Ithaca College Defenders boxing club packs a punch
The Ithaca College Defenders is a boxing and mixed martial arts club that promotes self-defense training in a low-pressure environment.
The Ithaca College Defenders is a boxing and mixed martial arts club that promotes self-defense training in a low-pressure environment.
For James Pfrehm, assistant professor of modern languages and literatures, mixed martial arts is more than a hobby.
Freshman Grant Kabol and assistant professor James Pfrehm train mixed martial arts at the Ultimate Athletics gym.
Two muscular men stand opposite each other inside the hexagonal fighting cage prepared to face off in a round of fierce martial arts combat. Though they have spent months preparing for the fight, three strokes of luck that neither of the competitors could have trained for will have a major impact on the bout.