Editor’s note: This piece is part of Communities of New Jersey, a new series meant to highlight, showcase and cover communities underserved by large media organizations like NJ.com. Courage. Confidence. Discipline. Endurance. Knowing when to throw a punch—and when to take one, too. These are the virtues that every great fighter carries into the ring, exchanging jabs with an opponent, going the distance, battered, but never beaten. They’re also the stuff that dreams are made of outside the ring, that refuse-to-lose mentality that picks you up off life’s canvas each time the world knocks you dow…