My motivation for knocking out cancer is simple: Family. Cancer has had too large of a role in the story of my family, with all 4 of my grandparents battling the disease at least once and my father fighting, and thankfully beating, esophageal cancer a few years ago. My Dad and family have shown that giving up isn’t an option, and that there is no throwing in the towel when everything is on the line - they never quit in their fights, no matter how tough it got.

They didn’t give up and, come May 15th, neither will I. No matter who I’m standing across the ring from, I will bite down on my mouthpiece, unleash everything I have, and not quit until the job is done.