The article describes a deeply personal experience with boxing as an outlet for grief and rage after the author's mother's death from cancer. The author contrasts the controlled elegance of boxing with the wildness of her emotions. Reflecting on her mother's illness during COVID, she shares the traumatic details of nursing her mother in hospice and witnessing her decline. Ultimately, boxing provided a visceral means of coping with the profound loss, channeling emotions into a physical form of expression and empowerment.
Boxing became the outlet for my grief and rage, a visceral response to the helplessness I felt watching my mother's decline during her illness.
I entered the boxing ring searching for control and strength, but instead, uncovered the profound vulnerability of my human experience amid the chaos of the fight.
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