U of M Will Jump Into Ring with Boxing Symposium Feb. 20
For release: Feb. 18, 2003
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

Just two days before the scheduled Mike Tyson-Clifford Etienne match, The University of Memphis will hold a symposium on boxing and is impact on our culture. "Into the Ring with Boxing: Killer Instincts, Total Knockouts and the Big Purse" will be the subject of the forum Thursday, Feb. 20, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Hall auditorium.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities.

Speakers will include Verner Mitchell, assistant professor of English, "Sports and American Society in Black and White;" Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak, assistant professor of sociology, "Some Paradoxes of Gender and Race in the Masculine Domain of Boxing;" Cynthia S. Runions of the Department of Communication, "Boxing in American Film;" and Dr. Reginald Martin, professor of English, "Boxing as a Black Male Capitalist Index." Martin is a former semi-pro boxer and a current investor in Pro Fight Dynamics, which is dedicated to bringing professional boxing to Beale Street and Tunica permanently.

For more information, call 678-3550.

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