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Boxing for Bangladesh

By Angie Frederickson, Staff writer | May 27, 2022

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Thomas Edwards (Photo: Maxwell Petrosky)

Thomas Edwards (pictured, right) a student at the University of Notre Dame and 2018 graduate of Strake Jesuit, won the championship at Bengal Bouts, a charity boxing tournament hosted by the Notre Dame Men’s Boxing Club. The tournament benefits Holy Cross missions in Bangladesh and raised almost $300,000 this year. Edwards is the team’s senior captain and defending champion of the tournament. After seven months of training, conditioning, sparring, and workouts, Edwards competed in the 2022 tournament where he advanced from the semifinals with a technical knockout (TKO) win in the first 20 seconds of the match. He then advanced to the finals to become a two-time champion.

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