{"id":10253,"date":"2023-06-25T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-rawiya.com\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T11:11:16","slug":"riwayetna-nadim-salloum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-rawiya.com\/ar\/riwayetna-nadim-salloum\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadim Salloum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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NADIM SALLOUM
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My name is Nadim Salloum, and I am proud to be the first Lebanese professional boxer. Like many kids, I started as a way to shed some pounds and enjoy myself, but it soon turned into something bigger and became a passion. In 2011, when I was 17, I participated in my first ever amateur competition \u2014a Lebanese national championship\u2014and that was the moment I realized that it would become my calling in life.

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Boxing provided me a purpose that extended far beyond the sport itself. As a teenager in high school, I was lost trying to figure out my identity and future aspirations. But the sport became a journey of self-discovery, slowly nourishing self-confidence and inner peace. I attended college for a couple of years, but decided to drop out and wholeheartedly pursue my dreams of becoming a professional boxer.\u00a0

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In the beginning, my parents did not understand my decision to quit college for boxing. Like any concerned Lebanese parents, they desired stability for me, wishing for a more secure future in a conventional profession like medicine and thought that I could do it as a side hobby. But for me, I saw it as \u201call or nothing.\u201d My big brother became the first to believe in me, and the rest of my family gradually supported me with time because they saw how happy I was. Today, my family couldn’t be prouder and more supportive.

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Following this dream hasn’t been an easy journey as I didn’t become an overnight sensation, and there are still challenges to this day. I did not grow up in a wealthy family and financial resources were scarce. So it was difficult to get into the field and support myself as a boxer. I had to pay for my own flights, travel expenses, and a promoter to help start my professional career.. I did what I had to do to compete, even sleeping on a couch for four years as I struggled to find a place to stay in New York. At times, I relied on others to cover my expenses, as I couldn’t even afford a subway ride with only a dollar in my pocket.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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