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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Today’s second part recaps a writer-vs.-boxer sparring session on Feb. 20 at the Fight Factory gym. Part one previewed the March 26 fight. Part three will examine the status of women’s boxing and Hallback’s goal of becoming the first female in a feature fight on HBO.)
I thought I’d had it all figured out.
As I made the 105-mile drive from my home in Ocala to the Fight Factory gym in Tampa, I assumed my in-ring sparring session with championship hopeful Chevelle Hallback would be something like the living room slap-boxing matches I used to have with my sister Tricia.
At 5-foot-6 and 140 or so pounds, Ms. Hallback is roughly the same size as my old crotchety sibling, so as I hurtled down I-75 on a glorious, cloud-free morning, I surmised the punishment she’d dish out couldn’t be a whole lot worse than what big sis doled out decades ago.
I’m still deciding exactly when I realized my mistake.
My first inkling that a 13-year professional fighter might be a more threatening than a Niagara Falls teenager came a few paces inside the gym door, when I glanced across the cavernous former warehouse and saw Hallback in a warm-up stretch with trainer Sherman Henson. [Click Here To Read More]
I thought I’d had it all figured out.
As I made the 105-mile drive from my home in Ocala to the Fight Factory gym in Tampa, I assumed my in-ring sparring session with championship hopeful Chevelle Hallback would be something like the living room slap-boxing matches I used to have with my sister Tricia.
At 5-foot-6 and 140 or so pounds, Ms. Hallback is roughly the same size as my old crotchety sibling, so as I hurtled down I-75 on a glorious, cloud-free morning, I surmised the punishment she’d dish out couldn’t be a whole lot worse than what big sis doled out decades ago.
I’m still deciding exactly when I realized my mistake.
My first inkling that a 13-year professional fighter might be a more threatening than a Niagara Falls teenager came a few paces inside the gym door, when I glanced across the cavernous former warehouse and saw Hallback in a warm-up stretch with trainer Sherman Henson. [Click Here To Read More]
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