Patience

By Mauricio Sulaiman
Son of Jose Sulaiman – President of the WBC

I have worked on this column for many months, trying to shape how to use this powerful word that applies to countless current issues.

It all started one day when I was on my daily walk, the #wbcwalk, having radically changed my way of life, and it was when this word “patience” came to my mind, which is more than a concept. It`s a virtue, an attitude, should be a verb.

When thinking about how many kilos I still needed to lose to achieve my goal, when thinking about how many kilometers I still had to walk, how many minutes were left to finish that walk, I immediately felt a deep uncertainty. It was that day that I decided to understand that I really needed to work on my patience in order to apply it in all aspects of my life.

I then went to Google, and found in “universia.net” and “meanings.com” the proper guide on this incredible word for me to be able to make sense of what I was aiming for.

Patience comes from the Latin SUFFER and some definitions are as follows:

  • Ability to suffer and tolerate misfortunes or annoying or offensive things with strength without complaining or rebelling.
  • Calm or quiet to wait.
  • Ability to develop a long activity or one that requires great precision.
  • Ability to consider facts and variables that may be imperceptible to anxious and impulsive beings.

We live in a fast world where everything must be immediate. There is no patience, and that generates great frustration at all times and in all situations. All human activity is being compromised by the lack of this very important principle. This essential virtue to be successful in life is being put aside, placing at risk countless daily activities, affecting the way of interacting with society, family and even with ourselves.

Every activity requires a variety of different actions, processes and times. A boxer begins his preparation for a fight by designing a work plan of 8 to 12 weeks, defines what it is that will happen in that period. Understanding that to get to the day of the fight, he must go through countless obstacles, trying to conquer goals, achieve physical condition with daily runs, a resistance plan with gym workout sessions, strategy sessions studying the rival. Also establishing a specific fight plan, nutrition menu and gradual weight reduction. In short, just as a boxer looks forward and forges his attitude of discipline, businesses and companies make their strategic planning, schools make the study plans, and so all of us in one way or another should plan what is on the way.

How do we get to be patient?

  • Accepting and understanding that everything takes time.
  • Stop making assumptions, do not speculate and focus on motivating yourself for what you have today.
  • Learn to wait.
  • Think rationally.
  • Learn to endure setbacks.
  • Implement discipline, consistency and perseverance.

Now, more than ever, we need to believe in this important concept, work for this virtue and let it become our ATTITUDE. We have been enduring a constant threat to our way of life for a year now. We have suffered losses of all kinds, we are being tested at the highest level in every way and every day. This presents new challenges that we must face with PATIENCE.

Let’s be patient during these difficult times, patience with our couple, children, family and friends, with our colleagues, students, teachers. Everything is going to improve, let’s give a chance for things to happen. Better times are coming, we will succeed.

Did you know?

There are two boxers who won the world championship on their fifth attempt to win the title. German Torres achieved glory in light flyweight after having failed 4 times, losing in Panama to Hilario Zapata and three times in Korea to Jung Koo Chang, to finally beat Soon Jung Kang becoming WBC world champion. Also, Marcos Villasana suffered various defeats against Azumah Nelson on two occasions, Antonio Esparragoza and Jeff Fenech before winning the WBC world featherweight championship in England knocking out Paul Hodkinson. That is patience.

Today’s anecdote:

Fernando Beltran started in boxing, his only fighter was a young prospect named Erik Morales. Beltran asked my father for a meeting, which was held at the Sanborns restaurant. Beltran expressed his desire to eventually see Erik to become the WBC world champion. Don José told him, “Look Fernando, there are two paths that you can take. One is to sign with the promoter who has the champion and so maybe he will give him the fight directly in a voluntary defense, or the other one: to have PATIENCE and lead your fighter to a winning career which may eventually get him to becoming the mandatory challenger. You decide and I will gladly support you.” Erik Morales continued his career, achieving important victories until one day he became the official challenger and defeated the legendary Daniel Zaragoza, winning The WBC super bantamweight title and building a career as one of the greatest fighters in the history of Mexico and a world attraction in boxing.

I appreciate your comments at [email protected].

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  • I don’t dispute some of the points made in this article but aren’t they better to come from a different person like a life coach or motivational speaker? And perhaps in a different venue? Not on F.N. Wow! he’s got a “title” for everything. THe “WBCwalk” who’s the champ of that? Also I never cared for people who don’t represent the discipline to conquer specific goals/tasks lecturing the gen public on how to navigate those topics. Examples: Ex druggies teaching how to stay off drugs to “potential future users”. Same with heavy people teaching you how to be in shape, ex criminals/druggies as pastors or “counselors”. It doesn’t take a failed “expert” to teach you how to do something when his/her/their audience does not necessarily need the help. And if they DO need the help they should get it from a REAL expert. Don’t rush to listen to the WBC or your Government. HAVE PATIENCE and seek a real authority, whether it involves WEIGHT control, PATIENCE, staying away from bad substances, or how to run a honest efficient organization using consistent rules and guidelines and avoiding showing biased favoritism towards those who might possibly reward you more handsomely from such favoritism. Just my thoughts- I’m no EXPERT and I don’t run a sanctioning body. So take my words AND HIS with a grain of salt. Apology upfront if my words are as annoying as his unsolicited newsletters. I would however like if those sanctioning bodies hired a intern to update their websites on a timely basis. Makes you feel like those huge sanctioning fees won’t go to waste.

    • Agree with most of what you say , most of the time. However I think counsellors who have real life backgrounds can be a huge asset.
      I would probably trust someone with some sort of past , whether it be with drugs , criminal activity , gambling or depression etc over someone with a specialist degree. I feel that they can recognise traits etc from their own personal experiences and their advice would be more likely to resonate with me.

  • I wish the best to everyone who is going to read my post about this particular newsletter ; stay tough and be patient if you are struggling those day’s because of Covid or wathever else.
    First i would like to tell you that i’m not often a fan of the work of either the WBC, WBA, IBF or WBO. I disagree with the way they promote boxing, with the way they use multiple Belts to earn money and with the way they treat boxers in general.
    Two, i often disagree with Mr Sulaiman’s newsletters and some times ask myself about the fact that if those are legit or not.
    But i have to say that this time his words were talking to me in multiple ways. I read a paper two day’s ago about the psychological harm that Covid is causing to a lots of people or childs. It’s difficult to deal with and will probably stay so till the end of 2021. And you may disagree with me but patience is something i’m working on for many months now and is a key to win against my struggles those past years. I need patience to find a new job after loosing mine three months ago, patience because i’m tired about Covid, patience because of financial problems and patience to overcome my goal to stop the medication i take to win my battle against addiction.
    And i agree that Mr Sulaiman isn’t probably a therapist but his words are giving me an extra push to achieve my struggles and that is surely something positive.
    Stay strong..

  • I guess he’s using the word so he can deflect issues and hope they go away.
    Still at least he’s not using a word like Integrity

  • Never thought I could come to fightnews.com and get an inspiration for certain qualities living in life.

    Patience to me is being calm and collect waiting Monday through Friday when I know an awesome fight card is brewing up to watch on an upcoming Saturday. Patience is thrown out of door when the bell rings! “Let’s get ready to rumble!!!!!”……Have a great day today!

  • Methinks he confuses ‘perseverance’ with ‘patience’. Nevermind, this is the WBC – a nice Sulaiman family business but a pity for the sport of boxing.

  • The most scary thought is that anyone with an IQ over 10 would take anything from a sanctioning body head seriously. They have destroyed boxing’s credibility to that of roller derby, all to enrich themselves on the blood and sweat of boxers.

  • This guy should start a blog or his own news page. Call it 247Sulaiman or something. He’s all but taken over fightnews.

  • I wonder if Sulaiman comes here to read the comments. They certainly are not flattering. Do anybody ever send their comments to [email protected]? At least we know how to get ahold of him if we want to arrange a meeting with him.
    Seems the guy that asked for a WBC shot on Morales behalf should have known better. Sulaiman gave the perfect answer; get with the right promotor or earn it. Not by wasting our time, lmao!
    I looked up Sanborns restaurant in Mexixo City and it is now on my bucket list.
    If you’re reading Sulaiman , these are good posts! Your passing gems and a lot of people need this. Besides, not a whole lot going on in Boxing. The issue is your bias to favor certain fighters doesn’t show integrity and it pisses a lot of people off. Take care everyone!

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