New York has always been a hot spot for boxing fans. For 85 years, the Daily News Golden Gloves has brought the finest amateur boxers to all five boroughs. The city also has a significant professional circuit. But are fans in touch with the differences between amateur and professional bouts?
The Golden Gloves is an amateur tournament that consists of two boxing divisions: novice and open. A boxer is considered an open fighter when he’s had 10 or more amateur fights, if he’s entered and fought in three Golden Gloves tournaments or if he’s advanced to the finals as a novice. Novice fights consist of three two-minute rounds, while open-fight rounds are three minutes long.
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Points are awarded when boxers score hits, or a blow from the knuckle part of a closed glove is exchanged between boxers. Those points are tallied at the end of each round. Amateurs also use protective headgear that is absent in professional bouts.
St. Raymond High School in the Bronx opened its doors to the latest Gloves action on Friday. The crowd, including Brother Daniel Gardner, St. Ray’s principal, was mixed in its boxing knowledge.
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“I think that it’s more strictly monitored for amateurs and amateur (fights) are much shorter,” Gardner said. “I don’t really know how they score it.”
Yun Jin Bae, who came to cheer on his friend Masaki Aida (Gleason’s Gym) during his 123-pound novice fight, said he was unsure about the scoring and rounds as well.
“I just watch if one looks stronger and one looks defensive,” he said. “I’m not sure, but when I watched my friend, there were three rounds and when I watch pro boxers on television it was more, about nine or 10.”
Bronx local Ed Daly, a Gloves regular since 1982 and a professional boxing fan, was better-versed.
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“There are round differences,” he said. “(In) pro bouts there are 10 rounds, 12 rounds, even four rounds. Refereeing is kind of the same, (but) points are different with the amateurs and the pros. I’m not going to say I know the differences.”
Daly is correct: professional bouts range from four to six, eight, 10 and 12 rounds.
Rules aside, boxing and the Golden Gloves continue to inspire competition and camaraderie.
“I like to see young people excel at the things that they love,” Gardner said. The Golden Gloves are back Tuesday at 7 Train Theater in Flushing. First bout, 7:30 p.m.
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