If you don't want to run or spar, you don't. The judges and the scorers can't take a fight away from you. I haven't taken any damage. Rocky Marciano didn't fight until he was 25. And, Santiago knows that he is more mature than most of the opponents he'll meet in the ring.
Calmness is extremely important as a boxer.
You have to be patient. Any fighter who rushes will be hit a lot. I'm very calm in the ring. A boxer who has some power is very dangerous. Santiago, who is trained by Yahya Abdul Karim, a Spanish instructor in Temple's Pan-African Studies Community Education Program, believes that his ring knowledge and good jab will take him far in the Golden Gloves tournament.