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Ready to rumble Boxer delivers blows at bout By Matt Miller Staff Photographer With a decision by a judge, Chri: Hansen was defeated. All the work, al the training, all the pain. It was over. Hansen spent Saturday night in the ring. He fought Douglas Fischer ir Sigma Chi’s Fight Night, an 18-yeai tradition at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Fight Night drew more than 1,80( people to the 4-H pavilion on the State Fair grounds. Sigma Chi raised $6,00( that will go to either an Alzheimer’* charity or the Bright Lights Founda tion, a program that funds camps foi underprivileged children. For Hansen, it was more. The freshman member of Theta Ch spent the last month and a hal ftraining and working out for the night. Before the bout, Hansen was ner vous. For an hour and a half, he rollec his shoulders, bounced on the balls ol his toes and focused on the task ahead And then the fight started. For three rounds — the full length of an amateur fight — Hansen anc Fischer traded blows. Hansen had trouble with his head gear, which forced the referee stop the fight to fix the problem. The crowd, while the fight was stopped, got rowdy, yelling at (he rcl to let the fight go on. In the second round, Hansen caught the business end ofa solid shot, which drew a standing eight count from the ref. A trickle of blood started down his nose. Hansen made it to the end of the fight, only to lose by a decision. When asked, he said he’d be back. Next year. TOP: Taking a moment alone, Chris Hansen thinks about the _^y y fight ahead Saturday night. C)tf) C hy ABOVE: Hansen takes a left hand on the chin Saturday night r^yy^yy^ yyj/ during Sigma Chi’s Greek Figh, Nigh,. Miller ABOVE: Chris Hansen trains at Menefee Boxing Club weeks before Fight Night. RIGHT: Trying to stop his nose from bleeding, Chris Hansen checks the damage in the mirror. The fighter behind Hansen iust vomited and was having trouble holding himself up.
