{"id":61567,"date":"2013-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-doctoral-student-is-top-female-boxer-in-the-country-and-could-be-on-her-way-to-olympic-trials\/"},"modified":"2013-11-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T00:00:00","slug":"uri-doctoral-student-is-top-female-boxer-in-the-country-and-could-be-on-her-way-to-olympic-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/11\/uri-doctoral-student-is-top-female-boxer-in-the-country-and-could-be-on-her-way-to-olympic-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 doctoral student is top female boxer in the country and could be on her way to Olympic trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/boxer2.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"216\" align=\"right\"\/>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Nov. 13, 2013 \u2013 Destiny Chearino likes getting her nails done. She fusses over her hair, and she enjoys wearing charm bracelets. Oh, she can throw a wicked right hook too.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHer punches are so good the 22-year-old doctoral student in physical therapy at the 溏心vlog免费B站 is considered the best female boxer in her 141-pound weight class in New England \u2013 and one of the best in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nShe\u2019ll compete in the U.S. Boxing Championships in Spokane, Wash., from Jan. 18 through 25, and if she wins she could be on her way to the Olympic trials.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YrhpU3u4gfM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cBoxing is a great sport,\u201d says Chearino, who lives in Warwick. \u201cIt\u2019s not about standing in a square punching each other. There\u2019s so much more to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nSure, boxing is an aggressive sport, but it also requires superb athleticism. For one, boxers have to have strong legs, she says.\u201cThat\u2019s where all the power comes from.\u201d They need to be lightning-quick on their feet, and they need to be both marathon runner and sprinter. Finally, they have to be dedicated. \u201cThey have to want it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s boxing is on the rise, thanks in part to the London 2012 Olympics, the first to include women\u2019s boxing as an official sport. Chearino is proud to be on the forefront of any changes in the sport. \u201cWe can do all the things that men can do,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tRaised in Warwick by her father, Steve, a single parent, Chearino says she knew early on that she wanted to play sports. Girls\u2019 softball didn\u2019t appeal to her, so her dad suggested she take karate. She loved it. She got her black belt when she was only 11 years old and her talent took her to tournaments as far away as Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBut she longed for competitions that lasted longer and had full physical contact. One day, she walked into a gym by her house and picked up a pair of boxing gloves. Karate soon gave way to boxing. In no time, she was competing in regional contests \u2013 and winning. \u201cI liked the culture of boxing,\u201d she says. \u201cIt gave me a lot of confidence, in and out of the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/boxer.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"205\" align=\"right\"\/>Her first big match was in 2009 when she won the New England Golden Gloves competition in Brockton, Mass., in a building so cold she was shivering in her boxing shoes. \u201cI was nervous,\u201d she says, \u201cbut it was really fun. I knew this was what I wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tShe hung up her gloves after graduating from high school so she could focus entirely on her studies at 溏心vlog免费B站. In December 2012, she graduated with a degree in kinesiology. One look in the mirror sent her back to the gym.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI was chubby,\u201d she says. \u201cI had no intention of fighting again. I was not in fighting shape. But after a day or so, the owner was like, \u2018Why don\u2019t you jump in the ring with me?\u2019 He made me fall in love with boxing all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThat owner, Brian Pennacchia, a former boxer and owner of BP Boxing, would go on to become her trainer. He quickly recognized something special in the 5-foot-7-inch dynamo.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cShe works harder than most of the guys I\u2019ve trained,\u201d Pennacchia says. \u201cShe has that fighting spirit. She\u2019s not afraid to go after it. A lot of people get intimidated by the moment and don\u2019t do their best in the ring because they\u2019re almost afraid. She goes after what she wants. She\u2019s a natural fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIn 2012, Chearino won the New England Open Championships and had a few more fights in the region before winning the New England Golden Gloves in Lowell, Mass., in February 2013. Chearino pulled an upset, beating Liz Leddy, of Portland, Maine. \u201cIt was awesome,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was definitely a big win for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nTwo weeks ago, she won the New England Open Championships again, this time held in Southbridge, Mass. She also won the Outstanding Boxer award in that tournament. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nChearino\u2019s next stop is the competition in Spokane. To prepare, she\u2019s running in the morning and working out at night. Her regimen includes pushups, pulls ups, jumping rope, and step exercises, as well as practice punching with a combination of jabs, straight punches, uppercuts, and, of course, those mean right hooks. Her diet changes, too: veggies; protein-packed foods like tuna and eggs; and \u201ctons of water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThat match is a really big deal,\u201d she says. \u201cIt would be awesome to win because I\u2019d get my name out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHer professors at 溏心vlog免费B站 are rooting for her and providing support so she can box and keep up with her studies. As a soon-to-be physical therapist, Chearino is familiar with the dangers of concussions and head injuries, but so far she hasn\u2019t even had a headache from boxing. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nShe wears a helmet \u2013 pink.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPhoto above: Destiny Chearino is beaming after she wins the New England Golden Gloves competition in February 2013. 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