Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club

Boxing club of University of Oxford, England

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The Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club (OUABC) is the boxing club of the University of Oxford, England, located in Oxford. The club was founded in 1881. It is the second-oldest active amateur boxing club in the UK. Several OUABC boxers were featured in a 2006 documentary titled Blue Blood.[1]

The club competes against Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club in The Varsity Match, also known as The True Love Bowl, each year. Typically, the match location switches between Oxford and Cambridge, though some matches have been held in London.[citation needed]

In 2003/2004, OUABC began including female boxers in training and matches. In the 2005 Varsity Match, Kaleen Love of Oxford was the first Oxford woman to compete in a Varsity boxing match, and defeated Catherine Tubb of Cambridge Both were awarded Extraordinary Full Blues for their athletic accomplishments.[2]

During the 1980s and 1990s, under the tutelage of head coach Henry Dean, OUABC won 17 Varsity Matches in a row, the longest single stretch of victories in the history of the tournament. However, since then the Match results have been more balanced; and in both the 2005 and 2009 Varsity Matches, OUABC registered defeats by the maximum 9–0 margin. Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club (CUABC) remains the only side to have achieved this feat since the number of bouts was increased to 9 in the 1950s. For a time, Cambridge had taken to hosting the match every second year in London, due to seating limitations at Cambridge venues, with the 2009 match recorded for a documentary aired on Channel 4.[3]

## See also

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* Oxford–Cambridge rivalry
* Varsity match

## References

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1. ^ Blue Blood at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2008.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ "Oxford thrashed in varsity boxing". BBC News. 11 March 2009.

## External links

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* OUABC website
* OUABC history
* Article on Oxford's 2005 BUSA results
* Synopsis of 2006 Town vs. Gown
* Vincent's Club

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