A Boxing Revival at Coast Guard

11/24/09 - The Coast Guard Academy Boxing Club hosts its first bouts in over sixty years. Boxing was eliminated from the athletic department in 1948, but came back as a club sport in 2002. Led by coaches Tom Barile and Christian Soto and co-captain Gabriel Nelson, the bears welcomed boxers from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the Whaling City Boxing Club. Retired Cmdr. Kermt Meade, a member of the academy's class of 1951, traveled from New Jersey to see the fights.11/24/09 - The Coast Guard Academy Boxing Club hosts its first bouts in over sixty years. Boxing was eliminated from the athletic department in 1948, but came back as a club sport in 2002. Led by coaches Tom Barile and Christian Soto and co-captain Gabriel Nelson, the bears welcomed boxers from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the Whaling City Boxing Club. Retired Cmdr. Kermt Meade, a member of the academy's class of 1951, traveled from New Jersey to see the fights.

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[jharnois]

Nice job guys. Congrats for getting the program going. Keep up the good work.