And as far as dealing with everything that comes along with being a prizefighter, Giagos now has his new bride Victoria ready to go into battle with him. Then again, after seven years together, she already knows what she was getting into by marrying a fighter. The question is, how does she react on fight night? Is she screaming and cheering or hiding her eyes?
“A little bit of both,” he laughs. “It depends on what’s going on in the fight. If I’m kicking ass, she’s the girl screaming and yelling, and if it’s not looking so good, she’s the one with her hands over her face and scared and nervous. But she watches it, she gets pumped up, she gets nervous, and she is my biggest supporter.”
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Remember what I said about the sport not being easy? Well, it may be easier for those in the Octagon than the significant others stuck outside the gate. Giagos knows this, but he appreciates that his lady hasn’t tried to steer him away from the fight game.
“Listen, my mom still hasn’t watched one of my fights live to this day, 26 fights later, so I get it,” he said. “It’s nerve-racking, and I couldn’t imagine what she goes through, but she loves this, she knows that I love it, and she’s my biggest supporter. She’ll tell me, ‘You gotta go after it, you gotta go get it.’ She never asked me to find something else, she supports me in what I do, and I love her for that.”
Now “The Spartan” will bring his shield to Houston and he’s ready to go to war because that new house won’t buy itself. And if he does win this weekend to make it four wins in five bouts, he’s thinking of more than house hunting. He’s got belt hunting on his mind.
