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. I can box a boxer and I can punch with a puncher. And, my jab is really dominating.
Any heavyweight can throw a knockout punch.
My jab keeps people honest. If all goes as Santiago plans, he'll win this year's novice title and box next year in the Golden Gloves competition as an amateur before turning professional. Now, if he could just get his mother to relax a little bit. She worries about me losing my teeth in boxing, but she'll be at the match on Saturday.