A crowd of around 150 people forms out of girlfriends and cowboys and grandparents. A couple of college students at the door ask if any women will be fighting. The bouncer says no. The atmosphere is filled with tension of the night ahead. The boxers pace around nervously.
Parents look at game programs and point out names.
But the tension builds beyond the fights ahead. This is the first fight back in Hamilton since Christopher Levi collapsed of a burst blood vessel in his brain moments after his first fight. He is on the minds of everyone there. Saturday night was UM sophomore Thad Paxinos' first fight. He began preparing to box at the beginning of the semester.