Always smiling, always quick with an “Aloha” and a kind word, Yancy Medeiros is one of the most pleasant athletes in all of sports. But the Hawaiian veteran will be the first to say that 2018, a year when he suffered his first loss in nearly two years and then saw an injury keep him sidelined, tested his smile.
“2018 was most definitely a challenging year, the most challenging year I’ve had,” Medeiros said. “From losing the fight to getting injured to not getting a call until January, it was just very, very challenging for me emotionally and with my patience.