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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Plagued by stigmas, the boxing industry is facing its toughest competitor yet \u2014- the public<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\nWords by Melissa Studach<\/span><\/em> \nVideo by\u00a0AJ Theide<\/em><\/p>\nA buzzer sounds as Helen Peralta steps into the ring. Bouncing. Her feet alternate swiftly. Weight shifts to the front. Jab. Jab. Coach Pepe Pe\u00f1a catches her blows. \u201cHigher elbows. Lock your fists,\u201d he demands. Jab. Cross. Her punch as hard as the skull and crossbones printed across her headband. Duck. Jab. She returns from Pe\u00f1a\u2019s attack. Peralta\u2019s braids hit her neck like a whip on a horse. She dances around the ring quickly, making it difficult to identify the tattoos that cover her jutting muscles. Her skills are impressive\u2014especially considering the 28-year-old has only been boxing at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/southeastdesmoinesboxingclub.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Southeast Des Moines Boxing Club<\/span><\/a> for a month. <\/span><\/p>\nThe walls of the gym are divided: Coca-Cola red paints the top, graffitied brick lines the bottom. A boxing ring fills half of the facility. Punching bags take up the remaining square footage. A stale musk consumes the entire place. <\/span><\/p>\nThat same odor will permeate Peralta\u2019s home via gym bag later tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>The Public<\/h6>\nBoxing is in a different place than it was decades ago. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statista-com.cowles-proxy.drake.edu\/statistics\/368991\/people-who-are-very-interested-in-pro-boxing-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Statista reports<\/span><\/a> show that public interest is at the lowest it\u2019s been in years. A majority of people even rated it as one of the professional sports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statista-com.cowles-proxy.drake.edu\/statistics\/328657\/association-positive-moral-values-in-professional-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\">least associated<\/span><\/a> with positive moral values. The sport has lost its cachet in comparison to other athletic markets. Minimal broadcast coverage, highly publicized health concerns and a lack of support have plagued the sport for years. And aside from a few heavy hitters, boxing doesn\u2019t compare to the payday of other sports, with the average fighter earning <\/span>$20,000 to $200,000.<\/span><\/p>\nAs a result, only about <\/span>30,000<\/span> male and female amateur athletes were registered with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/USA-Boxing\" target=\"_blank\">USA Boxing<\/span><\/a> in 2016. <\/span>Compare that to the 1.08 million high school students playing football or nearly 980,000 playing basketball. <\/span><\/p>\nToday\u2019s influx of athletic options is one of the aspects threatening boxing, according to Christy Halbert, USA Boxing\u2019s strategic sport consultant. What people don\u2019t often see, she claims, are the great things the sport can do for individuals and communities.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re battling a perception of boxing as a sport where people are intentionally trying to hurt each other,\u201d Halbert says. \u201cThe more people get involved in the sport, the more they understand it\u2019s about scoring points.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nIn 2012, two percent of Statista respondents rated boxing as their favorite Olympic sport, while swimming got 21 percent. One month after the survey was completed, the USA\u2019s Men\u2019s Boxing Team failed to bring home a single medal\u2014a first in U.S. Olympic history. Though one American Olympian earned a gold medal at the Rio Olympics, countries like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/en\/news\/rio-2016-boxing-ends-with-a-slew-of-gold-medals-for-uzbekistan\" target=\"_blank\">Uzbekistan<\/span><\/a> dominated the sport. And with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/en\/medal-count-sports\" target=\"_blank\">foreigners reigning<\/span><\/a> the boxing ring these days, U.S. fans can\u2019t seem to maintain their enthusiasm. Many argue that the days of Cassius Clay and Sugar Ray Leonard are a thing of the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Knocked Out\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_tZVb13yRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\nCoach Jerry Holman talks developing discipline.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>The Parent<\/h6>\nStacy Cardines paces into the gym a little after training begins. She takes a seat on a bench against the wall. Her posture is stiff, appearing almost on edge. Holding her purse in her lap, she observes practice patiently.<\/span><\/p>\nA young boy races over and whispers something in her ear. She digs in her bag but can\u2019t seem to find what he\u2019s looking for. Shoulders dropped, he races back to practice. \u201cThat\u2019s my son, Isaiah,\u201d Cardines says. \u201cHe left his gloves at home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nWhen 11-year-old Isaiah asked his mom if he could start boxing, she wasn\u2019t as apprehensive as some parents may have been. \u201cI knew some fighters that trained here and loved it,\u201d she says. \u201cSo they told me to bring him down.\u201d She had seen first-hand the self-discipline and character that could be developed inside the gym.<\/span><\/p>\nIt\u2019s only Isaiah\u2019s second week at the Southeast Des Moines Boxing Club, but so far, he loves it. And his mom is enjoying it, too. \u201cHe\u2019s making friends,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a good activity that has good role models.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAs she finishes her sentence, she glances up at the training. A high school-aged boy holds the punching bag as Isaiah attempts punches. He throws a feeble punch, barely touching the bag. The older boy readjusts Isaiah\u2019s feet and shows him how to shift his weight before driving at the bag.<\/span><\/p>\nIt\u2019s not long before Isaiah is back at his mother\u2019s side. This time, he forgot his mouthpiece. Owner Jerry Holman overhears the dilemma. He walks over and lifts the young boy\u2019s sweatpants. \u201cWell, did you at least remember socks?\u201d he says with a smirk.<\/span><\/p>\nThat he did.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>Life\u2019s just as simple as a boxing gym. It\u2019s primal. It don\u2019t ask nobody for nothin\u2019.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n-Coach Jerry Holman<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h6>The Owner<\/h6>\nAthletes at the Southeast Des Moines Boxing Club come to learn how to box, but they may take home a few new cuss words as well. Holman is to blame for both. \u201cA boxing coach is a strange kind of person,\u201d Holman says. \u201cWe ain\u2019t politically correct about anything, and I\u2019m probably one of the worst ones about it. My assistant coaches tell me, you can\u2019t say this. Well, I just did and they just listened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nLike many in the sport, Holman grew up in a \u201cfighting family.\u201d His father and grandfather both boxed. Today, he\u2019s passed the tradition to his own kids and grandkids. But it\u2019s obvious that anyone that enters Holman\u2019s gym becomes family.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cMost of these kids aren\u2019t Boy Scouts. They\u2019ve got situations, and they\u2019re looking for something that\u2019s disciplined. Keeps them on a straight line, keeps them focused. And this does that,\u201d Holman says. \u201cThese are all great kids. Some of them just ain\u2019t never got a chance to shine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nPost-fight photos and faded newspaper clippings cover the walls leading to Holman\u2019s office. A tribute to those who once fought in the gym and inspiration for those in the ring today. \u201cAs you can see, I keep an organized office,\u201d he says sarcastically as he settles at his desk. Trophies peek out from beneath paperwork and boxing gear. Cigarettes and dirty clothes fight for a majority of the odor. \u201cI don\u2019t worry about it too much,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a boxing gym.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nIt\u2019s in his office, away from the buzzer and punches, that Holman discusses the toll public opinion has taken on boxing, citing safety concerns as one of the biggest stigmas facing the industry today.<\/span><\/p>\nWhile he admits to an occasional black eye or swollen nose, Holman argues that boxing is one of the safest sports, thanks to its three safety outlets: the ringside doctor, the referee and the coach. \u201cYou\u2019re with these kids every night,\u201d he says. \u201cYou\u2019ll let them tough it out to the point that it\u2019s done, but we\u2019re not going to let them get hurt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAccording to a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/mm6039a1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">2011 report<\/span><\/a> by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of all boxing and other combative sport injuries, only 5.9 percent of them were traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Baseball, football and soccer reported some of the highest at 7.9, 7.2 and 7.7 percent, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019d rather have a 90-pound kid fight a 90-pound kid with three safety outlets there than have a 90-pound kid and a 150-pound kid with football helmets on get hit in the head,\u201d Holman says. \u201cAnd have you ever been hit in the head with a baseball?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n80 miles per hour. That\u2019s the speed of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efastball.com\/baseball\/pitching\/grips\/average-pitching-speed-by-age-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">average fastball<\/span><\/a> thrown by a high school baseball player. The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concussiontreatment.com\/concussionfacts.html#sfaq9\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Concussion Institute<\/span><\/a> reports the impact speed of a football tackle at 25 miles per hour. The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concussiontreatment.com\/concussionfacts.html#sfaq9\" target=\"_blank\">impact speed<\/span><\/a> of a professional boxer\u2019s punch is just 20 miles per hour.<\/span><\/p>\nBut it can be difficult to change public opinion. And these days, the industry is having a hard time keeping up with the fight. Holman has been in business in Des Moines since 1999. But as a non-profit facility, he admits it hasn\u2019t been easy. Big business donations have dried up, leaving them, like many inner-city gyms, to rely on small donors and fundraisers to keep up.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been broke, we\u2019ve been up, we\u2019ve been down, we\u2019ve been beat, we\u2019ve been back, but we\u2019re still here,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s all that matters\u2014we\u2019re still here. I don\u2019t know how many years I\u2019ve got left, but I\u2019ll be here \u2018til somebody has to tote me up those steps.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Knocked Out\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8qE0CRkXoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\nTough times may knock the sport down, but Coach Holman says it won’t knock them out.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>The Fighter<\/h6>\nBy day, Helen Peralta works as a culinary art instructor at Indian Hills Community College in Fairfield, Iowa. By night, she\u2019s a 130-lbs lightweight boxer fighting toward a world title. And yes, her students are some of her biggest fans.<\/span><\/p>\nPeralta was 27 when she first got in the ring. After yelling her criticisms at the TV during the Ronda Rousey-Holly Holm Mixed Martial Arts fight, she decided to try it out herself. Although both are considered combat sports, MMA and boxing have very distinct rules \u2013most notably boxing\u2019s hands-only fight against MMA\u2019s kicking and punching approach. After eleven months of practicing MMA, Peralta entered a boxing competition on a whim. And she won.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m going to hold a world title,\u201d Peralta says one month into her boxing training.<\/span><\/p>\nThis is the first time Peralta has fought by choice. Growing up as a Dominican in the Bronx, fighting was a necessity. \u201cI\u2019m not white and I\u2019m not black. I didn\u2019t have a group, so it was hard making it home,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a fight almost every day. And I was pretty good at it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nBy the time she was 21, Peralta had had enough of \u201cthe big mall\u201d that is New York City. She packed her bags and headed west. A friend told her to take a pitstop in Iowa, and she never left. Peralta loves the region, but she loves the athletic community she\u2019s found there even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWhen someone has a fight, everyone\u2019s trying to help them get better\u2014if you\u2019re at the right gym,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re always talking about ways of getting better physically and mentally and how to overcome certain limitations. It\u2019s an awesome community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe Southeast Des Moines Boxing Club is two hours from Peralta\u2019s house in Fairfield. She drives the four-hour round trip every weekday for practice. \u201c[The coaches] are not focused on what you\u2019re doing right. They\u2019re focused on what you\u2019re doing wrong,\u201d Peralta says. \u201cSome people can\u2019t handle that, but I prefer it. I don\u2019t need anybody to sugarcoat things for me. That\u2019s what my mom\u2019s for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nWhen Peralta is in the ring, there\u2019s nothing sweet about it. Jab. Jab. A loud thump echoes from Coach Pe\u00f1a\u2019s mitts after every punch. Each hit reminds her of her kill list, a curation of \u201cthe baddest females around\u201d whom Peralta hopes to someday meet in the ring. \u201cElbows in. Hands up,\u201d Pe\u00f1a directs. She ducks to dodge his blow. She knows that to be the best, she must beat the best. Onebyone, she plans to call them out.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t want an easy fight. 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