and was in care of ito boxing gym for that . the gym had trouble to recruit new members so all their few members had been tasked with finding potential members . and I was the potential member chosen by kosuke .
I was happy because I found a place to forget frustrations and could vent the energy that was stored inside my young body so I quickly accepted and joined the gym . my family didnt oppose my decision as they were happy for me . I had never found a sport or something that I could absorb myself into before boxing so they were happy for me .
I studied hard but could only manage to score below average grades everytime so I knew that I had no hope of enrolling in a good university or getting a job after graduating high school . so I decided to become a pro boxer while doing some part time jobs after I graduated high school .
I had below average talent for boxing too be it power , speed etc but my technique was praised by the coach . I had a knack for boxing techniques like jab , straight , upper etc so coach trained me with passion despite my lack of my power and speed .
but in a year , my speed improved a lot as the result of hard training daily mostly roadwork . I trained desperately and passed the pro boxer exam without much difficulty . I was excited when I was handed my pro boxer license by coach and happily bragged to my family .
my height is 178 cm and my body weight ranges between 56 or 57 kg so my division is featherweight . in boxing , the division is decided by weight for fairness . there are many divisions like heavyweight , lightweight etc and your opponents are only boxers of your division .
I won my debut match easily with KO so my confidence got a fierce boost . but as I continued to fight , I felt the difference in talent with my opponents who got stronger everytime . I won the next 3 matches somehow but all were won by a little margin in points . my lucky streak ended after that I lost the rest of my matches and was brutally beaten.
I didnt realise at first but my matches were all organized quickly as the opponents only thought of me as cannon fodder . in the end I realised this fact after I lost my first match in just the first round 1 minute 12 seconds . I should have realised this fact earlier but my first wins gave me false hope even though most of them were just won by a little margin in points .
I still continued my career as a pro boxer because of 2 main reasons . the first being that I could fight in matches a lot than other boxers even though the reason was that I was recognized as a cannon fodder . the second being that I really loved boxing that prevented me from taking the wrong path in life . I was really cornered by the tough life and was at my limit when boxing came into my life and saved me .
the ito boxing gym didnt abandon me despite the fact they couldn't my future as a pro boxer . this made me happy and I felt that I had to work hard to repay them . I finally had found some people who I could trust besides my family so I wanted to answer to their expectations .