The University of Maryland Boxing Club is hosting a collegiate boxing tournament at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, MD on Saturday, November 7. Among the schools scheduled to join Maryland in this event are:
Defending Collegiate National Champion Army
The Naval Academy
Georgetown
Penn State
Virginia Military Institute.
Most of the boxers participating in this event will be in their first collegiate boxing match. As you may remember, the University of Maryland Boxing Club hosted the National Collegiate Boxing Championships at Ritchie Coliseum earlier this year and from bell to bell, it was one of the most exciting cards I've witnessed in 2009. Tickets are $15.
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For those of us unfamiliar with collegiate boxing, could you give us a primer? How is it scored? How long are the rounds? Do they wear headgear? What else (besides the competitors) sets it apart from professional boxing?
Thanks for any insight you can lend!
Collegiate Boxing is very similar to amateur boxing. They do wear headgear and it is scored using the rules of amateur boxing.
Collegiate Boxing was an NCAA-sanctioned sport at one time, but now it is a club sport at a number of colleges and universities around the country. They do have a sanctioning body -- the NCBA (National Collegiate Boxing Association) -- but the participants do not get scholarships. Also, the participants (while in school) do not compete in events such as Golden Gloves.
What makes it exciting is the team aspect of collegiate boxing. The very vocal support that teams give their representative is infectious and a lot of fun to see. It was truly a lot of fun to cover the nationals this year.
CAN COLLEGIATE BOXERS BE ELIGEBLE IF THEY HAVE PRIOR AMATUER EXPRIENCE???
I don't think so, because the degree of ability is so different.
A lot of these boxers don't (from what people tell me) look for success beyond the collegiate scene.
"Student athletes are limited to five bouts after their sixteenth birthday if they are to be considered for the program."
FYI.
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