Boxing
continued from page 1A
was one of 11 bouts held Feb. 24
at the Northwest Meet of Cham
pions at the Double Tree Hotel in
Springfield. When the box office
closed, more than 200 people
were turned away from the door.
The diverse audience varied
greatly from rowdy college stu
dents to retired boxers, parents
and even children.
But students are doing more
than simply watching the action.
Many students — both men and
women — have stepped into the
ring to test their power at the
events as well.
“Everyone wonders what it
would be like to step foot
through those ropes. Knowing
you are going demonstrate in
front of people, and your peers,
your expertise is risking a lot,”
r .
Fraser said.
For junior psychology major
Jessica Binder, Thursday was her
first officially sanctioned fight.
Binder started boxing two years
ago at the Hard Knox Gym in Eu
gene.
“It sounded interesting so I
went in for a free lesson and just
loved it,” Binder said.
To train for a competition like
this one, Binder dedicates herself
to running four or five miles a
day and sparring every night for
two or three hours, including
weekends.
She stressed she wants to be
taken seriously. “I’m not going to
cry or bitch if I break a nail. I’m
an athlete, and I’m a fighter,”
Binder said.
Hard Knox Gym owner Kip
Tripplet trains Binder, who said
he is like a family member to her.
She explained that because box
ing isn’t a team sport, you don’t
have teammates to keep you go
ing.
“He [Tripplet] has been a huge
motivator for me,” Binder said.
Amateur boxing differs slight
{ ( Boxing is 95 percent
mental. Boxing is know
ing what to look for, de
veloping a style.
Jessica Binder
boxer
ly from the big heavyweight
bouts on Pay Per View. Each fight
consists of three one-minute
rounds. Participants must wear
head gear, and they do not fight
for money — they fight for fun. In
professional boxing, or what
Fraser described as “prize fight
ing,” fights last for 11 three
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minute rounds.
“Boxing is 95 percent mental.
Boxing is knowing what to look
for, developing a style. You have
to anticipate the person’s moves,
five moves before they make it.
You have to psych yourself up to
get in the ring. It’s a battle, and
you have to be mentally prepared
before you can begin to be physi
cally prepared,” Binder said.
Binder also added that in ama
teur women’s lightweight fight
ing, a match is based on a point
system. Points can be scored
based on how many punches are
thrown, how many punches are
connected with, style and foot
work, as opposed to knockouts,
which are more common in
heavier weight fighting.
Binder had to drop 11 pounds
in a week and a half to cut down
to the weight class below hers be
fore the match against Tegan
Shlaughter, a woman from Port
land. Binder felt her fighting
weight of 139 pounds caused her
not to be as strong and as ener
getic as she could have been. She
was tired right away.
“In sparring, it is good to be on
the defense and wait for your op
ponent to make a mistake, and
open up for you to move in. But
in the ring it is different. You just
go; it’s a flurry. You don’t have a
chance to wait for them to make
a mistake.”
In the match, Binder and
Shlaughter didn’t have strength
behind their punches. But the
fighters were steady in their bat
tle. “That really didn’t convey
my style, and it didn’t give me a
chance to show my skill. It
turned into a messy fight,”
Binder said.
The referee had Jessica’s had in
the air by the time the three
rounds had elapsed.
Binder received positive sup
port and congratulations from
her father Marc Binder, a retired
physician, and his fiancee, Mar
cy Schein. Her boyfriend of two
years Chris Gillis, a senior biolo
gy and Spanish major, also
watched the match.
“I get nervous whenever she
steps into the ring,” he said.
Gillis explained that while he
never doubted she would win,
the big smile in his direction
when they placed a medal
around her neck only confirmed
the victory.
“The match was not one-sided.
It was closer than I had anticipat
ed, but Jessica fought the better
fight,” Gillis said.
Binder’s next test will be the
next amateur event at the Double
Tree Hotel on Friday, May 26th.
WRC meeting
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companies that manufacture Uni
versity licensed products would
be monitored to ensure that con
ditions and wages are acceptable
for the workers.
Several other universities
across the country have already
joined on with the WRC, such as
Brown University, New York
University and Oberlin College.
Since last year, the Human
Rights Alliance, which is a sub
section of the Survival Center,
has been attempting to initiate a
change in the University’s rela
tionship with the companies that
make its products. Last fall,
Frohnmayer formed a committee
comprised of faculty, staff and six
students to further study the is
sue and recommend a course of
action.
Many students, however, have
grown tired of waiting.
“We want to emphasize the
fact that even though Frohiimay
er has created a committee ...
there has actually been no action
taken,” HRA member Agatha
Schmaedick said. “We feel the
time has come.”
Change began last week when
75 percent of voting students
supported a ballot measure to
have the University join the
WRC. Backers of the consortium
took the opportunity to show the
University administration that
this was something the student
body wanted.
But many of the students still
feel their voices are not being
heard. At a press conference out
side after the meeting, they ex
pressed dismay in the way the is
sue was being treated by the
administration.
“Six students in there had the
biggest showing of support,”
ASUO Vice President Mitra
Anoushiravani said. “Instead of
[the administration] embracing
this opportunity, we were entire
ly marginalized by a letter from
Duncan McDonald.”
In the letter, McDonald, Uni
versity vice president of public
affairs and development, warned
that its decision should not be in
fluenced by the votes of other
student groups.
The presence of police officers
in the lobby of Johnson Hall dur
ing the meeting didn’t help the
students feel that their voices
were being considered valid.
“It’s apparent that whenever
you question power structures,
it’s fitting that they would feel
that is very threatening,” HRA
member Jevon Cutler said. “But I
question why they would feel the
need to call police out.”
The WRC is one of a few exist
ing monitoring systems available
to the University. Another option
being considered by the adminis
tration is the Fair Labor Associa
tion. The students, however,
strongly support the WRC rather
than the FLA for a number of rea
sons. Mostly that is because the
WRC does not preannounce vis
its from its inspectors, while the
FLA does. In scheduling visits to
the factories, students claim com
panies are given time to hide any
possible transgressions.
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