A fight to the finish
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Boxing Weekend is drawing near, and it stands to be a knockout. Thursday marks the first night of the 35th annual Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament, a charity event in which fraternity members sign on for three days of intense physical strain. Distributed across 11 weight classes are 59 boxers from 13 different fraternities who have all been rigorously training since at least early January. To prepare, boxers undergo a two-hour training regimen on four nights each week with assistance from professional trainers at the Golden Gloves Gym. During these sessions, boxers work on everything from increasing their speed to bolstering their strength. “They can put on 15 to 30 pounds during training,” said John Scolisi, a director for the tournament. “Mostly they put on the weight towards the end.” After training, boxers are weighed and placed in the tournament bracket accordingly. Weight classes range from featherweight, which allows a maximum weight of 127 pounds, to the super heavyweight division, which can include people over 200 pounds.
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Volume 128 Issue 33
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015