Rivera was determined to help his people at the cost of his life .He fought against stronger and tougher boxers in the ring to make money for his people .He often lost at the beginning ,but he grew more experienced .
One day he was engaged in a very tough fight against a champion boxer ,Danny .Rivera didnt match Danny in height ,weight ,or skills .And he was not half as popular .however ,"The winner takes all "And Rivera stubbornly asked for all -all he had on his mind was making the money for his people .
The fight was going on and on .The whole stadium was cheering for Danny ;there were very few on Rivera 's side. However ,Rivera survived one blow after another ,his excellent defence was frightening .
Danny rushed ,forcing Rivera to give him a clinch .Was it a trick ?Rivera thought to himself .
Yes ,it was .But Rivera was smart enough to avoid it .He backed and circled away .
He pretended to clinch with Danny's nest rush .Instead ,at the last instant ,just as their bodies should have come together ,Rivera went quickly back .He had fooled him !
While Rivera was dancing away ,Danny kept challenging him openly .Having run after him for two rounds ,Danny found the boy not even daring to come near him .He started to throw all caution to the winds .Rivera was struck again and again .He took blows by the dozen -just to avoid the deadly clinch .
In the seventeenth round ,Rivera ,blown heavily ,bent down .His hand dropped helplessly .Danny thought it was his chance -the boy was at his mercy .He decided to strike the deady blow .But before he could do that ,Rivera caught himoff his guard and hit him in the mouth .Danny went down .When he rose ,Rivera gave him another blow on the neck and jaw .He repeated this three times .
Danny did not rise again .The audience shouted for him to stand up.But the miracle did not happen .
"Count!"Rivera cried to the referee. When the count was finished,Danny,gathered up bu his assistants,was carried to his corner.
"Who wins?"Rivera demanded.
Unwillingly,the referee caught his gloved hand and held it high up.
Rivera,unattended,walked to his corner,where his assistants had not yet placed his stool.He didn't care.All he could remember was that he had got the $5,000 he needed."The winner takes all!"What mattered to him was that his people could use the money to buy guns.