Lincoln loud was just your normal kid unless you can't count living with ten sisters but most of the time it was either his sisters or some random bully that would gang up on him and beat him or blame him for something he didn't do

Lincoln was know for having his unnatural white hair which was part of the reason he would be picked on most of the time Lincoln was walking home from school with a shiner on his right eye that was given to him by a bully at school he was walking by a couple of stores just looking at them

Until he notices one that catches his attention it was a building that said Mikes Boxing Gym were legends are born Lincoln looks at the building it appears that the building was new

Lincoln was looking at the building wondering if it was open " wonder if it's open?" Lincoln asked himself was he was walking towards the Gym as he approached the gym he could talking inside the building he opens the door to see

different punching bags hanging on one side of the gym he notices a boxing ring in the middle of the gym he see's a man in his late sixties and a an African American man in his early thirties he could hear him talking Lincoln found a chair and watched

" Okay know this guy is going to try back you into a corner you need to switch that around and back him into a corner trust me I know me and your old man did the same thing to each other when we fought " the old man said to the young boxer standing in front of him

" Okay know throw a jab to the gut" the man said and the young boxer threw a punch to the gut even though there was nobody there

" Know one to the jaw" The old man said and the boxer did as he was told " okay I want you to keep doing that for an hour"
the old man said as exited the little ring he walks out of the ring he steps down from the ring and he notices Lincoln sitting in the chair watching the young boxer

" hey kid what are you doing?" The man asked as he approached Lincoln he then notice the blackeye that Lincoln had

" what happened to eye?" the man asked Lincoln " a bully gave me a black eye when I didn't give him my lunch money" Lincoln said to the man who looked at Lincoln

" So he punched you in the eye did you punch him back ?" The man asked Lincoln" I tired to but he was stronger then me an I didn't know what to do when I would get back up after knocked me down he would punch me again twice as hard" Lincoln said to the man who pulls up a chair and sit in front of Lincoln

" Listen kid let me tell you something you already know because of the eye. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. it's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you, are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. BUT IT AIN'T ABOUT HARD YOU HIT, IT'S HOW HARD YOU CAN GET HIT AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD. HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD. That's how winning is done!" The man said to Lincoln as he places his hand on his shoulder and see's it through Lincoln's eyes to see that he has been through more then his fair share of a rough life

" Now if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth! But you gotta be willing to take the hits and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! I see it in your eyes and you know and I know that you're better that that"

the man stopped to catch his breath " Hey Unc you alright?" The boxer said to the man as walked towards him as he get closer he notices Lincoln black eye "hey little man what happened to you?" the young boxer asked lincoln

" He got beaten by a bully" The man said to the boxer " did you at least fight back?" The boxer asked lincoln " I tired but he was stronger then me" Lincoln said to the boxer

The boxer squatted down in front of Lincoln and looked at him " Hey kid" the boxer said to lincoln. lincoln looks at the boxer wondering what he wants

" When I was you age I was at youth detention center in LA there and inside where more bully there the you could count and they would always go after they hit me and I hit back because I wasn't going to let them be right every punch I threw was because I needed to prove that I wasn't a mistake and I know that you aren't a mistake" the boxer said to lincoln

Lincoln looks at the boxer but notices a trophy case behind them the boxer notices and so the does the man they both look at the trophy case and back at lincoln

" you have a trophy case at home? " the man asks lincoln " Yes but it's mostly filled with my sisters trophy's because there so talented and there good at something and well I'm not so they gave me a pity trophy " lincoln says to the man

" Listen kid don't say that you aren't good at anything because you are don't let your sisters trophies keep you down because I know that in side of you have potential you know why because you came here and when I look at you I see a boxer wouldn't say Adonis" The man said to the boxer next to him

" Yeah that's right if you didn't have potential then you wouldn't be here but you came here so tell me do you want to learn how to box or do you want your sisters trophies to keep you down?" Adonis asked lincoln who was in deep thought

" I want to learn how to box" Lincoln said to Adonis wanting to learn how to fight and prove that he wasn't a mistake and prove that he can earn an actual trophy

" alright kid come back here after school tomorrow and well start training know go home and get some ice on that eye of yours " the man said as he got from the

" Thank you oh and I didn't get your names" Lincoln said as he at the door

" names Rocky Balboa and this kid right here is Adonis Creed" Rocky said

" know go home and get some rest you'll need it for tomorrow" Rocky said to lincoln

Lincoln walks out the door and then walks home ' Rocky Balboa and Adonis creed I've heard those names before I just can't remember where though' Lincoln said to himself as he walks home

( I'm gonna stop it right there and please let me know what you think)