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It was hard to believe a week had passed but as I limbered up to enter the ring, I realised my body knew it had. There was a pent-up feeling in my muscles which I couldn’t wait to let go in the ring.
“You ready?” Richard asked.
I nodded. I was always ready, I didn’t need something like a scheduled match to be.
“Who am I against today?” I asked. The dragon boxing circuit was small and I knew most of the fighters and if I knew who I was up against then I could plan my strategy.
“A new girl. I don’t even know her name. She arrived a few days ago and no one’s really said anything. I haven’t even seen her training.” Richard shrugged as if it was no big deal. Annoying, I’d really like to be able to prepare.
Even so, this did mean I’d have an actual challenge ahead of me and that was alwa
