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...sport? It'll be a fun one. Can't really understand all the odds and all this betting talk? Neither can FlyBy...we doubt you'll find more than one or two in the room who can even tell you the difference between place and show (those are names for finishing 2nd and 3rd, respectively). Don't worry about that part...the announcer will harp about odds here and there, but the race will be the event. One quick tidbit though: there's already been a ton of intrigue when this morning, race favorite I Want Revenge was pulled...
Knowing little about boxing, we asked club member Michael L. Blumenthal '11 about how the sport is played. Each match has three two-minute rounds with about a minute of rest in between each. Scoring is based on number of blows landed and a couple of other factors. But these matches were not actually scored--instead, each participant walked home with a shiny trophy. Check out the video...
Over 30 years ago, Harvard Boxing was discontinued as an intramural offering and became solely a club sport due to often riotous crowds during House tournaments...
...amateur boxing, fighters wear head protection and bouts are much shorter than in professional boxing. The emphasis in the sport is on scoring points, rather than knocking one’s opponent out, and organizers stressed the relative safety of the event...
...Division I school like Harvard—and particularly in this community, which prides itself on fostering a wide array of talents—eliminating a sport of any size is a travesty.We can fully acknowledge the difficult decisions that lie ahead, not just for Harvard’s athletic department but also for this entire institution. But for the Crimson, cutting nationally-ranked teams or those still finding their footing does a disservice to the mission of DHA. As we await the announcement of the 2009-10 budget, let’s hope that such drastic measures...