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[SPORT] With pound-for-pound kings Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. finally agreeing to terms to fight on May 2, many observers will cotton on to the fight game and wonder whether the sport is finally alive again. But to contestants in the time-honored amateur tournament known as the Golden Gloves, boxing’s never been dead in the first place. It’s thriving enough that organizers have to schedule two first-round events—the first of which in January featured 50 fighters from all over the state—to accommodate the demand for new applicants to the sweet science. The next round happens this Saturday, February 28 at the Tralf. Broken into weight divisions, winners with sufficient ring experience progress to the nationals in Las Vegas in May.

Photo courtesy of Ginny Rose Stewart.