University Honors

Boxing has reshaped me into a different person than I was before, shaping my resilience, confidence, and inner-strength. The lessons I have learned in the ring have also been applicable to my personal life. This unique sport has not only allowed me to discover a different part of myself, but has also helped me build and maintain many wonderful friendships and relationships with other fellow fighters. While it is undeniable that boxing requires physical toughness, this sport requires one to delve deeply within themselves, requiring the ability to create and fortify a mental toughness. Through the use of personal anecdotes and self-documentation via smartphone, audio clips and archived footage, I aim to share with others how boxing can serve as a great personal resource of self-improvement and empowerment. My documentary will display my personal accounts of training, revealing my struggles as well as my achievements. The footage captured in this documentation will be filmed almost entirely on my own. I plan on briefly introducing my film and the process of making it, followed by a screening of the 10-minute film, followed by a brief Q&A with the attendees.