I ask you not for victory

For somehow that seems wrong

But only for protection

And courage to be strong

Strength not to conquer

But just that I fight well

And prove myself a sportsman

At the final bell

 

I ask you Christ of suffering

That should I suffer pain

I’ll offer it for all my sins

So that it won’t be in vain

And if perhaps he cuts me

And the bright red blood I see

I ask that I remember

“The blood you shed for me.

 

The Boxers Prayer,

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contemporaries over the years
emerges the shining prospect of immortality.
In their legacy is inspiration
to our new generation of Boxers.
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they will be remembered for ever.