Fight Night

On June 25, Kyle, Brian, Olivia and I went to a boxing match that Olivia's boyfriend was fighting in. He's a boxer who lives nearby Grado, and since his fight was nearby we decided to take a bus and go watch. There were 9 fights and he was the second to last so there was a lot of anticipation building up. It was a wonderful change from the small city of Grado. There was barbecue, live music, and games. This made me feel like I was in America again, which was nice after being away for so long. When it was Simone's time to fight we got pretty nervous. We knew he was good but anything could happen and we really didn't want to see him lose. Each fight was 3 round for 3 minutes each. Every fight lasted the full amount of time... except Simone's. He won in the first 40 seconds of the first round. All he needed was 40 seconds. His opponent was ruled unable to fight and while Simone was casually leaning against the ropes he was crowned the winner. After the fight we congratulated him and bought him some dinner, then after getting cleaned up Simone decided to show us the night life in his town. The town he lives in is a bit more modern than Grado and has a lot of younger kids, so we were able to socialize with some new people and make a couple of friends. Despite what you may think, Simone may have quick feet in the ring but his dancing skills are not up to par, Mitch would have put him to shame. After a couple hours of being out, Simone drove us home. Simone is entering the Golden Gloves in three weeks and I hope to go see him again, he really is a great athlete. Traveling outside of Grado was great and I'm starting to realize there are a lot of things to do just outside the city limits. 

That's all for now, until next time! 

Austin MacDonald