Shane Oblonsky's ability to deal with loss has nothing to do with his career as a prizefighter. The pain he has sustained in the ring cannot compare to the emotional scars that have added up over the course of an arduous existence.
Oblonsky's mother, Sheau-Fang Chang Oblonsky, was murdered by an ex-boyfriend when he was 7 years old. He and his older sister Michelle then moved in with their father, Joel. By the time Oblonsky was 12, Joel had fallen ill and died from liver disease.
The siblings were taken in by a foster family, overcame and even thrived despite the tragedies.