Boxing

"Boxing" is a short story about a fighter trying to gin publicity. It was written as an assignment where a story had to include 25 words from a list and had to be exactly 250 words long.

Boxing
Mark's boxing career was at a fork in the road. He was winning most of his matches, but his manager suggested he fight someone popular to gain publicity. However, Mark was worried that a famous fighter would be harder to beat. He finally decided to do it. Mark scheduled a fight against "Mountain", a local celebrity boxer. The next week Mark would lie in bed at night kicking himself for being in over his head. But the morning of the fight he woke up focused and on track. As he drove to the boxing ring, Mark accidentally went over a nail causing his tire to pop. Mark saw this as a sign he should back out. However, Mark quickly recovered and ran all the way to the ring. As Mark entered the arena, he looked to see that the show was packed. He waved to the crowd and took a bow. The clock started ticking and the fight began. Mountain took one swing and hit Mark in the head. Mark fell to the ground. He could feel a stinging bump growing on his head. Mark refused to go down and picked himself up. Mountain took another swing but Mark ducked, avoiding the hit. Mark swung back. Mountain turned his head just in  time to see Mark's first flying towards him. The crowd was stunned as Mountain went down. Mark's hand hurt, but he felt proud. This was short lived however, as Mountain got up quickly and landed a knockout hit.