I'm Mohammad, 18 years old, a heavyweight boxer from Austria.

I started boxing when I was 15. Back then, I was a nobody, a chump that no one took seriously, and I hated it. I didn’t step into the gym with a big plan – I just knew I didn’t want to stay that way.

As I started bulking and training consistently, I went from 63kg (140lbs) to 90kg (200lbs) within a year. I built muscle, power, and a punch that people could actually feel. That’s when I realized how much potential I had.

I quickly noticed in the gym how much punching power I had, and my training partners and coaches often pointed it out to me. Over time, I also started watching and analyzing fights from elite boxers, and I was fascinated.

The idea of living a life of sport, staying healthy (if you plan your career smart), making money, traveling the world to fight on big stages, and building a big name inspired me deeply.

My biggest inspiration was the boxing legend Mike Tyson. I know all his fights inside out, and I could relate to him – both as a boxer and as a character.

With time, it all happened on it's own. I became stronger, sharper, and I understood why I had started this sport in the first place: for respect and to be taken seriously. Watching the greats and realizing my own potential made me hungry to reach the top and to fight.

For a while, I trained extremely hard – sometimes 3 to 4 times a day, every day. I pushed myself so much that I often ended my evenings in hot salt baths to decrease my muscle pain, and I even took painkillers for inflammation in my muscles and tendons.

For about a year, fights were scheduled and announced, but they never happened. Sometimes opponents canceled, sometimes no one could be found, sometimes I got sick, and sometimes my parents wouldn’t sign the consent forms for events since I was under 18.

When I fractured my wrist in training and couldn’t use my punching hand anymore, I stopped thinking about competition altogether.

Around that time, I also learned that boxing was considered forbidden in my religion, and I quit completely. I was about 17 then. From that point, I only trained here and there, but never with the intention of fighting.

During that period, I felt like a loser – without purpose, without a goal – and I lost my bite for the sport. But over time, as I started training more consistently again, I realized I was still getting stronger, even without paying attention to my diet, sleep, or anything else. My gym environment also inspired me to get serious again.

One of my biggest fears in boxing has always been long-term brain damage, like Parkinson’s or CTE.

But eventually, I realized I was willing to look past that – I thought to myself, if I return to boxing, I’ll do it smarter this time, planning my career in a way that keeps me healthy. That’s why I decided to start using social media – as a tool to fight fewer, but bigger and higher-quality fights.

Quality over quantity. Because in today’s world, attention is currency – and the best place to build attention is on social media.

But now I’m back. Focused. Training smarter and harder every day. I’m rebuilding, pushing until I’m 100% ready to step into the ring. Now I’m 92kg (202lbs) at 1.82m (5'11), aiming to grow clean to 108kg (240lbs).

My goal is to become the next world heavyweight champion and inspire people to fight for their dreams. Why? Because I have the potential that so many people waste.

Boxing is my way of creating an adventurous life and giving people courage, discipline, and faith in themselves through my journey.

I want to be that fighter – the one who proves what’s possible.

This is only the beginning.