Rocky Marciano tells press how he defeated Roland LaStarza in the eleventh round

The speaker describes a slow start in the first four rounds, struggling to gain momentum. In the fifth round, they begin to feel more relaxed and land effective body blows. By the seventh round, they gain a second wind and feel confident that everything will be okay.

What specific actions did the speaker take that contributed to feeling loose in the fifth round?

At what point did the speaker start to feel that everything was going to be okay?